Rising food and energy prices due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine are compounding other inflationary pressures. 9 Sep 2022
Food shortages are worsening in Tunisia with empty shelves in supermarkets and bakeries, adding to popular discontent at high prices and risking unrest as the government tries to stave off a crisis in public finances. 9 Sep 2022
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The medal winners of the 17th annual SA Olive Awards were announced during an exclusive luncheon at the Laborie Wine Estate in Paarl on Thursday, 8 September 2022. 9 Sep 2022
Value retailer The Crazy Store aims to have 500 stores operating in southern Africa by the end of 2023, which would signify a major growth milestone for the company that started out as the 'cheap and cheerful' R10 Store when the first outlet opened in Edenvale, Johannesburg in 1995. 8 Sep 2022
South African fashion and lifestyle retailer TFG has reported a 21.6% rise in half-year turnover, as affluent customers snapped up dresses and shoes. Higher-income consumers have largely shrugged off the impact of inflation to spend on discretionary goods including apparel and bags, buoyed by their savings during the lockdowns. 8 Sep 2022
At almost every shopping mall and centre there are people assisting customers to push trolleys and packing groceries into the boots of their cars, helping customers with parking and seeing that their vehicles are safe while they shop. They survive on tips given to them by shoppers. 8 Sep 2022
The National Craft Awards, sponsored by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture and organised by Art Aid Africa, aims to recognise excellence in South Africa's vibrant and diverse craft sector. Entries are now open for the sixth iteration of the awards. 7 Sep 2022
Economic uncertainty and changing consumer behaviours are exposing a complicated reality. For retailers, it's never been more important to deliver excellent customer experiences alongside competitive prices on in-stock products. 7 Sep 2022
When retailers were creating an online presence, they initially excluded low-income consumers on the basis of a number of assumptions. First, these consumers were assumed to have limited access to resources; and second, retailers also assumed that delivering items to low-income consumers was difficult, given where they lived. 6 Sep 2022
Two South African food producers said on Monday, 5 September, they were planning more price increases to protect against rising costs and ease pressure on margins even as they reported profit jumps in the full year. 6 Sep 2022
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South Africa's biggest grocery retailer Shoprite Holdings has reported a 10.3% increase in annual profit as shoppers flocked to discount store chains for everything from groceries to household supplies in the face of higher inflation. 6 Sep 2022
Sportswear and athleisure brand Puma has expanded its brick-and-mortar retail footprint with the addition of five new stores, including full-price and factory outlets stores as well as a Select Pop Up store. 6 Sep 2022
The Competition Commission has given the green light for fashion and lifestyle retailer TFG to acquire Tapestry Home Brands. TFG says the deal will allow it to apply its successful localisation strategy to furniture manufacturing, with significant job-creation and supply chain multipliers for the country. 5 Sep 2022
South Africa is a country that loves dancing. We're a nation that believes in expressing ourselves through dance and harnessing the art of dance to triumph over the many challenges we face daily. This is the ethos SboNdaba Dance is based on. 5 Sep 2022
Sew: Sorbet Empowering Women+Men, to build on the proven successes of Sorbet empowering the industry. 5 Sep 2022
Pick n Pay Clothing's localisation drive sees the retailer targeting 60% locally-sourced products by 2028. Local sourcing currently represents 40% of its total clothing sales and the localisation strategy has allowed the fashion retailer to reduce order lead times and maintain high levels of availability for customers. 5 Sep 2022
What's #DOLO? Well, ask your pet because chances are, they already know. Dogs Only Live Once. Which explains why your dog only lives in the now and never has to think further than their nose. #DOLO is a reminder to make your dog's one life the happiest and healthiest one, for the longest time. 2 Sep 2022
Truworths has signed a deal to build a new "world-class" Western Cape distribution centre in Cape Town's King Air Industria, an Atterbury Property and Old Mutual Properties industrial development. 2 Sep 2022
The City of Cape Town has teamed up with the Western Cape Economic Development Partnership and industry business partners to launch a Food and Beverage Growth Coalition, aimed at boosting the development of the region's food and beverage manufacturing sector and its exports. 2 Sep 2022
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