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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I give my gratitude to God Almighty who kept me alive to finalise my paper.
To my parents Mr and Mrs G.N Nwoffiah, my brothers Ben, Eugene, Charles.
Gabriel and my sister Joy, a big thanks for the moral and financial support
and for giving me the opportunity to obtain a good education. My special
thanks also go to my fiancee, for his support and prayers
I owe a special thank you to my Supervisor, Prof. Andy Bytheway, for his
constructive advice, guidance, encouragement and tremendous support
towards the finalisation of this research. My gratitude also goes to Ann
Bytheway, for her willingness to edit my thesis and her constructive
comments.
I would also like to thank Rolf Prosky for his library assistance and Darlington
Onojefe for valuable contribution towards the completion of this research.
My gratitude goes to the Business Informatics Staff members, especially to
the Office Management and Technology team who gave me so much support
and encouragement to finalise this research.
Thanks are due to the 50 respondents who completed the survey, and to the
following e-retail professionals: Yahya Patel (Musica, Cape Town), Mojeed
Biobaku (Woolworths, Cape Town), Eldred Lawrence (Pick'n'Pay, Cape
Town), Jennifer Schreuder (MegaShopper, Cape Town), Warien Moss (Digital
Planet, Cape Town), Chike Nwoffiah (Oriki Theater, USA) and Deffria Bass
(T-Shirts for the Soul, USA).