Takealot App
Raquel Acosta
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]
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]
takealot.com is one of SA's largest online retailers with 9+ million products to choose from across 17 categories. Order online & we'll deliver anywhere in SA! Founded in 2011, takealot.com's mission is to be the most customer-centric online shopping destination in Africa, built around the simple concept that the customer comes
All of our focus is dedicated to improving the customer experience, from the moment they arrive on our website to the moment their order arrives at their door. By aligning ourselves to this philosophy, we believe takealot.com will be the #1 shopping destination across Africa.
Our developers are involved in the full software life cycle, from the requirements gathering, design and development to ownership and maintenance. Our fast-paced agile deployment cycle means we can iterate quickly and deploy improvements for our customers on a daily basis. Developers have the opportunity to contribute throughout the company to make takealot.com even more awesome.
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