Orange announced in a press release issued on the evening of Tuesday, 9 December 2014 that it plans to build on the success of its online store by launching a brick-and-mortar equivalent in Cape Town.<\/p>\n
It also has plans to use the store\u00a0as a physical point of of contact for an\u00a0Internet service provider (ISP) operation it plans to launch in 2015, Orange said.<\/p>\n
The store will be situated in Claremont, Cape Town, and is expected to start trading in January 2015.<\/p>\n
News of the launch date of Orange’s own retail presence in South Africa comes after it told BusinessTech in July that it planned to open its first store<\/a> before the end of 2014.<\/p>\n \u201cThe response to the Orange Online Store from the South African market exceeded our expectations,\u201d said S\u00e8bastien Crozier, CEO of Orange Horizons.<\/p>\n Crozier said that this led to a local warehouse being established to serve the South African market, and now the opening of the telecommunications service provider\u2019s first retail store in the country.<\/p>\n Orange said that the store will offer a wide range of the latest gadgets and accessories, click and collect facilities, a drop off point for repairs and returns, and customer service on the Orange travel products for South Africans travelling abroad.<\/p>\n It will also act as a point of sale for the Orange Top-Up products.<\/p>\n Crozier said that in future, the store will also act as a point of service for the brands Internet service provider (ISP) activity in the country.<\/p>\n \u201cFurther to the Orange Wi-Fi offering in South Africa, our plans to launch as an ISP in 2015 will be made easier by having a point of service and contact with our customers,\u201d Crozier said.<\/p>\n Orange said that it plans to open additional stores in the future, targeting \u201ckey provinces and geographical areas\u201d.<\/p>\n Orange launches free Wi-Fi in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Orange Radio launches in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Inside Orange\u2019s retail plans for SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nMore Orange news<\/h3>\n