{"id":608926,"date":"2022-07-20T10:27:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T08:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=608926"},"modified":"2022-07-20T10:27:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T08:27:18","slug":"makro-launches-new-mobile-shopping-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/608926\/makro-launches-new-mobile-shopping-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Makro launches new mobile shopping app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Makro has launched a new stand-alone shopping app for customers to make purchases on general merchandise, liquor and pantry items.<\/p>\n<p>The new app provides customers with access to over 120,000 products, marking a 30% expansion of Makro&#8217;s online product range since January, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Massmart has previously embarked on a multi-year e-commerce strategy by developing its website and app as more people move to buy products online.<\/p>\n<p>The app aims to make it easier to find new products and promotions online with improved search functionalities and reduced registration processes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The launch of the Makro shopping App represents a further significant step in Massmart\u2019s e-commerce journey and we look forward to serving even more online customers through this channel,&#8221; the group said.<\/p>\n<p>The Makro Shopping App is available for download from the Google Play and Apple App store.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/608892\/inflation-hits-13-year-high-in-south-africa-here-are-8-things-that-are-much-more-expensive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inflation hits 13-year high in South Africa \u2013 here are 8 things that are much more expensive<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massmart&#8217;s Makro reveals a new app to adjust to new consumer buying trends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":365768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[26,8961],"class_list":["post-608926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-headline","tag-makro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608926"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":608978,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608926\/revisions\/608978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}