Government's waste tyre recycling plan is back on track after a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling on Thursday (23 May).
24 May 2013 08:40
[Alexander Parker] Vehicle dealers' confidence dipped in the second quarter‚ WesBank's quarterly vehicle sales confidence indicator showed on Wednesday (22 May).
23 May 2013 09:01
Retailer Mr Price on Wednesday (22 May) reported a 26% rise in diluted headline earnings per share to 584.8c - up from 464.5c in the previous year - for the 52 weeks ending in March.
23 May 2013 08:02
[Mark Allix] Barloworld‚ a diversified industrial group‚ saw revenue rise 11%‚ operating profit increase 14% and headline earnings per share shoot up 31% for the interim period that ended in March.
21 May 2013 10:04
The total income generated by the food and beverages sector in SA increased in nominal terms (current prices) by 9.4% year-on-year (y/y) in March‚ Statistics SA (Stats SA) data showed on Monday (20 May).
21 May 2013 08:45
Takealot.com has introduced a new initiative offering customers even bigger savings on selected products on a daily, first-come-first-serve basis. Known as Savealot Daily Deals, it delivers two fresh deals every weekday (9am - 9pm) with up to 70% savings on a variety of items across all 14 of departments. The deals page is currently available on desktop with the mobisite version to follow.
20 May 2013 10:19
Credit retailers' share prices came under varying degrees of pressure in the wake of African Bank's warning over soaring bad debts. This has brought into focus the potential of credit retailers being vulnerable to higher levels of bad debt among borrowers.
20 May 2013 07:17
Measured at current prices‚ South Africa's motor trade sales increased by 5.1% year-on-year in March according to data released by Statistics SA on Thursday (16 May).
17 May 2013 09:33
[Zeenat Moorad] Holdsport‚ which owns the Sportsmans Warehouse and Outdoor Warehouse on Wednesday (15 May) said the current retail environment is challenging and the group does not envisage any improvement in its performance during the remainder of the year.
16 May 2013 07:54
[Ntsakisi Maswanganyi] The expected slowdown in retail sales in March was confirmed when Statistics SA (Stats SA) released its official figures on Wednesday (15 May).
16 May 2013 07:30Holdsport (HSP) has reported a rise in headline earnings per share to 389.9 cents for the year ended February 2013 from 355.8c a year ago. Its core HEPS were up 7.3% to 415.7c.
15 May 2013 15:04The Coface Group, a worldwide leader in credit insurance, has released its latest report on South African growth prospects, taking into account the mining and export slumps. Overall, economic activity remains generally sluggish while upside risks to inflation have increased due to a weaker rand. Coface believes that this will persuade the Monetary Policy Committee to keep policy neutral over an extended period, with interest rates remaining unchanged for most of 2013. A reversal in policy easing is likely only late in the year or even in 2014.
15 May 2013 14:50[Lee Gill] As online retailing increase, South African retailers can choose to adopt omni-channel offerings in an early market, capitalising on international experience or adopt a 'wait and see' attitude.
14 May 2013 11:57 
Only by becoming an organ donor can customers shop at The Exchange, a fashion boutique opened by Native at Cavendish Square in Cape Town on Friday 10 May 2013. Described as the world's first cashless fashion boutique, it is stocked with clothing and accessories from more than 25 of South Africa's top designers.
13 May 2013 10:04
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