eCommerce Development

August 19, 2015

South Africa’s eCommerce ecosystem

If you weren’t paying attention then it could have snuck up around you, but these days SA has a very healthy, and fast growing, eCommerce ecosystem. […]
May 29, 2015

Nobody got fired for using IBM? An open source eCommerce perspective.

During a recent RFP process for the development and implementation of a new eCommerce platform, it was suggested that going with the “Big Boys” was better […]
June 22, 2014
Finger Technology and Ecommerce Development

Fingerprint Technology And eCommerce Development

We see it in CSI and movies all the time, fingerprints being used for home security, gaining access to the workplace and even high-tech heists. It’s […]
March 28, 2014
eCommerce is NOT Omni Channel

eCommerce is NOT Omni-Channel

It used to be easy …open a store, fill it with stock and start selling – and as long as you had the marketing mix sort […]
February 13, 2014
Omni Channel Consumers

Thoughts on Omni Channel Strategy in South Africa

Is South Africa Ready For eCommerce? “Is the general SA public ready for eCommerce?” That is one of the frequent questions asked of us by retailers. […]
December 3, 2013
Successful Ecommerce Strategy

Successful eCommerce Development Strategies

With eCommerce on the blistering rise in South Africa, a 25% increase in 2013 to around R4 Billion online, many of the local retailers are jumping […]
November 13, 2013
How Omni Channel Strategy is changing shopping behaviour

Omni-Channel: Mind The Gap

PSFK wrote an article titled How to Make the World More Shoppable, that explored  Omni-Channel Point-of-Purchase technologies that are creating more opportunities to buy. “The questions don’t change […]
November 8, 2013
eCommerce Picking Up

Why SA retailers should go eCommerce

Fontera’s Head of Strategy, Steve Jones, was quoted in the Cape Times newspaper recently after he gave a talk at the annual CGCSA summit in Johannesburg […]