by World Wide Worx | Sep 11, 2025 | Online Retail
South Africa’s online retail sector is entering a new era, with e-commerce turnover expected to exceed R130-billion by the end of 2025 and capture nearly 10% of the country’s total retail market. This is the central finding of the Online Retail in South Africa 2025...
by World Wide Worx | Mar 10, 2025 | Online Retail
Beneath the retail frenzy at the end of November every year, a shifting reality is taking shape, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK. Black Friday has long been regarded as the key online retail event of the year, but new data reveals a more nuanced truth. While the shopping...
by World Wide Worx | May 8, 2024 | Market research, Online Retail
A landmark study released today by World Wide Worx, in partnership with Mastercard, Peach Payments, and Ask Afrika, reveals significant growth in South Africa’s online retail sector, which surged to R71-billion in 2023. This remarkable growth represents a 29%...
by World Wide Worx | Dec 22, 2022 | Market research, Online Retail
Online retail in South Africa passed the R50-billion milestone in 2022, driven by an ongoing boom in demand for home deliveries, according to new research findings released today. “Online Retail in South Africa 2022”, a study conducted by World Wide Worx with...
by World Wide Worx | Feb 10, 2022 | IT industry research, News, Online Retail
South African online retailers have learned to meet the demands of Black Friday and the Christmas season, with nine out of ten saying they coped with extra staffing demands and more than two-thirds saying their technology could handle the increased traffic at the end...
by World Wide Worx | May 12, 2021 | News, Online Retail
Online retail in South Africa more than doubled in just two years, thanks to the explosion in demand for home deliveries brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research findings released today. Online Retail in South Africa 2021, a study conducted by...
