Takealot fires back

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The right thing for Naspers is to scale down, retrench workers and fire some of their delivery workers too. Perhaps even consider delisting from the JSE.

Expand abroad to Western countries where they can start up and compete in a stronger economy with less restrictions.
 
rvZA said:
The right thing for Naspers is to scale down, retrench workers and fire some of their delivery workers too. Perhaps even consider delisting from the JSE.

Expand abroad to Western countries where they can start up and compete in a stronger economy with less restrictions.
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They should do all of this during a Civil war?
 
Hemi300c said:
Don't worry, if something is working and the customer has the choice the anc will step in and fvck everything up and ultimately cost the country employment and income.
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This is ANC policy. This is how they will address inequality. Kill the economy and make everyone equally poor. Then no one can complain about inequality. They do not care about the economy or tax income. They hate it.
 
rvZA said:
The right thing for Naspers is to scale down, retrench workers and fire some of their delivery workers too. Perhaps even consider delisting from the JSE.

Expand abroad to Western countries where they can start up and compete in a stronger economy with less restrictions.
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Takelot is too dumb too compete with Amazon.
 
Benedict A55h0le said:
Takelot is too dumb too compete with Amazon.
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Indeed, but at least they will still make some money in a sound and better economy. Here in SA there is no chance of making money. If you do make money, you are limited in both your operations and what you can make. If you cross these lines, then you get what is written in this article. So, in terms of business, you need to make a business decision. Do you want to keep running a business at a loss or like the old days, run a business making profits and money for you and your investors. The latter is not allowed in SA, so you will need to make a decision.
 
The online retailer naturally competes with other, much larger brick-and-mortar retailers, who are excluded from complying with these requirements despite them also having an online presence.

The report did not impose any measures on other online retailers that have physical stores, such as The Foschini Group, Checkers and Makro.
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Bit disingenuous of Takealot, The Foschini Group, Checkers and Makro are not facilitating Piet Pompies Umbrellas selling their goods in a direct manner to the public.
 
rvZA said:
Expand abroad to Western countries where they can start up and compete in a stronger economy with less restrictions.
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I don't think they'd be immune to similar actions for the same behaviour in other markets. As much as I enjoy Takealot's contribution to ecommerce it also needs to be fair especially considering they have the luxury of running at a loss year after year.
 
our delivery lady is absolutely awesome ,goes out of her way for us ,hope this doesnt affect some .
 
supersunbird said:
Bit disingenuous of Takealot, The Foschini Group, Checkers and Makro are not facilitating Piet Pompies Umbrellas selling their goods in a direct manner to the public.
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thats where takealot started failing all the pp sellers ,TFG is a powehouse as well as Shoprite group .
 
quovadis said:
I don't think they'd be immune to similar actions for the same behaviour in other markets. As much as I enjoy Takealot's contribution to ecommerce it also needs to be fair especially considering they have the luxury of running at a loss year after year.
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What people seems not to understand, which will naturally come and bite everyone real soon, is the fact that Takealot had the luxury of being financed by Naspers all those years while running a loss. With Naspers itself facing headwinds, one needs to ask the question how long Takealot will still be able to run at a loss. Now with these restrictions facing it as well, I will not be surprised if Takealot may consider restructuring the business, getting rid of loss-making sections, scaling down. Perhaps even at some point consider selling the business or closing down.

Imagine the consequences for everyone involved if this should happen...
 
rvZA said:
What people seems not to understand, which will naturally come and bite everyone real soon, is the fact that Takealot had the luxury of being financed by Naspers all those years while running a loss. With Naspers itself facing headwinds, one needs to ask the question how long Takealot will still be able to run at a loss. Now with these restrictions facing it as well, I will not be surprised if Takealot may consider restructuring the business, getting rid of loss-making sections, scaling down. Perhaps even at some point consider selling the business or closing down.

Imagine the consequences for everyone involved if this should happen...
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You can still operate and not fall foul of anti-competitive behaviour especially with the resource TA have at their disposal.
 
quovadis said:
You can still operate and not fall foul of anti-competitive behaviour especially with the resource TA have at their disposal.
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But can you operate at a scale where you earn the current income and much bigger income in future and expand your business at a bigger rate than you currently do without falling foul of restrictions aiming to restrict just that?
 
Sits patiently awaiting for Amazon to come in and free us from the likes of Takealot, Makro, Incredible Corruption etc etc etc.
 
rvZA said:
But can you operate at a scale where you earn the current income and much bigger income in future and expand your business at a bigger rate than you currently do without falling foul of restrictions aiming to restrict just that?
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Yeah I think you’re confusing growth with competition.
 
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