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Mr Price Offers New Online Shopping Experience to Customers

May 29, 2012 Current Affairs No Comments

Mr Price has announced plans to take their clothing catalogue online in a bid to grow their market share. Slightly behind modern times, South Africa’s e-commerce platforms are viewed as small-fry comparative to global standards. Compared to five years ago however, the use of the company-based PABX system and net-based retail sales are definitely on the rise- indicating that South African’s are slowly changing their normal behaviours.

Tech-savvy SA consumers are showing a growing inclination to set aside their traditional shopping habits in order to conserve their limited free time. As locals increasingly turn to net technology for their monthly dose of retail therapy and bargain hunting, big local clothing brands like Mr Price are gearing up to join online players manoeuvring the propensity-driven profit in their direction.

Arthur Goldstuck, the MD of World Wide Worx, recently commented on the partiality that users who frequent the net develop for online shopping. Goldstuck predicted that from 2013, the participation of internet consumers will increase dramatically, leading to “growth in the number of online shoppers and online shopping options.” His views are in line with a recent survey conducted by MasterCard, which showed that SA’s 2009 online shopping index had increased from 44% to 53% in 2010. Mr Price’s two-tier response to changing customer behaviour is ‘internationalisation’ and e-commerce backed by hosted exchange.

With the future of the ‘fashion right’ retail chain linked to the fundamental change in the market, Mr Price account holders will make or break the leading brand’s innovative thinking.  Taking their clothing catalogue online, South Africans will be able to purchase Mr Price’s winter clothes from the comfort of their homes. And with one billion African consumers ripe for the picking, online shopping could be the fashion company’s next hot ticket.

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