{"id":31364,"date":"2013-02-07T18:26:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T16:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=31364"},"modified":"2013-02-08T09:25:56","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T07:25:56","slug":"look-listen-shuts-online-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/31364\/look-listen-shuts-online-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Look & Listen shuts online store"},"content":{"rendered":"

Consumer goods retailer Look & Listen<\/a> has announced via its website that it will be halting all online purchases from 12 February 2013.<\/p>\n

According to the company, the site will remain active for “product research” and to market promotions and competitions.<\/p>\n

Pre-ordered goods will still be delivered – while any customers with funds in a virtual e-wallet can either convert the amount to a virtual gift voucher or opt for a refund.<\/p>\n

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The halt applies to both physical and digital products as well as the online mp3 store that it revamped in December 2011.<\/p>\n

At the time of the site’s make-over, Look & Listen had over 3.5 million MP3 tracks available to download directly from their website, as well as a huge range of CDs, DVDs, electronics and games.<\/p>\n

The move comes as a surprise, after CEO Darren Levy<\/a>, said that the company was “well entrenched” in the online space, and that it was seeing rapid growth in the online side of its business.<\/p>\n

Speaking to BusinessTech in December 2012, Levy said that Look & Listen was “focusing more and more online as we see the trend of online shopping growing as more people understand and trust the online shopping experience”.<\/p>\n

“We have increased our online sales considerably since last year indicating that more people are comfortable with purchasing online and seeing the benefit in this,” Levy said at the time.<\/p>\n

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