UPDATED: #BlackFriday: SA retail brands reveal plans for 2023

[Evan-Lee Courie] With everything from the price of petrol to the cost of food and electricity going up, Black Friday couldn't have come any sooner...

Woolies, there's a mouse in my chicken...

[Danette Breitenbach] Woolies apologies for mouse in chicken pack...

Rebrand and retail refresh for 136-year-old Frasers

[Lauren Hartzenberg] FrontierCo has rebranded the retailer to Destinations by Frasers, to evoke the excitement that accompanies travel and preparation for a trip. This focus extends into the lighter, brighter and more modern store format...

Cofounder Brian Coppin reflects on 30 years of Food Lover's Market

[Lauren Hartzenberg] Family-owned Food Lover's Market Group has grown from a single fruit and veg store into South Africa's largest privately-owned retailer. Cofounder and CEO Brian Coppin shares the inspirational business journey...

#Newsmaker: Builders VP Karen Ferrini on retail innovation and expansion

[Lauren Hartzenberg] Ferrini chats to Bizcommunity about her new role as vice president, Builders expansion plans and how the retailer is innovating to better serve its retail and trade customers...

David Jones sale: Woolies freed to focus on SA and Country Road businesses

[Lauren Hartzenberg] Woolworths CEO Roy Bagattini said the offloading of David Jones will allow the group to refocus time and resources on its food, fashion, beauty and home business in South Africa and the Country Road Group in Australia...

PnP Clothing unveils new-look store, its biggest and greenest yet

[Lauren Hartzenberg] Pick n Pay Group continues to invest in its apparel business through a sustainable redesign of Pick n Pay Clothing stores and the accelerated expansion of the brand's physical footprint...

Why Walmart's intended buyout of Massmart is a good thing

[Fred Razak] The Walmart buyout of Massmart is a good thing says Fred Razak, chief trading strategist from CMTrading...

25 years in, nearly 450 stores later - the secret sauce behind The Crazy Store's success

[Lauren Hartzenberg] The Crazy Store aims to have 500 stores in southern Africa by the end of 2023...

#WomensMonth: Cotton On Group's Natalie Wills leads with heart

[Lauren Hartzenberg] As Cotton On Group's country manager for Africa, Natalie Wills steers the performance and enviable growth of the group's brands in the African market...

Turning Game's fortunes around: Q&A with Andrew Stein

[Lauren Hartzenberg] Game's vice president Andrew Stein shares how the retailer's turnaround strategy is playing out and allowing the brand to bounce back...

Retail's role in advancing PMI's smoke-free strategy

[Lauren Hartzenberg] Philip Morris International has openly committed to a move away from the cigarette business and continues to expand the retail footprint for its Iqos smoke-free brand...

SA retailers throw their hats into the ring this Singles' Day

[Lauren Hartzenberg] While Black Friday has entrenched itself as a firm fixture on the retail calendar in SA, Singles' Day is inching its way onto the local promotions scene with a growing number of retailers driving sales activities around the event...

Soko District: A flexible retail concept that champions small and local

[Lauren Hartzenberg] Rosebank Mall is currently home to the first Soko District, a curated retail space designed to showcase a bevy of small, local brands, and give them a platform to grow...

#Fasa21: Food industry finally getting recognition it deserves - PnP chairman

[Lauren Hartzenberg] "We are a vital chain, and for so many years we've been largely ignored by government and seen as just businesses on the side," said Pick n Pay's Raymond Ackerman...

#Newsmaker: Meet new Builders vice president Herman Venter

[Lauren Hartzenberg] New Builders VP talks to-do lists, leadership, and the opportunities and challenges confronting his industry...

Operation 'rebuild and restock' underway as unrest wanes

[Lauren Hartzenberg] The intensity and frequency of riots eased on Thursday, and businesses and residents are in the throes of repairing the damage to property and clearing the debris that has resulted from days of looting...

Unrest leads retailers and malls to temporarily shut up shop

[Lauren Hartzenberg] Multiple retailers and shopping centres in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal have limited their operations or closed their doors as civil unrest and looting continues...

Refreshed brand and store design for Wellness Warehouse

[Lauren Hartzenberg] Wellness Warehouse has opened three new-look stores, reflecting the company's brand refresh and offering an elevated in-store customer experience...

8 post-Covid grocery retail survival strategies

[Semona Pillay] What can grocery retailers do to ensure that they retain their current customers and attract more customers to their stores once the Covid-19 pandemic has ended, asks UJ's Semona Pillay...