BUSINESS DAY TV: Building an online empire that will never go out of fashion
Brent Curry is chief information officer at The Foschini Group BUSINESS DAY TV: As shoppers flood the country’s malls in the last few shopping days before Christmas, others are avoiding the crowds, online. While SA still pales next to the likes of the US and Western Europe when it comes to online shopping, the large retailers are making their presence felt in cyberspace. One of those is The Foschini Group (TFG) which owns chains including Foschini, Markham’s and @Home. It aims to have all 20 of its local chains on its eMall in two years’ time and has set an ambitious target of R550m in annual online sales by the end of 2020. Chief information officer Brent Curry joins us now on the line. Brent … retailers still hard at work ahead of those Christmas sales? Brent Curry: Yes. We’ve all obviously prepared and the stock is in the stores, and then the online side as well … post the Black Friday, still tracking well and we’re quite happy with the progress so far. BDTV: You talk about progr...
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