Minister Ebrahim Patel with participants of the Massmart Supplier Development programme.
Massmart was joined by the Economic Development Department and Proudly South African at an event to celebrate participants in the Massmart Supplier Development Programme for their efforts towards contributing to South Africa's economic growth. 23 Oct 2017
Finding an analyst who sees any compelling reason to buy any of SA's fast-food stocks these days is as rare as spotting a Naspers naysayer. And that was even before two particularly grim updates last week sparked another furious wave of investors selling out. 23 Oct 2017
Windhoek Beer has launched a search for the country's best shisanyama. From October 2017, the beer brand is challenging South Africans to nominate their favourite shisanyama in the Windhoek Shisanyama Search with South African chef and television personality Benny Masekwameng. 23 Oct 2017
Cheap alcoholic drinks with vague labels and unspecified contents are being sold in townships in violation of liquor laws. 23 Oct 2017
South African startup Pet Heaven, an online pet food delivery service, has seen 120 per cent growth over the last year on the back of raising funding from Silvertree Internet Holdings. 23 Oct 2017
Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) members of Coca-Cola Beverages SA (CCBSA) operations in five provinces, including the Eastern Cape, are pushing ahead with a protected strike. This comes after wage and other negotiations with the soft drink giant ended in a deadlocked during annual wage negotiations which began in July. 20 Oct 2017
The Franchise Association of South Africa, in addition to conducting a survey on the franchise sector in relation to its franchisors, also surveys franchisees to find out how they are faring and what their challenges are. High on the list of priorities within the survey, which is sponsored by Sanlam, is their satisfaction levels in a number of areas ranging from satisfaction with their franchisor, their landlord, even their suppliers. 20 Oct 2017
Chris Weylandt
In the afternoon on day two of the Johannesburg version of Business of Design, Chris Weylandt, founder and CEO of Weylandts, the contemporary furniture and décor chain store, explained his tactics to competing or rather leading in the retail game. 20 Oct 2017
The services offered by traditional banks are too restrictive for what smaller retailers require and many of them are looking for alternative solutions. 20 Oct 2017
Exploding electronic game boxes, melting cellphones, ill-fitting paint-stripper bottle lids, lethal kitchen appliances and faulty cars. For years South Africans have borne the brunt of manufacturers' product faults, but not anymore. 20 Oct 2017
Lewis Stores is acquiring the United Furniture Outlets (UFO) chain for R320m, the JSE-listed furniture retailer said on Thursday morning. Lewis will buy the 30-store chain for cash from its founder Philip Glick, manager Michael Yapanis, and investors Martini Enterprises Group and LFC Trust. 20 Oct 2017
PARIS, France - The world's biggest brandy producer Hennessy on Wednesday opened a new plant in southwest France to try to satisfy the seemingly insatiable thirst for its liquor in the US and Asia. 19 Oct 2017
Homeware and fabric store Skinny Laminx, owned by designer Heather Moore, has undergone a stylish revamp. The Bree Street retail space is now double the size and boasts more street frontage and a dedicated 'pillow lab' and fabric studio. 19 Oct 2017
With the rise of e-commerce and demise of physical brick-and-mortar retail, consumers are continually hungry for experiences that engage and excite them. Experiential retail at its core looks at creating and tailoring experience through a unique journey of touchpoints available exclusively to the space, consequentially leaving the consumer entertained, inspired and resonating with the brand or merchant and resulting in sales. 19 Oct 2017
NEW YORK, US - It's the prize of a lifetime - a $5 billion investment creating 50,000 well-paid jobs that everyone wants, but only one US city will get. 19 Oct 2017
The retail sector did better than expected in August, signalling stronger economic growth in the third quarter. Retail trade sales rose by a significant 5.5% year on year in August 2017. The sector is a key indicator of consumer spending, a strong driver of growth in the economy. 19 Oct 2017
Chris Weylandt, founder and CEO of furniture and decor retailer Weylandts, forms part of the impressive line-up at this year's Business of Design conference held in Cape Town last week and Johannesburg this week. 18 Oct 2017
Pick n Pay chairman Gareth Ackerman has slammed South African bank charges, which he describes as excessive and in many cases, more than double European benchmarks. 18 Oct 2017
For Jose dos Passos, a self-confessed coffee addict with a sweet tooth, it makes sense that his latest venture is a gelato and coffee company called Moody Cow, which recently opened its first outlet in Clearwater Mall. 18 Oct 2017
NAIROBI, Kenya - Online food delivery company, Jumia Food, has appointed Shreenal Ruparelia as its new managing director. She takes over from Duncan Muchangi who joins Jumia Pay. 18 Oct 2017
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