"Yay! Fantastic news, I can't believe I have won!" This was the reaction from Siyamamkela Matshisi of Promenade, Cape Town on discovering he had won a brand-new Polo Vivo car in a competition launched by AEG and Game. 7 Mar 2019
Two SA retailers, Supersave Food Town Hyper in Pietermaritzburg and Take n Pay Food Town Hyper in Chatsworth, were recognised at the 2019 IGA International Retailers of the Year awards, scooping the title of International Retailer of the Year (South Africa). 6 Mar 2019
Edcon's latest recapitalisation deal will see the contribution of new cash commitments and rent reductions totalling approximately R2.7 billion into South Africa's largest clothing retailer. 4 Mar 2019
Health and wellbeing retailer Wellness Warehouse has introduced a pop-up shop inside its Cavendish Square store in Cape Town, that caters to customers with an interest in living a more plant-based lifestyle. 1 Mar 2019
Samsung has opened three physical Experience Stores in major U.S. cities, where customers can to test out products, address repairs and receive one-on-one assistance. 25 Feb 2019
Less than a year after Toys 'R' Us liquidated its assets and shut the doors to hundreds of toy stores and Babies 'R' Us stores in the U.S., the company has reemerged under a new brand. 13 Feb 2019
Retail chain Miniso will be stocking a 264-item collection of accessories and apparel inspired by animated TV series Adventure Time, after entering into a deal with Cartoon Network. 11 Feb 2019
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US department store chain Kohl's plans to exploit the wellness trend by partnering up with WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers) on a new pilot series. The collaboration will see Kohl's open its first WW Studio in-store and add W-branded kitchenware and cookware to select stores and on Kohls.com beginning June 2019. 4 Feb 2019
Steinhoff Doors and Building Materials (SteinBuild) has changed its name to The Building Company, effective as from 28 January 2019. The name change was approved by its board and parent company, Pepkor Holdings. 1 Feb 2019
United Kingdom - Christmas may seem like a distant memory, but retailers won't forget it in a hurry: it was the worst on the UK high street since 2008. Marks & Spencer and Debenhams saw sales fall, while the likes of specialist retailer Halfords and discounter B&M also struggled. Even that most Christmassy of stores, John Lewis, is forecasting a dive in profits after discounting to keep up with competitors. 25 Jan 2019
Turkish-based global fashion chain LC Waikiki has just opened its third South African store. The new branch, located at Cape Town's Tyger Valley Shopping Centre, follows store openings in Menlyn Park and Sandton City earlier this year. 20 Dec 2018
The Shoprite Group's annual Supplier of the Year Awards recognises the company's top suppliers and the valuable contribution they make to the success of the Shoprite Group. Some 20,000 companies in 47 countries do business with the Group, which in the last year sold 7.6 billion items to 35 million customers in its 2,800 stores in throughout Africa. 10 Dec 2018
The cost of load shedding to the South African economy is becoming apparent as whole shopping malls close for hours at a time at the height of the December shopping season. 7 Dec 2018
Four men were arrested when 200 workers demonstrated on Wednesday in front of the Dis-Chem store in Canal Walk, Cape Town. Workers are demanding better wages and working conditions and the recognition of their union. 6 Dec 2018
Sears did more than pioneer the mail-order catalogue over a century ago. The iconic retailer helped make America a more inclusive place at a time when Jim Crow was rampant and women couldn't even vote. 3 Dec 2018
On her breakthrough 1963 debut album, Streisand resurrected a Cole Porter gem 'Come to the Supermarket'. Malta may not be the old Peking of the lyric but it has the German supermarket brand whose range and diversity is as exotic to South African eyes - and tastebuds - as the one extolled in Barbra's virtuoso Grammy-winning recording. 30 Nov 2018
African e-commerce player Jumia has signed a partnership agreement with global retailer Carrefour to introduce Carrefour products to millions on the continent via Jumia.com. This collaboration will initially focus on Kenya, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Senegal, where both groups are present. 27 Nov 2018
Two South African retailers are nominees in the Independent Grocers Alliance (IGA) International Retailer of the Year awards. Independent KZN-based stores Supersave Food Town Hyper and Take n Pay Food Town Hyper were nominated in recognition of their excellence in retailing, meeting a selection of globally applied criteria determined by the IGA, which includes outstanding housekeeping, first-rate service levels, high standards of service departments and consistent pricing. 20 Nov 2018
The collapse of Steinhoff International, the multi-billion dollar global business group, has been rightly described as the biggest corporate scandal in South African history. 16 Nov 2018
About 120 people who have been working for Dis-Chem through a labour broker are to be made permanent employees of the retail chain from 1 December. 15 Nov 2018
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