Selling Online in South Africa

Selling online is the new Covid19 friendly way to sell! It allows you to sell to an area further than just in your local...
India Reliance Acquires 96% Stake in Furniture Retailer Urban Ladder

India Reliance Acquires 96% Stake in Furniture Retailer Urban Ladder

India’s Reliance Industries Ltd said on Sunday it has bought a 96% stake in online furniture retailer Urban Ladder for 1,821.2 million rupees ($24.4...
SoftBank Ventures Asia Leads M Funding In Sneaker Marketplace SODA

SoftBank Ventures Asia Leads $22M Funding In Sneaker Marketplace SODA

Japanese sneaker sales platform SODA has landed a $22-million Series B financing round led by SoftBank Ventures Asia, bringing the total investment in the firm...
Consumers’ digital buying patterns

Light at the end of the tunnel

Cape Town, – One of the ways South African businesses are managing to weather the economic tornado that has been Covid-19 - and more...

Yoco and Shopstar Join Forces to Empower Small Businesses with Cutting-Edge...

Yoco, Africa’s leading fintech company empowering small businesses, announces a strategic partnership with Shopstar, a prominent ecommerce platform, to revolutionise the digital retail landscape...
China’s House Furnishing And Construction Material B2B Platform Xiaopangxiong Raised ¥130 Million in a Series B Round Funding Led by Immensus Captial

China’s House Furnishing And Construction Material B2B Platform Xiaopangxiong Raised ¥130...

China’s house furnishing and construction material B2B platform Xiaopangxiong raised ¥130 million in a series B round funding led by Immensus Captial, and followed...
Ex-Grabbers’ Startup Evo Raises Seed Funding to Help Influencers, Live-Streamers Optimise Back-Office Ops

Ex-Grabbers’ Startup Evo Raises Seed Funding to Help Influencers, Live-Streamers Optimise...

Evo, a 5-month-old social commerce startup based in Singapore, announced today the closing of a “seven-digit” seed funding from Hong Kong-based investment holding company...
Indian Digital-First Retail Brands Sugar Raise Early Stage Capital

Indian Digital-First Retail Brands Sugar Raise Early Stage Capital

Vellvette Lifestyle, the company that owns and operates cruelty-free, online-first cosmetics brand Sugar, raised $2 million in debt capital as part of the first...
Pakistan’s Clicky Raises 0,000 for Its Fashion Ecommerce Platform

Pakistan’s Clicky Raises $700,000 for Its Fashion Ecommerce Platform

Lahore-based fashion ecommerce platform Clicky has raised $700,000 in a pre-Series A round, it announced today in a statement to MENAbytes. The investment came...
Chinese E-Commerce Platform Dmall Is Said To Plan U.S. IPO This Year

Chinese E-Commerce Platform Dmall Is Said To Plan U.S. IPO This...

Beijing DMall E-commerce Co., an online retail service provider backed by Chinese supermarket Wumart Group, is planning an initial public offering in the U.S., according...
Online shopping isn’t just for the wealthy or privileged

Online shopping isn’t just for the wealthy or privileged

SA’s township shoppers are switching paper moola for clever tech, at a fraction of the cost and effort. Cape Town, –  “With greater connectivity becoming...
Group purchase platform "Xingshengyouxuan" won nearly 40 million dollars by KKR

Group purchase platform ‘Xingshengyouxuan’ won nearly 40 million dollars by KKR

  The group purchase platform " Xingshengyouxuan" won nearly 40 million dollars, led by KKR. The purpose of this financing was not disclosed. " Xingshengyouxuan" was incubated from...