Checkers to challenge Amazon, Temu with new Sixty60 app

Could the new Checkers Sixty60 app - which allows for same-day delivery of a range of goods from air fryers to television sets and pool cleaners - help SA's largest retailer Shoprite eat the lunch of the likes of Temu, Amazon and Takealot?

While it is still early days, with the new version of the app being piloted in Cape Town before a wider rollout in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in the coming weeks, analysts expect it to — at the very least — help Shoprite continue taking market share from its local competitors. While it is difficult to call a winner in the intensely competitive online space, especially with giants such as Amazon and Temu making inroads, they agree that if any local company can do it, it is likely Shoprite.