We've seen most businesses redirecting their operations online given the nature of the Covid-19 pandemic. Digital platforms provider Ocean on 76 Group agrees, indicating that post-Covid trends are predicting a sharp incline in e-commerce-related businesses. 9 Oct 2020
Pick n Pay Clothing has paired up with sustainable fashion designer Katekani Moreku in its second Futurewear collaboration. Julia Buchanan kicked off the project in August with the PnP Clothing x Julia range, which sold out in a month. 9 Oct 2020
The Shoprite Group has allocated over R53m in surplus food donations to organisations tasked with feeding the hungry since the start of the Covid-19-imposed national lockdown. 8 Oct 2020
Research data suggests that Walmart will become the top retailer in the world in 2020. The data, analysed by ComprarAcciones.com, indicates that Walmart will rake in $527.8bn in revenue, followed by Amazon with a projected $268.2bn and Costco with an estimated total of $156.6bn. 8 Oct 2020
In a new campaign, chain restaurant Kauai asks that South Africans rethink 'normal'. According to Kauai, life pre-Covid-19 in South Africa was rife with several issues including gender-based violence, environmental concerns like poaching and global warming and the generally poor state of physical health of many South Africans, which makes the call for a return to 'normal' feel misplaced. 8 Oct 2020
At the end of May this year, when South Africa was in Level 3 lockdown, I wrote an article about the need for customers to feel safe when going to restaurants and fast food outlets. Regulations for restaurants at that stage required them to have a maximum of 50% of their capacity with a compulsory screening questionnaire and customers wearing masks. Restaurants also had to close by 10pm and were prohibited from selling alcohol. The key message then was that restaurants and fast food outlets should be taking all preventative measures possible and communicating them to their customers so that they feel safe and this would create long-term loyalty. 8 Oct 2020
The ups and downs of 2020 feel like a never-ending rollercoaster for businesses across the country. Adaptability has been the key to survival and, luckily, such fast-moving change has resulted in some fertile terrain for new business developments as evidenced by the following three companies who are scaling up in 2020 and providing much-needed employment opportunities. 7 Oct 2020
The perception amongst the majority of consumers is that the cost of groceries has increased since the lockdown was first implemented in South Africa in late March and this is having an impact on shopping habits. 7 Oct 2020
Since its launch, over five million consumers have joined the Checkers Xtra Savings rewards programme - which has, in turn, made it the fastest-growing programme of its kind in South Africa. 7 Oct 2020
There's been a massive shift from all things physical to the digital space given the Covid-19 pandemic, and this year's Black Friday will be no different. 6 Oct 2020
Sportscene recently unveiled its new app, which is aimed at enhancing the shopping experience for its customers. 6 Oct 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic had disrupted the way we operate, which may continue to have long-lasting effects across all sectors. The retail sector, in particular, has seen itself evolve in several aspects of its operation with customer experience (CX) seeing the most dramatic change. 5 Oct 2020
Women of colour are often made to feel excluded from mainstream industries, one of which is the contentious beauty industry. Just recently in South Africa, Clicks was subject to a hair-raising beauty campaign that seemed to suggest that the hair of Black women was substandard. 5 Oct 2020
The world's population is expected to increase by more than 35% by 2050. Therefore, it is crucial that food producers find ways to support this growth while minimising their environmental impact and adapting to disruptions in the food supply chain brought on by climate change. 2 Oct 2020
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Shoprite Holdings has appointed Absa Group chairwoman Wendy Lucas-Bull as an independent non-executive director and its new chair designate, replacing Christo Wiese, who has been the retailer's chairperson since 1991. 2 Oct 2020
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The Publisher Research Council (PRC) has released a presentation on Food & Grocery Retailing Insights, drawn from its Publisher Audience Measurement Survey (PAMS) 2019. The sample of 15,250 respondents, weighted to the population of 41,874,000 adults (age 15+) makes it the largest national survey of retail and brand data in South Africa. The fieldwork was carried out from 1 August 2019 to 4 December 2019. 2 Oct 2020
Our homes are an extension of who we are and what we do within the walls of our abodes shapes our mood, affects our productivity and influences our outlook on life. Scientific studies have shown that we can have an impact on our happiness by adjusting the tiny little habits and routines that constitute our daily lives. 2 Oct 2020
Spur Corporation has appointed Val Nichas as its new executive director and group chief executive officer. Nichas, a former Famous Brands exec and the first woman to lead the Spur group, will succeed Pierre van Tonder who will retire on 31 December 2020 after 38 years of service. 2 Oct 2020
Premium drinks distributor Truman & Orange is betting on the growth of non-alcoholic spirits by introducing two new brands to its portfolio: the locally-produced Abstinence and the imported Fluére. This follows the local launch of Ben Branson's acclaimed Seedlip - the world's first non-alcoholic distilled spirit - introduced to South Africans by Truman & Orange a year ago. 1 Oct 2020
Large groups of Chinese visitors have become a pillar of the global tourism industry. Coronavirus has not only put paid to this enormous source of income for major cities and sights around the world, it is having a massive knock-on effect for the luxury goods business. 1 Oct 2020
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