Takealot.com (stylised as takealot.com)[1] is a South African e-commerce company based in Cape Town, South Africa. It is regarded as South Africa's largest online retailer,[2][3] takealot.com has helped grow online shopping in South Africa,[4][5][6] and was the first local retailer to take part in Black Friday.[7][8] As of November 2019, over 2500 third-party businesses use the Takealot Marketplace platform to sell to over 1.8 million takealot.com shoppers.[3]
In October 2010, former MWEB CEO Kim Reid and US-based investment firm Tiger Global Management acquired existing South African ecommerce business Take2, renaming it takealot.com.[9] Takealot.com was officially launched to the public in June 2011.[1][9]
In 2014, takealot.com successfully launched its own on-demand food delivery service after acquiring Mr Delivery (rebranded Mr D Food)[10] and Superbalist.com, a fashion e-tailer.[11] In the same year, takealot.com announced that a merger would take place with Kalahari.com. [12][13][14] The merger was successfully completed in May 2015.[15][16]
Aboutedit
Delivery Networkedit
As of 2019, takealot.com contracts over 4,500 delivery drivers and carries out over 1.6 million monthly deliveries.[5][8]
In April 2019 takealot.com opened its first series of collection points, branded Takealot Pickup Points.[17][18][19] As of March 2020, over 50 Takealot Pickup Points are available in all 9 South African provinces.[20][21]
Criticismedit
Takealot has garnered attention from South African labour unions following protests from Takealot workers in July 2022.[22][23] Some workers have stated that they work more than 12-hour shifts, with only one-hour lunch break.
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takealot, major, contributor, this, article, appears, have, close, connection, with, subject, require, cleanup, comply, with, wikipedia, content, policies, particularly, neutral, point, view, please, discuss, further, talk, page, march, 2020, learn, when, remo. A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page March 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Takealot com stylised as takealot com 1 is a South African e commerce company based in Cape Town South Africa It is regarded as South Africa s largest online retailer 2 3 takealot com has helped grow online shopping in South Africa 4 5 6 and was the first local retailer to take part in Black Friday 7 8 As of November 2019 over 2500 third party businesses use the Takealot Marketplace platform to sell to over 1 8 million takealot com shoppers 3 Takealot comCompany typeSubsidiaryIndustryE commerce RetailFounded2011 2011 FounderKim ReidHeadquartersCape Town South AfricaArea servedSouth AfricaNumber of employees2000 ParentNaspers 2015 present SubsidiariesMr D Food SuperbalistWebsitewww wbr takealot wbr com Contents 1 History 2 About 2 1 Delivery Network 2 2 Distribution Centres 2 3 Collection Points 3 Criticism 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory editIn October 2010 former MWEB CEO Kim Reid and US based investment firm Tiger Global Management acquired existing South African ecommerce business Take2 renaming it takealot com 9 Takealot com was officially launched to the public in June 2011 1 9 In 2014 takealot com successfully launched its own on demand food delivery service after acquiring Mr Delivery rebranded Mr D Food 10 and Superbalist com a fashion e tailer 11 In the same year takealot com announced that a merger would take place with Kalahari com 12 13 14 The merger was successfully completed in May 2015 15 16 About editDelivery Network edit As of 2019 takealot com contracts over 4 500 delivery drivers and carries out over 1 6 million monthly deliveries 5 8 Distribution Centres edit Takealot com currently has distribution centres in the Western Cape and Gauteng 5 Collection Points edit In April 2019 takealot com opened its first series of collection points branded Takealot Pickup Points 17 18 19 As of March 2020 over 50 Takealot Pickup Points are available in all 9 South African provinces 20 21 Criticism editTakealot has garnered attention from South African labour unions following protests from Takealot workers in July 2022 22 23 Some workers have stated that they work more than 12 hour shifts with only one hour lunch break See also editNaspersReferences edit a b Takealot www takealot com Takealot Retrieved 23 March 2020 eCommerce Market South Africa Data Trends Top Stores ecommercedb com Retrieved 2020 03 23 a b Malinga Sibahle Takealot edges closer to 2m customers No 13 November 2019 ITWeb Retrieved 23 March 2020 Tsele Lebogang 2017 10 27 How Takealot Became SA s Best Online Retailer SME South Africa Retrieved 2020 03 23 a b c Malinga Sibahle 2019 11 19 Inside Takealot s upgraded warehouse and distribution centre ITWeb Retrieved 2020 03 23 Food delivery in South Africa is huge The crazy numbers behind Mr D Food businesstech co za Retrieved 2020 03 23 Wendy Knowler TimesLIVE Retrieved 2021 02 04 a b The Takealot Group Prepares to Ship An Order Per Second TechFinancials 2019 11 19 Retrieved 2020 03 23 a b Claasen Larry SA s Amazon The Takealot takeover Brainstorm Magazine Retrieved 2020 03 25 Pazvakavambwa Regina 2018 08 03 Mr D Food app hits a million downloads ITWeb Retrieved 2020 03 23 Takealot com acquires Superbalist businesstech co za Retrieved 2020 03 23 Naspers bags all of Takealot TechCentral techcentral co za Retrieved 2020 03 23 How much money the Takealot Kalahari merger was worth businesstech co za Retrieved 2020 03 23 Naspers to pump R1bn into Takealot TechCentral techcentral co za Retrieved 2020 03 25 Kalahari ceases to exist with finalisation of Takealot merger Ventureburn 2015 05 04 Retrieved 2020 03 23 Kalahari down for good Retrieved 2020 03 23 Takealot launches nationwide Pickup Points flagship Midrand facility Engineering News Retrieved 2020 03 23 Takealot opens collection points across South Africa Retrieved 2020 03 23 A first look inside Takealot s new flagship Gauteng pick up point TechCentral techcentral co za Retrieved 2020 03 23 Takealot Pickup Points www takealot com Retrieved 2020 03 23 Takealot launches national pickup points www techsmart co za Retrieved 2020 03 23 Takealot feeling the heat Retrieved 2022 12 15 Takealot workers strike for permanent positions Retrieved 2022 12 15 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Takealot com amp oldid 1181012427, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
