Vanessa Jacobs and her company Sow Delicious are making it easy for people to grow healthy, organic produce at home. 2 Oct 2018
French luxury house Chanel has acquired British tailored swimwear brand Orlebar Brown for an undisclosed sum. 1 Oct 2018
The volume of edible food that is wasted is staggering. In 2017, the UN estimated that almost a third of all food that is produced is discarded. 1 Oct 2018
Carrol Boyes has teamed up with local sustainable design brand The Joinery to create a range of tote bags and pouches made from recycled plastic bottles which would otherwise be destined for the landfill. 1 Oct 2018
Two-thirds of connected consumers use their smartphones in their purchase journeys 28 Sep 2018
Personal grooming has perhaps never been so important, so popular and so well-served by "product". For men at least. Male grooming products are now part of a huge industry, worth hundreds of millions of pounds, with a bewildering array of skin care products on offer, from moisturisers and eye creams to makeup. 28 Sep 2018
A new initiative called Tip the Farmer is bringing South Africans closer to the people who grow their coffee. Launching on National Coffee Day, which takes place on 29 September, it encourages coffee consumers to show their appreciation for the people who produce some of the finest coffee in the world. 28 Sep 2018
Gauteng startup MyBraai has taken a popular South African past-time and turned it into a thriving online business. 28 Sep 2018
World Wide Worx, Visa, and Platinum Seed have joined forces to look into the local online retail industry and its contribution to the South African economy. 27 Sep 2018
During Breast Cancer awareness month Strawberry Lips partners with PinkDrive 27 Sep 2018
Fake news is a pervasive epidemic. Insidious distortion of truth, fueled by hidden (or blatant) agendas is now accepted as a fact of life. 27 Sep 2018
Pick n Pay's spaza modernisation programme has helped local entrepreneurs Armien and Yasmina Adams open their Something Nice Market in Blue Downs, Cape Town. The opening of Something Nice marks the third store modernisation in the Western Cape; 14 have already opened in Gauteng, where the programme was first piloted in 2016. 27 Sep 2018
South African retailers face numerous macro-economic, socio-economic, political, and operational challenges. In a world where finance departments are driving to be business partners inside the organisation, the ability to facilitate relevant operational and financial plans is as necessary as having products on the shelf. 27 Sep 2018
The share of internal trade in Africa remains low, as reflected by official statistics. This is despite numerous regional trade agreements that have led to tariffs removal within the trading blocs. At least in principle. 26 Sep 2018
French home improvement retailer Leroy Merlin is preparing to open its first store on the African continent in Edenvale, Gauteng on Friday, 28 September 2018. 26 Sep 2018
African clothing manufacturers have to become super vendors to reduce lead times and cost better to handle more styles, cater to in-season change and improve the top line and bottom line of their businesses. This is the assertion of Anas Shakil, head of emerging geographies and senior partner at garment tech company ThreadSol. 26 Sep 2018
South African on-demand delivery startup Droppa has launched Droppa Retail, a gateway for retail stores, warehouses and distribution centres to make deliveries to their customers. 26 Sep 2018
One year after buying Jimmy Choo, US fashion company Michael Kors is acquiring iconic Italian luxury goods house Versace for $2.1 billion. 25 Sep 2018
Retail spend at frictionless payment stores like Amazon Go will grow from an estimated $253 million in 2018 to over $45 billion by 2023, as retailers strive to eliminate queues. This is according to a new report by Juniper Research titled Future In-Store Retail Technologies: Adoption, Implementation & Strategy 2018-2023. 25 Sep 2018
South Africans can now get Krispy Kreme doughnuts on the go in more areas, more often, as the company will be expanding its off-premise sales to 23 stores across Johannesburg, Pretoria and KwaZulu-Natal, rolling out to local petrol stations and supermarkets. 25 Sep 2018
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