Takealot.com

Takealot.com (stylised as takealot.com[1]) is a South African e-commerce company based in Cape Town, South Africa. As the country’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]

Takealot.com
IndustryE-commerce, Retail
Founded2011 (2011)
FounderKim Reid
HeadquartersCape Town, South Africa
Area served
South Africa
Number of employees
2000+
SubsidiariesMr D Food
Websitewww.takealot.com

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]

History

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 curated design and fashion e-tailer.[11] In the same year, takealot.com announced that a merger would take place with Kalahari.com, a Naspers-owned ecommerce company.[12][13][14] The merger was successfully completed in May 2015.[15][16]

During 2017 Naspers increased its investment to 96% after acquiring Tiger Global Management's stake in full.[12] In October 2018, Superbalist.com and Spree (also part of the Naspers portfolio) merged businesses under the Superbalist.com brand, with Takealot group owning 49% of the new business and retaining management control.[17]

Delivery Network

In June 2011, takealot.com purchased a 40% minority stake in Mr Delivery, a multi-restaurant delivery service, as the company sought to build out its own in-house logistics expertise under the Takealot Delivery Team division.[18] In January 2013, takealot.com acquired a controlling stake in Mr Delivery.[19][20]

As of 2019, the Takealot contracts over 4 500 delivery drivers and carries out over 1.6 million monthly deliveries.[5][8]

Distribution Centres

Takealot.com currently has distribution centres in the Western Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng, totalling 75 000 m². Its Johannesburg distribution centre houses almost 4 million products at any time and dispatches on average 10 000 parcels every hour.[5]

Collection Points

In April 2019 takealot.com opened its first series of collection points, branded Takealot Pickup Points.[21][22] An alternative option to delivery, customers are able to collect and return orders any day of the week.[23] As of March 2020, over 50 Takealot Pickup Points are available in all 9 South African provinces.[24] The 1 177 m2 flagship Takealot Midrand (N1 Bridge) Pickup Point spans Africa’s busiest highway, and is able to support more than 7 000 collections a day.[25]

References
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