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Spar reports growth of 3.3% as global retail sales reach €41.2 billion
SPAR, the world’s largest food retail voluntary chain, has seen annual retail sales break the €40...
Informal Retail in Africa: Could Technology be the Key Enabler?
Since the turn of the century and consistently for nearly a decade before the COVID-19 pandemic r...
Consumers need a good reason to shop this Black Friday
Last year’s Black Friday retail sales massively underperformed for many reasons, according to Mar...
Checkers launches deals onto its Sixty60 home delivery app
Retailer Checkers says that customers using its Sixty60 home delivery service will now be able to...
SA wipe manufacturer Sani-touch is ahead of the game
In the UK a government minister is calling for a new law to ban wet wipes that contain plastic. L...
Dis-Chem CEO steps down after sometimes controversial 40 years at the helm
Pharmaceutical retailer Dis-Chem's Ivan Saltzman is stepping down as CEO at the end of June after...
Dis-Chem boosts same day on-demand service delivery – adds new products and a scheduling option
Convenience continues to be a key decision-maker for consumers and aligned with this trend and to...
Retailers need to invest in customer satisfaction as e-commerce in SA eclipses R50bn milestone
Online retail in South Africa has hit a major milestone, eclipsing R50 billion in annual sales du...
Switch your SASSA grant to Shoprite’s Money Market Account – free of charge
SASSA grant beneficiaries with gold cards expiring in the next few months can avoid long queues a...
Game named one of SA’s top ten strongest brands
Local retailer, Game, was this month named South Africa’s tenth strongest brand according to Bran...
Tiger Brands certified ‘Top Employer’ – 8th year running
Tiger Brands has been named a Top Employer in South Africa for the eighth consecutive year by the...
Massmart is officially a Top Employer…again!
On the 17th of January 2023, the Top Employers Institute announced Massmart as a Top Employer in ...
Checkers scoops several prestigious design awards
Checkers was crowned the overall winner of the 2022 Retail Design & Development Awards (RDDA)...
Spar taking on Checkers, Pick n Pay and Woolworths with delivery in South Africa
The Spar group says that its newly launched on-demand delivery shopping platform SPAR2U is close ...
Consumers to benefit from the separation of import portions by country of origin
Local chicken farmers celebrate the banishing of mixing portions of chicken in the same bag from ...
3 new laws proposed for businesses in South Africa
Trade and Industry minister Ebrahim Patel has published the draft Companies Amendment Bill for pu...
South Africa set to get an ‘extra’ public holiday
The Electoral Commission has written to Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi requesting that he...
South Africa has eased restrictions on alcohol sales – but businesses are already warning about another ban
Alcohol industry groups have welcomed South Africa’s move to an adjusted level 2 lockdown but hav...
New legislation requires SA buildings to display energy performance certificate
Recently gazetted regulations published by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy now mak...
Checkers adds 41 new wines to Odd Bins range
Checkers has added 41 new limited edition wines to its Odd Bins collection, of which two were awa...
With petrol at almost R20 a litre, food prices ahead of Christmas will shoot up
South African consumers will have to dig deeper in their pockets at the tills this festive season...
Petrol price shocker for South Africa
Filling a 45-litre tank will cost South African motorists around R55 more from tomorrow (3 Novemb...
Consumers to face higher prices this festive season, says Salesforce
CRM global leader Salesforce predicted that consumers would face higher prices this coming Festiv...
25 grocery items that have become more expensive in South Africa
The latest Household Affordability Index by the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity g...
Massmart says civil unrest cost the company R2.5 billion in stock damage, property replacement
Massmart said it would pay R650 million out of its own pocket after the looting in KwaZulu-Natal ...
Sasria pays Clicks R217m of KZN claim
South Africa’s leading beauty, health and lifestyle retailer Clicks yesterday dimmed its earnings...
Africa Trade Week Launches Digital Exhibition Platform
Africa Trade Week, owned and operated by dmg Events in South Africa, announces that its 2021 edit...
Government’s plan to help businesses recover from looting and Covid-19 impact – including tax breaks
President Cyril Ramaphosa has unveiled plans to assist businesses caught up in the recent unrest ...
New laws to tackle claims of ‘organic’ and ‘free range’ foods in South Africa
South Africa’s Agricultural Product Standards Amendment Bill is set to become law after the natio...
Pick n Pay clothing store awarded green status
Pick n Pay Clothing becomes the first clothing retailer recognised by the Green Building Council ...
Pick n Pay reduces food waste by nearly a third with the help of new technologies
In the past four years, the retailer has reduced the volume of food waste in its operations by ne...
Pick n Pay becomes first retailer to stop using barrier bags at till points
Pick n Pay has removed all plastic barrier bags from its till points – a first in South Africa th...
Checkers rolls out new trolleys made from hundreds of recycled milk bottles
Checkers is rolling out new shopping trolley baskets made from 100% recycled plastic - mostly old...
Uber One launches in South Africa — with money back for late deliveries
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Uber has announced the launch of Uber One — a subscription serv...
Pick n Pay brings Hellmann’s back to SA shelves
Customers asked and Pick n Pay answered! The retailer confirms that Hellmann’s Mayonnaise is back...
Counter the winter cold with these gas safety tips
South Africans are bracing for a challenging winter this year, with the severely constrained nati...
Warning over empty shelves and deeper crisis in South Africa
South Africans may have already started noticing lower stock of certain food items on store shelv...
Lay’s found selling chips below advertised weight
MyBroadband recently bought a 36-gram pack of Lay’s Portuguese Peri-Peri Prawns chips only to fin...
Youth prefer Boxer to Shoprite, but Woolies remains a favourite
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Shopping baskets of young people are cheapest relative to other...
Soaring appeal of loyalty programmes in South Africa
South African consumers are finding ways to cope with the tough economic times, and using loyal...
Zulzi beats Checkers, Pick n Pay, Woolworths — South African grocery delivery price comparison
South Africa’s prominent grocery retailers, including Checkers, Pick n Pay, and Woolworths, offer...
This is the cheapest store to purchase a basic grocery bag from in January 2023
As the cost of living continues to soar in South Africa for consumers, many are looking for ways ...
Love meat tender? That’s tough luck, because most SA beef is chewy, scientists find.
Finding a consistent supply of tender steak in South Africa is tough, but your best bet is to cho...
Load shedding bleeds one of South Africa’s biggest retailers of R700 million
The Spar Group has recorded a major hit to its financials for the six months ended 31 March 2023.
Clicks talks expansion plans as it acquires its first 24-hour pharmacy in South Africa
Clicks Group plans to open 50 new stores and 40 pharmacies in 2023 and has acquired its first 24-...
Positive Pick n Pay performance with good progress on Ekuseni strategic PLAN
Pick n Pay published its financial results for the six months ended 28 August 2022.
Pick n Pay surges as Boxer, price hikes boost profit
Shares in Pick n Pay surged almost 7% on Monday afternoon after the retailer flagged double-digit...
Dis-Chem revenue passes R30 billion for the first time as it reports change in shopping habits
Pharmacy retailer Dis-Chem on Monday (23 May) reported strong revenue growth of 15.7% for the 12 ...