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. 19 Apr 2016
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. 19 Apr 2016
New regulations banning trucks on urban roads during peak hours could trigger a spike in the cost of essential goods. 18 Apr 2016
Suzanne Ackerman-Berman, Transformation Director at Pick n Pay Retailers.
Image credit: PicknPay.co.za
Pick n Pay has selected the top 50 small businesses in its inaugural Boost your Biz competition, from the more than 540 entrepreneurs from across SA who entered. 18 Apr 2016
South Africa plans a new "fat tax" on sugary drinks to combat an obesity epidemic -- but sweet-toothed consumers say its chances are slim of making them cut down. 18 Apr 2016
Phumelela CEO Rian du Plessis.
Photographer: Russell Roberts
Image source: BDlive
Alternative gaming conglomerate Phumelela is looking to roll out a franchise model to broaden its footprint in the vibrant betting industry. 18 Apr 2016
Apparel group Edcon has received support from its lenders to defer interest payments of about R1.6bn on bonds issued to mature in 2018, having failed to hedge portions of the euro-and dollar-denominated debt. 18 Apr 2016
Twenty-five years after its introduction, Puma has reintroduced its DISC System into its range of running shoes. Puma has taken the original DISC design and made it lighter and sleeker, quicker to turn, faster to tighten, while featuring smooth, durable steel wires to conform the foot. 15 Apr 2016
Rebosis Property Fund has grown assets under management by a hefty 50% to R11.8bn in the six months to February, thanks to a push into the UK property market. 15 Apr 2016
Mario Shiliashki
"There's a massive opportunity in front of us," says Mario Shiliashki, who recently joined Naspers-owned PayU as CEO of its EMEA business. 15 Apr 2016
Lay's and Pepsi have announced the three winners of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals tickets: Trevor Pillay from Bloubosrand, Gauteng; Dumisani Shezi from Empangeni, KZN; and Prudence Tshabalala from Pretoria and their partners will be jetting off to Spain this month. 15 Apr 2016
Polokwane's Mall of the North is to celebrate its fifth anniversary today, 14 April 2016. "Looking back over the last five years, we are more than pleased with what we have achieved so far. From a zero base in at the beginning of 2011, our shopper numbers have grown each year to nearly 8.5 million annually," said Sumari de Ridder, GM of the Mall of the North. 14 Apr 2016
The new single-phase shopping centre development, the Mall of Africa, situated in Waterfall City, with excellent access from Pretoria, Sandton and Joburg, is to open on 28 April 2016. Road access is a key feature of the project. 14 Apr 2016
The indifferent attitude of South African retail sales staff when interacting with customers is not only costing retailers valuable sales but, in some cases, even delivering customers right into the hands of competitors. The result is an increasingly discontented consumer base that is becoming more discerning when it comes to spending its hard-earned rands. 14 Apr 2016
Industrial action at Shoprite's distribution centre in Centurion ended on Tuesday, but supporters of casual workers at the facility say they are mobilising communities to march on Thursday as outsourced workers were "coerced" to return to work. 14 Apr 2016
With e-commerce rates increasing each year and becoming such a large part of the economy, a tipping point is fast-awaiting many retailers. E-commerce in 2016 is set for a major revolution. 14 Apr 2016
Elaine Wilson
More than 80% of consumers in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa want longer trading hours at malls, the Broll Shopper Segmentation Report 2016 Volume 1 has found. 13 Apr 2016
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