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Retailers driving cannibalisation, says Pareto executive
Retail cannibalisation is becoming a growing reality in South Africa and, until now, it has been all too easy to place the blame for this squarely at the feet of shopping centre developers. However, on closer inspection, Marius Muller, CEO of shopping centre investor Pareto, believes this retail cannibalisation is largely being driven by retailers themselves... read


CSI
Spar sponsors Wildfees festival
A new partnership will see one of South Africa's top six festivals continue to grow and contribute to community upliftment in the Sundays River, according to Spar Kirkwood Wildsfees board chairman Paul Marais... read
FMCG
Rushton shuffles in new board at main Distell subsidiary

Ann Crotty

There is no mention of an "old guard" in Distell's announcement that five of the executive directors on the board of its unlisted operating company will be replaced by executives who joined the firm after Richard Rushton's appointment as MD in 2013. The changes do not affect listed Distell Group's board... read
Green Sustainability
Woolies tops list of renewable energy retailers

Charlotte Mathews

Woolworths took top honours in a ranking of the commitments of SA's five biggest retailers to renewable energy compiled by environment lobby group Greenpeace Africa, while rival Shoprite Group was last... read
Retailers
Lewis to oppose new referral to consumer watchdog
Furniture chain Lewis will oppose a request by the National Credit Regulator that the National Consumer Tribunal order it to refund customers of its "club fees" and maintenance plans... read
Supply Chain
Supply chain failures can be prevented, says SAPICS GM
Supply chain failures result in empty store shelves, infrastructure in various states of breakdown, basic services and resources that are just not available when and where they're needed, and even increased pollution levels. All these problems are professionals preventable if the relevant supply chains are managed by skilled... read
Technology
Scanning your trolley load in one shot

Meshan Morar

It's a Saturday and you're one of many shoppers standing in a slow-moving queue at a supermarket till. If that store was using radio frequency identification (RFID) which can scan an entire trolley in one action, you would have been home long ago... read
International
PepsiCo first quarter net profits drop
NEW YORK - Non-alcoholic beverage giant PepsiCo Inc reported on Monday a first quarter drop in profits and the sixth consecutive drop in sales blamed on a strong dollar... read
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