If you have been eyeing a new luxury car, even though yours is barely a year old, or yet another pair of imported shoes, give yourself a break. You may be displaying the worst of consumerist excess, but according to psychologists, it's what humans are programmed to do: to consume as much as we can, and to display our most attractive traits and acquisitions to gain prestige and impress a mate. 7 Mar 2016
Fashion retailer Rex Trueform (Rextru), one of the more conservative family-controlled companies on the JSE, has made a move to market its wares online. 7 Mar 2016
Enduring empowerment company Brimstone Investment has sewn up profits at its 100%-owned clothing manufacturing subsidiary House of Monatic (HoM), with the help of a fashion retailing thrust. 7 Mar 2016
Emfuleni Resorts has outlined its proposal to develop a R1.3 billion mixed-use development on currently under-utilised land in the Boardwalk Precinct in Port Elizabeth. The Boardwalk Mall would include a retail mall, a multi-purpose events venue, entertainment offerings and corporate offices. Emfuleni, together with partner Parktown Capital, believes that the current site offers exceptional opportunities for all. 4 Mar 2016
Ruth Mafupa accepts payments on the iKhokha device.
Shoppers can now use MasterPass, the digital commerce platform from MasterCard, to pay for in-store or face-to-face purchases at over 2,000 iKhokha retailers and service providers in South Africa using their smartphones or tablets. This follows a collaboration between MasterCard and mobile commerce provider, iKhokha, under which MasterPass' digital checkout services are integrated into iKhokha's mobile payment application used by a wide range of small, medium and mobile enterprises, including hair and beauty salons, tourism businesses, health care practitioners, and professionals like lawyers. 4 Mar 2016
Taste Holdings on Thursday announced that the first Starbucks stores in SA would be opened in Rosebank and the Mall of Africa in Midrand in late April. 4 Mar 2016
Models stride seamlessly down the runway - a sleek white canvas where perfectly coiffed hair and beautifully made up faces provide the backdrop for the hottest, newest fashion trends to grace the shelves of favourite boutique stores, influencing the local fashion scene for the months - if not years - to come. 4 Mar 2016
Malcolm Klûk and Christiaan du Toit, founders of Klûk CGDT. Image source: BDlive
When they weren't rubbing shoulders with the likes of the dearly departed David Bowie and Miriam Makeba, the founders of Klûk CGDT were working arduously to set a new benchmark in fashion design across the African continent and beyond. The enduring, masterly composition of their work over the years has put them among Africa's fashion top brass. 4 Mar 2016
The eagerly awaited location of SA's first Starbucks coffee shop, which will be ushered in by franchise group Taste Holdings, was bitterly received by the market on Thursday. 4 Mar 2016
Marius Muller
For retailers to make sales their doors need to be open for longer. That's the word from Marius Muller, CEO of shopping centre investor Pareto... 3 Mar 2016
WASHINGTON - With the arrival of US frozen chicken portions in South African stores at the weekend, Pretoria satisfied conditions for retaining US trade privileges under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), US Trade Representative Michael Froman said on Wednesday. 3 Mar 2016
In order to give South Africans the chance to give financial assistance to those communities left without water, The Shoprite Group has introduced a till-point donation facility. 3 Mar 2016
A new consumer campaign from Albany Bakeries, called Love at First Bite, will give radio listeners and Facebook users a chance to showcase their sandwich-making skills, whilst learning more about the Albany product range. 3 Mar 2016
In his budget speech, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan indicated sugar has officially descended into the realm of "sin". The penalty for such sin has come in the form of a sugar tax that will be introduced from April 1 next year. 3 Mar 2016
Clover CEO Johann Vorster. Photographer: Martin Rhodes Image source: BDlive
Dairy products and beverages group Clover has become the second South African company this year to shelve its Nigerian expansion plans due to stringent import-regulation and foreign exchange controls that have made operating in Africa's largest economy difficult. 3 Mar 2016
Steinhoff International's deal-making prowess has come to the fore again - it has made a second stealth play in as many weeks, this time on electronic goods firm Darty in a bid worth £662m. 3 Mar 2016
COPENHAGEN - Danish toy maker Lego reported Tuesday that its profits jumped by almost a third in 2015, driven by bumper sales of its range inspired by the Disney blockbuster "Frozen". 2 Mar 2016
Subway franchise.
Photographer: Noor Khamis
Image source: BDlive
On 29 January, the commissioner of the Consumer Commission published the long-awaited draft franchise industry code under Section 82 of the Consumer Protection Act for comment. 2 Mar 2016
A Cashbuild outlet in Rustenburg, North West. Photographer: Martin Rhodes Image source: BDlive
Cashbuild, a major retailer of building materials in Southern Africa, reported a "strong set of results" for the six months ended-December, excluding a once-off empowerment cost of R63m. 2 Mar 2016
Nampak CEO Andre de Ruyter.
Photographer: Waldo Swiegers
Image source: BDlive
Packaging company Nampak expects to double the number of wine bottles it manufactures for clients such, as KWV and Nederburg, this year. 2 Mar 2016
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