According to recent international research, nearly 70% of retail decision makers are ready to make changes to adopt the Internet of Things (IoT) and 65% plan to invest in automation technologies for inventory management and planogram (visual representations of a store's products or services) compliance by 2021. 23 Mar 2017
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Alibaba and Malaysia announced on Wednesday that they will set up a logistics and e-commerce hub in the Southeast Asian country to boost small and medium-sized companies, a first for the internet giant outside China. 23 Mar 2017
Consumer inflation slowed in February, as food inflation moderated, but remained outside the South African Reserve Bank's 3%-6% target range. 23 Mar 2017
Water from Air technical director, Paul Raglan-Smith and CEO Ray de Vries with a mobile 1,500 litres per day machine designed and manufactured in South Africa.
Durban businessman Ray de Vries believes that a solution to the Cape Town water crisis may be in the air around us. 22 Mar 2017
The Oreo Dunk Challenge has launched in South Africa, offering one South African the chance to win a VIP Dunking Experience for two worth R150,000, including a chance to meet and dunk with either Christina Aguilera in Los Angeles or Neymar da Silva Santos Junior in Barcelona. 22 Mar 2017
ZURICH, Switzerland - The world's biggest watch fair will open in Switzerland this week, even as slumping exports of luxury Swiss timepieces appear to dash hopes of a market rebound. 22 Mar 2017
Marie Claire South Africa has announced the winners of the Prix d'Excellence de la Beauté Awards 2017. The glittering event, held at the Westcliff Four Seasons hotel in Johannesburg, celebrated the world's great beauty brands, including Elizabeth Arden, La Mer, Smashbox, Chanel, Dior and Lancôme. The winning products set the industry's standard, as the best in skincare, make-up and hair. 22 Mar 2017
Franchising contributes almost 12.5% to South Africa's GDP but its potential lies not only in generating increased sales of products and services but also in the business-to-business opportunities that exist between them. 22 Mar 2017
‘Omnichannel' is not merely a business buzzword, it's the new retail reality. At the Seamless Africa conference that took place in Cape Town recently, Amanda Herson, e-commerce director for the Cape Union Mart Group, shared her thoughts on “tackling the omnichannel beast.” 20 Mar 2017
Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay and his daughter Matilda have developed a new range of kids' convenience meals, ‘Oh My Goodness!', exclusively for Checkers. 20 Mar 2017
The entire customer journey, whether in sales or customer service, must be as seamless as possible and working with feedback from your customers is the best place to start. 20 Mar 2017
Italist, one of the world's largest online shopping portals, dedicated to selling luxury goods from Italy's multi-brand independent fashion retailers, has launched in South Africa. 20 Mar 2017
A faceless group is lining its pockets with the profits made from tons of EU chicken that is dumped in South Africa, while thousands of chicken industry workers are stretching their families' meals with pap, after being retrenched. 20 Mar 2017
Mozambican e-commerce startup Izyshop is looking to raise US$300,000 funding, to enable it to expand its product variety and service quality in response to increased demand for its services. 20 Mar 2017
Konzum, the largest Croatian food retailer, is a part of Agrokor Group.
ZAGREB, Croatia - Troubled Agrokor, the Balkans' main food maker and retailer, made it to the top of Croatia's political agenda Thursday when Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic tried to calm fears over its crushing debt. 17 Mar 2017
At the South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) Research Conference, Dr Yvonne Court, partner & head of international consultancy, EMEA cross border retail & leisure, for Cushman & Wakefield will discuss drivers behind today's food and beverage trends. 17 Mar 2017
The 15 women of the 2016 Sinakho Women and Youth Development Programme are ready to enter the world of fashion, after graduating this week. They have undergone a three-month skills transfer initiative that saw these women receiving training and mentoring on all aspects of garment manufacturing, sales and distribution from the skilled staff at South African fashion creation business, House of Monatic. 17 Mar 2017
The millennial generation, technically speaking, is made up of those born after 1980. They're tech-savvy, socially engaged, have zero tolerance for delays and are always on the go with their devices in tow. As current and future customers, this market is vital to a business's longevity and companies are scrambling to find out what makes them tick. One business with its finger seemingly on the pulse of this consumer group is footwear and apparel brand Nike. 17 Mar 2017
CORUNNA, Spain - Spain's fashion retail giant Inditex, owner of popular brand Zara, said on Wednesday that its drive to expand internationally helped push up profits last year. 17 Mar 2017
Grace Jun's Access & Closure range is created for women who have undergone post-surgery breast cancer. Image via www.gracejun.com
Fortunate enough to attend the 2017 Design Indaba and sit in to hear some of the most creative people in the world speak, I walked out with some insights that fashion retail brands can look into and implement as part of their current strategies. 16 Mar 2017
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