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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Amazon South Africa's disappointing launch year

    Amazon's disappointing South African launch Amazon's long-awaited South African marketplace launch finally came on 7 May 2024, but it has left many shoppers in the country wanting with the lack of its famous Prime subscription and a fairly limited catalogue. Indications of a potential Amazon...
  3. Jan

    Amazon on hiring spree in South Africa for marketplace-related roles

    Amazon is coming — Marketplace hiring spree in South Africa Amazon appears to be committed to its plans to launch a South African marketplace, and the company is currently advertising 30 full-time positions in the country, a fair portion of which are marketplace-related. The online retail...
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  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Amazon sued by FTC for "manipulating" customers into signing up for Prime

    Amazon sued by FTC for "manipulating" customers into signing up for Prime The US Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon.com Inc. Wednesday, alleging the e-commerce giant duped consumers into signing up for its Prime membership service and deliberately made it hard to cancel. The consumer...
  5. Jan

    How MultiChoice's plans to compete with Netflix, Disney, Amazon

    DStv's strategy to compete against Netflix and Disney+ MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela said it is positioning its offerings as the “home of local and sport” as a differentiator to compete in the streaming market. Mawela spoke to CNBC Africa’s Fifi Peters at the World Economic Forum’s annual...
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  6. Jan

    Amazon plans to go ahead with South African marketplace despite global retrenchments - sources

    Amazon marketplace plans for South Africa after 18,000 job cuts Amazon is continuing with its plans to launch marketplace and Amazon Prime services in South Africa this year despite cost-cutting at the company. Last year, reports surfaced that Amazon was planning to launch a marketplace in...
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  7. Jan

    Incredible Connection says it will compete with Amazon on after-sales service

    Incredible Connection's plan to take on Amazon Many South Africans already buy computer hardware and other tech products from Amazon, and with the company potentially launching a local marketplace, tech retailers could lose out on sales. MyBroadband asked several online tech retailers in the...
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  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Amazon's subscription cancellation process is too hard, new lawsuit claims

    Amazon's subscription cancellation process is too hard, new lawsuit claims Amazon Inc. makes it too hard and unnecessarily confusing to cancel subscriptions for services, some customers claimed in a lawsuit alleging the internet retailer is violating California’s rules on automatic renewal...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Amazon increases annual Prime subscription fee

    Amazon increases annual Prime subscription fee Amazon.com Inc. is raising the annual fee for its Prime subscription service in the U.S. by $20 to $139, the first such increase since 2018. For new Prime members, the price change will go into effect on Feb. 18 and will apply to current...
  10. J

    Amazon Prime monthly price hike will generate $300 million a year

    Amazon Prime monthly price hike will generate $300 million a year Amazon will generate an extra $300 million annually by increasing the monthly cost of Prime membership by $2.
  11. J

    Amazon Prime app for Android in SA

    I've signed up for an Amazon Prime account but it doesn't seem possible to get the app in SA to use the system on Android, such as my TV box or my phone. Does anybody know if there's a way around this to get the app in SA, working. Otherwise I'm not going to bother keeping this account if I can...
  12. J

    Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime - which 2 would you choose?

    If you have to choose two of the three packages, which two would you choose and why? My wife has insisted I stick to two of these three, I can't decide, don't know them well enough. What are the major differences?
  13. jes

    Amazon launches streaming music service

    Amazon launches streaming music service Amazon’s newly announced music streaming service is yet another attempt by the company to move beyond e-commerce
  14. jes

    Amazon plans Prime fee hike by $20, risks consumer wrath

    Amazon plans Prime fee hike by $20, risks consumer wrath Amazon plans to hike the annual fee for its popular Prime service by 25 percent to $99 starting next week
  15. J

    Amazon Prime testing monthly option

    Amazon video-streaming gets monthly option Amazon begins testing a new monthly option for its video-streaming service, Prime
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