GLOBAL
E-retail transaction values will reach $4.8tn by 2024, up from $3.3 trillion in 2020, according to a new report from Juniper Research...
24 Mar 2020
SOUTH AFRICA
As customers' needs evolve, retailers must adapt to meet those needs, or better yet, stay ahead of them. Retailers must rethink the traditional test and learn cycles...
Melissa Campbell 8 Nov 2019
SOUTH AFRICA
South African-based Point of Sale payments provider, Yoco, has raised $16million in a Series B funding round led by Partech, a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley...
7 Sep 2018
SOUTH AFRICA
NRD Capital, a US-based private equity firm that specialises in franchise investments, has cemented its entry into the African market with its acquisition of Mike's Kitchen...
10 Jan 2018
GLOBAL
A queasy mix of excitement, hope and cash has for some years now been mixing together in the food delivery sector and that rarely proves to be a recipe for success...
Kevin Murphy 23 Aug 2017
GLOBAL
Retailers stand to lose $71 billion globally from fraudulent CNP (Card-Not-Present) transactions over the next five years...
21 Jun 2017
SOUTH AFRICA
WASHINGTON - Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos said he is selling $1 billion in stock of his retail giant Amazon each year to finance his rocket company, Blue Origin, which aims to carry tourists to space by 2018...
10 Apr 2017
SOUTH AFRICA
Mastercard has released the results of its inaugural Index of Women Entrepreneurs...
8 Mar 2017
SOUTH AFRICA
NEW YORK - McDonald's reported slightly lower fourth-quarter earnings Monday as strong sales in Britain, Japan, China offset a drop in the United States...
24 Jan 2017
SOUTH AFRICA
NEW YORK - Nike reported higher second-quarter earnings on Tuesday behind increased sales in key markets, including China, and said it was making progress in cutting inventory in North America...
21 Dec 2016
SOUTH AFRICA
SAN FRANCISCO - US cosmetics maker Estee Lauder on Monday snapped up the beauty products brand Too Faced, beloved by the younger demographic, for $1.45 billion in its biggest acquisition to date...
15 Nov 2016
SOUTH AFRICA
NEW YORK - The slow global economy and the health-driven turn against sweet sodas dented Coca-Cola sales for the sixth straight quarter, delivering a 28 percent hit to net income, the company reported Wednesday...
27 Oct 2016
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON - Affirm, a startup led by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, said on Thursday it secured $100m in financing to expand its consumer lending business that aims to disrupt the credit card industry...
17 Oct 2016
SOUTH AFRICA
NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores jumped on Thursday on better-than-expected second-quarter earnings, while the broader market was essentially flat in early trade...
23 Aug 2016
