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Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | E-commerce, Retail |
Founded | 2011 |
Founder | Kim Reid |
Headquarters | Cape Town, South Africa |
Area served | South Africa |
Number of employees | 2000+ |
Parent |
Naspers (2015–present) |
Subsidiaries |
Mr D Food Superbalist |
Website |
www |
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]
As of 2019, takealot.com contracts over 4,500 delivery drivers and carries out over 1.6 million monthly deliveries. [5] [8]
Takealot.com currently has distribution centres in the Western Cape and Gauteng. [5]
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 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.
A major contributor to this article appears to have a
close connection with its subject. (March 2020) |
Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | E-commerce, Retail |
Founded | 2011 |
Founder | Kim Reid |
Headquarters | Cape Town, South Africa |
Area served | South Africa |
Number of employees | 2000+ |
Parent |
Naspers (2015–present) |
Subsidiaries |
Mr D Food Superbalist |
Website |
www |
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]
As of 2019, takealot.com contracts over 4,500 delivery drivers and carries out over 1.6 million monthly deliveries. [5] [8]
Takealot.com currently has distribution centres in the Western Cape and Gauteng. [5]
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 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.