South African retailer Woolworths Holdings on Thursday reported an 11.5% increase in diluted headline earnings per share to 62 cents for the 26 weeks ended December 2008 from 55.6 cents a year ago. 19 Feb 2009
South African retail group Shoprite Holdings on Wednesday reported a 43.3% rise in diluted headline earnings per share to 184 cents for the six months ended December 2008 from 128.4 cents for the interim period a year ago. 19 Feb 2009
Food and clothing retailer Woolworths' pharmacy roll-out seems to have been dissolved before getting off the ground completely. 16 Feb 2009
The depression that hit JD Group's share price (down 60% in two years) reflects “scepticism that our strategy of splitting financial services from retail will work,” says chairman David Sussman. 13 Feb 2009
At the Irene Village Mall, you get to explore the “Udder Side of Life”. 12 Feb 2009
The expansion of Africa's largest retailer, Shoprite, into the continent is paying off as it said yesterday it expected earnings to improve at least 35% in the six months to December. 11 Feb 2009
Ceramic tile retailer Italtile said yesterday it would not be able to keep earnings growth at last year's levels after sales dropped in the first half of the year. 10 Feb 2009
PARIS: The Christian Dior luxury holding giant revealed a sharp slide in performance on Monday with a drop in fashion clothing profits after its main unit LVMH reported strains from the financial crisis. 10 Feb 2009
Woolworths is slashing the prices of 245 items across a broad range of goods from Monday, 9 February. 9 Feb 2009
Cape Town's trendy design district, De Waterkant, has a new kid on the block with the arrival of Satori, a contemporary designware store located at The Hudson. Clients can choose from extraordinary items crafted both in South Africa and the East, from ornaments to large sculptures and furniture - picked from the Satori collection or commissioned as a bespoke piece. 6 Feb 2009
Edcon, SA's largest clothing retail group, said yesterday retail sales increased 9.7% for the quarter to December. 5 Feb 2009
South African retailers have adopted a wait-and-see approach regarding their assets in Zimbabwe, several companies said this week. 4 Feb 2009
Retailer New Clicks (NCL) reported on Wednesday, 4 February 2009, that it has cancelled and delisted 21.5 million ordinary shares, but that this would have no financial impact on headline earnings per share. 4 Feb 2009
South African petroleum retailers have reinvigorated suspicions of the manipulation of petrol and diesel prices, following the announcement of this week's increase in the retail price of petrol despite relatively low international oil prices. 3 Feb 2009
One could be forgiven for wondering if there were two different retail sectors operating in SA right now. 30 Jan 2009
In another first for the family-owned Cape Union Mart, which launched the Old Khaki stores and a new kiddies range called K-Way Kids, the company is opening its first women's lifestyle stores called Poetry. 27 Jan 2009
LONDON: British shoe retail chains Barratts and PriceLess face collapse, parent group Stylo said Monday, putting 5,400 jobs at risk as the recession continues to bite on Britain's high streets. 27 Jan 2009
Food and furniture retailer Shoprite, which has boasted of its commitment to put R27m in fuel savings back into consumers' pockets, is not the only retailer passing on savings. 23 Jan 2009
Consumers cut back on their shopping in November as high interest rates took a bite out of household budgets. 22 Jan 2009
Lewis Group yesterday reported almost flat revenue for the December quarter as furniture retailers' sales fell with the economy slowing. 22 Jan 2009
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