South Africa Retail, Home-Shopping, E-Commerce Report 2010

1.) Key Findings
- According to estimates the country's retail sales will grow from USD 64 billion in 2009 to USD 106 billion by 2014.
- Forecasts don’t see a sharp bounce back of the retail economy in 2010.
- Verimark, Homemark and Glomail are among the top mailorder companies in South Africa.
- At least 15% of the total Internet users had shopped online, and online sales contributed below 1% of total retail sales in 2009.
- Despite the low current online shopping demand, online retail shopping is expected to continue to grow strongly for at least the next decade.

2.) The “South Africa Retail, Home-Shopping, E-Commerce Report 2010”, the latest report published by Hamburg-based market research firm yStats.com, shows a positive upward trend in South African retail.

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Report Highlights

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1. Economy and Demographics

- South Africa vs OECD Comparison
- Economic Facts
- Demographic Facts


2. Retail

- Retail Sales Trends and Basic Data
- Retail Sales Trends in Q1 2010
- Seasonally adjusted total Retail Trade Sales at constant 2008 Prices, monthly, in ZAR million, 2003-Feb 2010
- Retailers and the Recession
- Retail Category Sales Trends
- Share of total Retail Sales, by Product Category, in %, 2009
- Technical Consumer Goods Market, by Category, Q1 - Q4 2009
- Clothing and Textile Retail
- Distribution Channels and their Major Players
- Largest Retail Companies in South Africa 2010 among the biggest Global Retail Companies
- Company News: Shoprite
- Company News: Pick n Pay
- Company News: Walmart


3. Home-Shopping / Direct Selling

- Mail-order Sales Trends
- Leading B2C Mail-order Players, by Assortments
- Direct Selling Players


4. B2C E-Commerce

- Africa Top 10 Internet Countries, by Million of Users, June 2009
- Internet Usage Growth Drivers
- Internet Access Technologies in South Africa by Usage, in %, 2009
- Reasons for Accessing the Internet, in %, 2009
- Mobile Internet Trends in Africa
- B2C E-Commerce Trends
- B2C E-Commerce Demand
- B2C E-Commerce Growth Drivers
- B2C E-Commerce Expectations for 2010
- Online Shopping Habits
- Consumer Research Actions in the Internet before Buying, in %, 2009
- Reasons for Buying Online and not Buying Online, in %, 2009
- Online Payment Methods, in %, 2009
- Online Marketing Trends 2010
- Leading B2C E-Commerce Players; by Assortments
- Leading B2C E-Commerce Players; by Unique Visitors and Audience Reach, February 2010
- Company News: Kulula.com
- Company News: PayPal

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