There, I’ve broken the ice. They say that talking about the weather is the best way to start a conversation with a stranger, and I suppose it’s also a great way to start your first blog post in a while. I often think how lucky we are, us PriceCheckers. We live (and work, sometimes) in Cape Town. It’s a great place to be. But, besides the pearly-white beaches, sun-kissed bodies, majestic mountain(s) and general awesomeness, we have another great thing going for us – the weather. It’s not too hot, nor too cold. It’s dry and hardly ever humid. It can be very windy, but...

Note to self: working all night gives you a headache. Is it still a sweat shop if you have aircon? We’ve been busy. The PriceCheck team has been racing against time to bring you what we think is one of the most cutting edge comparison sites around. Just in time for your festive shopping, we know you’ll love the new PriceCheck. The development, marketing, content and sales teams (my band of merry men) have been slaving away for weeks to bring you something we’re really proud of. We’ve revolutionised shopping comparison in SA, and have revamped your favourite comparison site in a...

Where to find the ‘The Lost Symbol’ Publishing’s biggest event of the year recently kicked off with the release of the cover art for Dan Brown’s highly anticipated new book, The Lost Symbol. The title character of the book, Robert Langdon, is once again revived, returning from the previous The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, to bring us another action packed novel, aptly named – The Lost Symbol. The story takes place over a 12-hour period in the life of Da Vinci protagonist Robert Langdon. “Weaving five years of research into the story’s twelve-hour...

eDreams.co.za have opened their marketplace to multiple retailers and launched the eDreams Merchant Programme (eMP). eMP allows anyone who sells a product to take advantage of the established eDreams multi-channel sales strategy, customer reach, payment security and logistic infrastructure. Being a member of the eMP functions as an addition to any existing bricks and mortar operation. Being able to sell through a secure and experienced online network means that a retailer can now process online sales that previously may have been lost. In basic terms, the eMP model acts as a one-stop virtual shopping...

We’ve teamed up with FNB to give you, the user, the option to select shops that provide payment facilities using FNB Cell Pay Point. As mentioned in the previous blog entry, it’s a great new technology that is bound to revolutionise the industry. It allows FNB customers to pay for purchases effortlessly using their cellphone. No details get transmitted over the internet and you don’t need to remember credit card numbers!...