Chinese e-commerce giant Temu on Wednesday announced that it has opened a local distribution warehouse in an effort to speed up fulfilment to South African shoppers.
The move is set to increase competitive pressure on homegrown e-commerce platforms like Takealot and foreign investors like Amazon, which entered the South African market directly in 2024.
“Shoppers in South Africa can now receive their Temu orders in as little as one day, thanks to the e-commerce platform’s new local warehouse dispatch option,” the company said in a statement.
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“Temu does not own warehouses but works with trusted third-party logistics providers. Under the local fulfilment model,…
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