Following the successful launch of the Spur Drive Thru format in 2021, the Spur Corporation has just introduced the country's first RocoMamas Drive Thru, located in Little Falls, Johannesburg. A second RocoMamas Drive Thru is planned for Queenswood in Pretoria later this year. 4 Jul 2022
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Massmart retailer Game has completed the revamp of all its 115 across the country. The store refresh is part of Game's turnaround strategy and aims to provide consumers with a more appealing and intuitive store experience. 4 Jul 2022
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What social commerce is not: a click-through to social-media ads that take you to a brand site. Instead, it's a way of selling products directly on channels like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest. It's more interactive than simple e-commerce, which refers more to a brand's standalone shopping website, as social commerce offers an uncomplicated consumer path in a social selling space. It's as easy as seeing, clicking and purchasing. 4 Jul 2022
KFC is expanding its popular Kentucky Town pop-up to Cape Town, hosting the experience at Canal Walk Shopping Centre from 7 to 17 July. 1 Jul 2022
This week, Swiss group Barry Callebaut detected salmonella in a production lot at its factory in Wieze, Belgium, the largest chocolate plant in the world. 1 Jul 2022
Eastgate Shopping Centre in Johannesburg has created a new value-focused hub in a bid to cater to changing shopper needs. 1 Jul 2022
Nigeria's cotton production has fallen steeply in recent years. It once supported the largest textile industry in Africa. 1 Jul 2022
E-commerce continues to shake up the world of retail, internationally and locally. In the past year alone there have been multiple innovations, billion-dollar valuations and vertical integrations. 30 Jun 2022
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Amazon has unveiled its first fully autonomous mobile robot, called Proteus, which is designed to work and maneuver around human employees, lifting and moving package-carrying carts through the e-commerce company's facilities. 30 Jun 2022
Whether it's music, art, or food, it's often the case that a South African creation is appreciated beyond our shores before we South Africans sit up, take notice and believe it ourselves. Whisky is no different - after a flood of accolades, South Africans are finally beginning to believe we're home to world-class whiskies. 30 Jun 2022
Many retailers are realising that in the post-pandemic climate, simply having an online and physical presence is not enough, and the omnichannel approach is swiftly evolving. 30 Jun 2022
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With [one day] to go until opening to the public, workers rush to put the finishing touches on the Kwena Square shopping complex, a shiny $13m sign that South Africans are defying the global "retail apocalypse". 30 Jun 2022
Retail group Massmart has acquired the Eiger brand of appliances in a move to expand its private brand portfolio. 29 Jun 2022
Although Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted and the pie category has seen some recovery, since the 15-20% decline in 2020, sales volumes are yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels. 29 Jun 2022
South Africa's consumer confidence plunged to minus 25 in the second quarter of 2022, the lowest in more than three decades - barring 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic hit - as consumers tightened their purse strings, a survey has showed. 29 Jun 2022
As the Covid-19 pandemic subsides and shoppers return to malls and physical stores, the sharp spike in e-commerce growth we witnessed in 2020 has petered out. But online shopping has become firmly entrenched in South Africa's formal retail market, and businesses investing to grow capabilities in the e-commerce space are invariably investing in their growth. 29 Jun 2022
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Sportswear brand Puma is expanding its presence in the metaverse by partnering with 10KTF Shop, an NFT project that includes a virtual floating 'New Tokyo' city and digital clothing for profile picture avatars. 28 Jun 2022
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South African fintech startup Nomanini has launched a supply chain finance solution, called StockNow, that enables informal micro and small retailers to purchase stock digitally. 28 Jun 2022
Listed consumer packaged goods (CPG) group Libstar is working to reduce waste and contribute to the circular economy by investing in sustainable packaging. 28 Jun 2022
Leonardo Del Vecchio. Source: EssilorLuxottica
Italian billionaire businessman Leonardo Del Vecchio has died at age 87. Del Vecchio was the chairman of French-Italian eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica, the world's top eyeglass retailer and the biggest producer of corrective lenses. The company resulted from the 2018 merger of Luxottica with French lens giant Essilor. 27 Jun 2022
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