The only IQOS standalone store on the African continent opened its doors in South Africa recently. The new 160sqm flagship boutique, located in Sandton City Shopping Centre, will help Philip Morris South Africa (PMSA) - the local unit of international tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) - introduce more cigarette smokers to its smoke-free tobacco products and educate them on the science behind it. 6 Aug 2019
Zongs Liwani's Mbekweni Market in Paarl is the fourth Pick n Pay market store to open in the Western Cape. Pick n Pay's market store programme equips independently-owned stores with systems and retailing techniques to create an exceptional shopping experience. 5 Aug 2019
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Uwe Koetter Jewellers was the target of an armed robbery at the upmarket Cape Quarter lifestyle centre in Cape Town on Wednesday morning. Four men, one armed with a firearm and others with hammers, forced their way into the showroom at around 10am, and smashed several showcases containing a wide range of jewellery. 2 Aug 2019
FreshStop, South Africa's largest convenience store retailer, has launched a rewards app that lets customers earn cashback whenever they shop at one of its stores around the country. 31 Jul 2019
The Shoprite Group has launched K'nect stores across South Africa, which are dedicated to providing access to services like global money transfers, cellphone purchases, bill payments, tickets and insurance. 30 Jul 2019
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The Shoprite Group is investing heavily in sophisticated security after the 2018 financial year saw the retailer having to contend with 489 armed robberies and burglaries. With its enhanced security systems and procedures, the company aims to make its shopping space more secure, reduce the number of criminal incidents and increase the number of arrests. 22 Jul 2019
Pick n Pay is trialling a 'nude' fruit and vegetable produce wall - a dedicated plastic and packaging-free zone - in 13 stores across the country to measure customers' readiness to switch from pre-packaged food to loose products. 1 Jul 2019
Philip Green's Arcadia retail empire lives to sell another day. After a week's delay and five hours of discussions, Arcadia's creditors agreed to a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) that involves rent cuts, 23 store closures and 520 job losses, but ensures the retail group's survival for the time being after months of uncertainty over its future. 28 Jun 2019
Canal Walk Shopping Centre's top retailers were recognised at its Retail Excellence Awards, an annual celebratory event that acknowledges tenants who have provided superior levels of retail performance and customer service. 24 Jun 2019
Artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and other next-generation automation technologies are starting to revolutionise the retail business. One glimpse of the future can be seen in Amazon Go's "Just Walk Out" stores, now open in a handful of major cities in the US. 20 Jun 2019
Woolworths has snapped up two prestigious international awards in emerging categories in digital, tech, experiential and data-driven marketing for their visual merchandising windows, and creative content for their 2018 Christmas campaign respectively. 12 Jun 2019
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Namibians are proud people, we are proud of our country, our heritage and of local products. We love Windhoek and Tafel Lager and at a braai we cannot imagine having anything else but Namibian meat to put on the coals, definitely not on briquets. 6 Jun 2019
FreshStop, Soth Africa's fastest-growing convenience retail brand, is celebrating its 10th birthday. 4 Jun 2019
The Great Yellow Brick Co is opening a new Lego Certified Store in Menlyn Park Shopping Centre on 1 June 2019. The new store follows the opening of the first Lego Certified Store in South Africa in Sandton last year. 31 May 2019
The country's best butcheries were recognised at the 14th annual Cleaver Awards, held yesterday at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg. 31 May 2019
Ram Harisunker is celebrating 50 years with the Shoprite Group, a career that took him from a receiving clerk to main board director. 29 May 2019
Walmart veteran Mitchell Slape has been appointed as Massmart's new chief executive officer and executive director of the company. He will start on the first day of the month following the date of approval and grant of his intra-company transfer permit and visa to work in South Africa. 23 May 2019
The Kit Kat Group has opened a Halaal Rebel Food inside its Cash & Carry in Benoni. 23 May 2019
More than 100 years ago, Jock Morrison was asked to take over a general dealer store in KwaZulu-Natal; the owner had suffered shell shock after returning from World War I. Morrison took the opportunity to establish a grocery business called Jock Morrison & Sons (Pty) Ltd or JMS, which is still running to this day. 7 May 2019
In the USA, bricks-and-mortar retailers had a bad 2018. Now that we're in the ninth year of what's dramatically been dubbed 'the retail apocalypse', local retailers have felt the same pinch. In order to survive, businesses can no longer follow a purely traditional retail model and will have to seek the perfect online-offline fit for their market. 6 May 2019
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