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Cross-border trade ripe for exponential growth

A recently published PayPal report revealed that cross-border online spend is on the rise. In South Africa alone, 43% of online consumers stated that they shopped online from websites in another country in the past 12 months. As such, a wealth of new opportunities exists for merchants and retailers to expand their international sales.

Focused on exactly this, the third eCommerce MoneyAfrica Confex kicked off in Cape Town on Wednesday, bringing together key decision makers in online retail, payments, customer insight and logistics businesses operating across Africa.

Chris Folayan, CEO of online retail giant Mall for Africa, was in attendance and in his keynote shared highly practical advice on facilitating a superior international online shopping experience - which you can read about in today's top story.

In #DesignMonth news, I chat to Nicki Ellis, owner of boutique homeware and décor studio Love Milo, who lets us in on what it takes to create locally-sourced, eco-friendly design that's easy on the eye.

Here's to a productive and profitable week!

Lauren Hartzenberg
Retail Editor: Bizcommunity.com



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#eComConfex: A crash course in cross-border e-commerce
#eComConfex: A crash course in cross-border e-commerce
[Lauren Hartzenberg] As the CEO of the continent's largest online shopping platform, Nigeria-born Chris Folayan knows a thing or two about creating online experiences... read

Design Month
#DesignMonth: Listening to the voice of the people
#DesignMonth: Listening to the voice of the people

Ilse van den Berg

Under the theme One Pride, the Samsung Africa Forum 2017 took place on 23 February 2017 at the CTICC in Cape Town... read
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E-commerce
Air Cargo Africa panel discusses continent's e-commerce potential
Air Cargo Africa panel discusses continent's e-commerce potential
On the first day of the fourth edition of the biennial trade fair, ACA 2017, organised by STAT Media Group at the Emperors Palace last week, Air Cargo Africa 2017... read
FMCG
Coffee wars heat up – JDE vs Nestlé
Coffee wars heat up – JDE vs Nestlé

Matthew Barry

Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) and global market leader Nestlé are in a market struggle, since the formation of JDE in 2015... read
Franchising
RocoMamas
Spur aims to grow thriving eateries

Marc Hasenfuss

Restaurant franchisor Spur Corporation is relishing the opportunity to expand its recently acquired gourmet burger business RocoMamas... read
Research
Is café culture fuelling the SA coffee industry?
Is café culture fuelling the SA coffee industry?

Issued by Insight Survey

Insight Survey's latest SA Coffee Landscape Report 2017 carefully unfolds the global and local coffee markets based on the latest information and research... read
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Bidcorp open to acquisitive and organic growth opportunities

Pericles Anetos

Food services group Bid Corporation (Bidcorp), which was unbundled from industrial conglomerate Bidvest Group, grew its interim revenue 5% to R67.8bn... read
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Massmart shareholders get good returns, as sales reach R91.3bn
Massmart, majority owned by WalMart, announced its full-year results for the 52 weeks to December 2016, indicating good margin management and astute expense control... read
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Optimising business relationships with Radar

Leigh Andrews

Ann Nurock, who normally does the interviewing for us as roving reporter at local and international creative award shows like Cannes Lions, One Show and the Loeries, is also Africa partner for Relationship Audits and Management or RAM's Radar. Here, Nurock shares more about her day job and how Radar clarifies agencies' understanding of their relationships with clients... read
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