My wife recently got ejected from a retail store and even threatened with legal action. No, my wife is not a shoplifter or a retail espionage agent, she is a just a modern woman shopping for her family in the digital age. Now I understand that the security staff and store management are executing an executive mandate but what is more worrying is that the retail chains themselves are not seeing the overriding change in how consumers are shopping. 30 Sep 2011
Pick n Pay, late last week, announced the opening of latest addition to its expanding African footprint - its first Mauritian store in Bagatelle's Mall. The company will open a further two stores in Mauritius in the next year. 29 Sep 2011
Builders Warehouse has opened its doors Gaborone, Botswana - the brand's first store outside of South Africa. 29 Sep 2011
Holdsport (HSP), which runs the Sportsmans Warehouse and Outdoor Warehouse stores, on Tuesday, 27 September, said headline earnings per share increased by 30.4% per share to 141.7 cents for the half-year ended August 2011. 28 Sep 2011
A business should be focused on customers rather than competitors if it is to succeed. This is the view of Cambridge Food marketing executive Andrew Stein. 27 Sep 2011
Anthony Keyworth and Richard Shaw - the names behind British fashion label Paul Smith in South Africa - have created and co-own Loom, a new menswear store in Parkhurst, Johannesburg. 27 Sep 2011
The Times Sowetan Retail Awards 2011, scheduled for mid-October, has as its theme 'Retailers on Display', which promises to be a feast for the eyes. The ceremony's look and feel, which will be housed in the Shine Studio's Train Room in Johannesburg, with its expansive views of the city, will be dominated by the strong use of colour-blocking coupled with simplicity in style and structure, all strongly echoing current international fashion trends. 26 Sep 2011
Following the highly successful launch of the SA Fashion Week's (SAFW) local designer 'Pop Up Shops' last year, the newly renovated Sandton City Fountain Court will once again be transformed with a showcase of South African design and talent from 30 September to 2 October 2011. 25 Sep 2011
Retailers are concerned about the outlook for retail sales during the fourth quarter of 2011 and beyond, according to a retail industry specialist. 22 Sep 2011
South Africa is about to get the second new concept Porsche Design retail store in the world, after Singapore, as the global luxury brand open its first South African store in Hyde Park Corner, Johannesburg in November 2011. Every element of the store is being designed and manufactured abroad to the brand's specifications, before being flown to South Africa for installation. 22 Sep 2011
Sydney-based Metcash can proceed with its long-delayed acquisition of retailer Pick n Pay's (PIK) 80 corporate owned and eight franchised Franklins supermarkets. 21 Sep 2011
Fitch Ratings on Tuesday, 20 September 2011, downgraded SA-based retailer Pick n Pay's (PIK) national long-term rating to 'A(zaf)' from 'A+(zaf)'. 20 Sep 2011
Pick n Pay's long-delayed Franklins deal comes to a head today, Thursday 15 September 2011 when a judge will decide if Sydney-based Metcash can proceed with its R1.4 billion rand takeover, despite the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC's) appeal against the Federal Court judgment allowing the deal. 15 Sep 2011
Metcash, one of Australia's largest grocery and liquor wholesalers, has made it clear that it intends to complete its R1.4 billion acquisition of Pick n Pay's Australian operation, Franklins. 13 Sep 2011
South African retailer Woolworths Holdings has announced a joint venture in Tanzania and Uganda, adding more stores to its growing African portfolio. 12 Sep 2011
Clicks retail chain is aiming to reach 500 stores in South Africa in the next three to five years, as it opens its 400th store in the Tiffany Shopping Centre in Umhlali on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast. It has 20-30 planned for 2012. It also has stores in Namibia, Botswana and Swaziland. 12 Sep 2011
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has decided to appeal against the Federal Court's judgment dismissing its application to prevent Metcash from acquiring the Franklins supermarket business. 9 Sep 2011
Backed by its new parent, Walmart, the sky may be the limit for Massmart. But investors gripped by Walmart fever could be in for a disappointment if they are expecting the instant gratification that Massmart's heady 26 p:e suggests. 9 Sep 2011
According to a 2010 Retail Food Sector Report, compiled by GAIN (Global Agricultural Information Network), convenience shopping - exemplified by c-stores such as Freshstop at Caltex - is a growing trend among middle- to high-income consumers. 8 Sep 2011
Retailer Woolworths on Tuesday, 6 September 2011, announced the resignation of group director corporate governance and group secretary, Cherrie Lowe, with effect from 21 March 2012. 7 Sep 2011
