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Slash finds silver lining in COVID-cloud

Itseng Mathumo
Itseng Mathumo

Rapid advances in digital automation technologies have led to new developments in several industries, retail being one that found a silver lining in the COVID-19 cloud. Amidst the lockdowns, a local retail technology company, Slash Deals was launched.

The company provides a 24-hour panel where retail stores can publish promotions at any time, view and track the performance of their deals and offers, whilst improving targeted promotions and data on the user’s needs through a comparison app. The app, Slash, is available on both Android and iOS, and one can also visit the website at https://www.slash.co.bw.

The platform has a search feature that allows the user to search for the store or deals they need.

Editor's Comment
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