Retail News

This October, Foschini is raising awareness of breast cancer with its Courage to Conquer campaign. The retailer has partnered with organisations such as Look Good...Feel Better, Reach for Recovery, and CancerVive to unite eleven breast cancer survivors to openly share their stories and encourage other women in South Africa to be bold and take courage. 28 Sep 2016

RCL Foods is considering a restructure of its commodity chicken category in response to current market conditions, which have deteriorated as a result of an increased level of dumped chicken products in the local market. 28 Sep 2016

KFC's corporate social responsibility programme, Add Hope has grown to feed more than 110,000 children across South Africa each day, with more than R300m donated to the cause since launching 7 years ago. 27 Sep 2016

More than 100 merchants are among the first wave of South African online retailers to use Visa Checkout, including Aramex Global Shopper, Discovery, Emirates Airline, TicketPro, WebTickets and Yuppiechef. 27 Sep 2016

Six months into deploying Interactive Intelligence's customer engagement software suite, Customer Interaction Centre™ (CIC) at its 621- and 30-seat contact centres in Durban, Mr Price Group has seen improved operations and realised its ROI. 27 Sep 2016

French cheese brand, Président is partnering with Simonsberg. 27 Sep 2016

RAW is a new range of seeds for household planting that includes everything from Zebra tomatoes, scallop squash, mardi gras beans, rainbow beetroot to blue shelling peas. 27 Sep 2016

Cape Brewing Company (CBC) won six gold medals at last week's South African National Beer Trophy (SANBT). 27 Sep 2016

Online shopping is all the rage these days, and if you're stuck with older forms of business, you might be looking to upgrade... 26 Sep 2016

Following on from Grand Foods' announcement that the first Dunkin' Donuts in South Africa would open in Cape Town at the end of October 2016, the American donut company and coffeehouse chain is challenging customers to participate in daily challenges in order to determine its launch date. 26 Sep 2016

E-commerce in Africa has experienced massive year-on-year growth. Despite infrastructure challenges, e-commerce is expected to see 40% annual growth for the next ten years. 26 Sep 2016

Isn't it time to say thank you? TFG (The Foschini Group) has partnered with SA Florist to encourage you to applaud those who have helped shape who you are on Grandparents Day (2 October), Teachers Day (5 October) and Bosses Day (17 October). 23 Sep 2016

The Franchise Association of South Africa (FASA)'s fourth independent survey, sponsored by Sanlam, shows a business sector that continues to grow despite challenging economic conditions. 23 Sep 2016

News earlier this week that Edcon would now belong to its creditors, after a debt-to-equity transaction, has been met with muted applause by analysts. While analysts are happy the transaction will significantly reduce the group's debt burden, they also warn that celebrations may be premature as the apparel retailer has a difficult journey ahead in its quest to change its fortunes. 23 Sep 2016

PARIS - US online retailing giant Amazon rolled out across Europe on Thursday its section where it features hand-crafted products sold directly by artisans. 23 Sep 2016

RocoMamas launched its #ElectionBurger campaign yesterday, whereby its customers can vote for the next Leader in Taste of the Free World. 22 Sep 2016

Investments by local manufacturers in the first half of 2016 dropped by the most in seven years as weak domestic demand, declining orders and pressure on selling prices eroded profits. 22 Sep 2016

Former MD of retail at Woolworths Andrew Jennings, has been tipped as a possible contender to head the new Edcon board, which will have the near-impossible task of growing profit in one of the most hostile trading environments in the group's 86-year history. 22 Sep 2016