SOUTH AFRICA
"As much as the pandemic exposed vulnerabilities, it has also revealed unseen opportunities. By and large it tested business continuity, planning, digital ecosystems and their stretch capabilities...
Michael Smollan 28 Jan 2021
SOUTH AFRICA
By supporting local businesses, we are in turn supporting the local economy and ensuring that significantly more money enters and stays within the community...
Yael Geffen 4 Dec 2020
SOUTH AFRICA
To hear some industry commentators tell it, Covid-19 is going to be the final nail in the coffin of retail as we know it. At best, they're over-simplifying. At worst, they're just wrong...
Lee Naik 13 Oct 2020
SOUTH AFRICA
Changes in consumer habits have taken place on a massive scale due to lockdowns and social distancing decrees. Consumers have had to adapt to work without offices, fitness without gyms...
Sean Sullivan 29 Sep 2020
SOUTH AFRICA
To be successful today, bricks and mortar stores must move from selling as their main purpose to providing consumers with a combination of products and experiences that are engaging and inspirational...
Danette Breitenbach 5 Sep 2019
SOUTH AFRICA
The shopping centre ecosystem is facing an apocalypse. Why? Because shops are middlemen and the internet is killing middlemen...
Alan Knott-Craig 11 Feb 2019
SOUTH AFRICA
Like their international counterparts, South African retailers would traditionally run specials where discounts or 'two for the price of one' offers are given for a period of between a few days and a few weeks...
Garth Meier 8 Feb 2018
SOUTH AFRICA
The Internet of Things can provide real solutions to operational challenges such as inventory accuracy, insight into customers' physical shopping behaviours and speed of fulfilment in meeting customer needs...
Jessica Knight 20 Jan 2016
SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa needs a new breed of leadership to address the country's challenges and promote a flourishing democracy.
Abey Mokgwatsane 9 Jul 2012
SOUTH AFRICA
US firm Procter & Gamble (P&G) is this year celebrating 15 years of its existence in South Africa, and has pledged its commitment to the social upliftment and sustainability of Africa's communities.
Issa Sikiti da Silva 10 Dec 2009
SOUTH AFRICA
Brands & Branding for Good, South Africa's first conference to include a focus on sustainable branding, takes place on 20-21 October 2009 at Midrand and will include the chair of Unilever South Africa, Gail Klintworth.
ActivRetail 6 Oct 2009
SOUTH AFRICA
JWT Johannesburg recently hosted WPP's Global Retail initiative, presented by The Store's Gwen Morrison (CEO, Americas and Australasia) who heads up the group's division. Morrison shared her insights into the US retail market to demonstrate how these trends can be implemented in the South African market.
ActivRetail 29 Apr 2009
SOUTH AFRICA
As if showcasing more than 500 wines under one roof is not enough, this year the Stellenbosch Wine Festival literally goes the extra mile to extend its Winelands hospitality even further with its ‘Wine Week', attracting fun-loving visitors to South Africa's oldest and foremost wine route between 24 - 31 July 2009.
ActivRetail 23 Apr 2009
SOUTH AFRICA
The delights of the country's rainbow nation are being emulated in fashion as the Mother City readies for the opening of parliament this morning.
Vivian Warby 6 Feb 2009
SOUTH AFRICA
With the global economy in turmoil and the idea of recession now firmly part of global popular consciousness, consumers have become highly aware of their spending habits and the brands they spend their money on. Interestingly, however, according to futurist Faith Popcorn, “many people are not prepared to give up small indulgences that they have grown accustomed to.”
ActivRetail 2 Feb 2009
SOUTH AFRICA
In these days when consumers are watching every cent, and every sale counts more than it might have only a few months ago, the difference between making a sale or not can hinge on something that may seem inconsequential, but isn't.
John Boe 22 Dec 2008
SOUTH AFRICA
A consortium led by JSE listed Brimstone Investment Corporation has announced it is set to acquire Tiger Brands' 73.16% shareholding in Sea Harvest for R541,4 million. Tiger Brands has accepted the offer.
ActivRetail 3 Nov 2008
SOUTH AFRICA
The Director General of Trade and Industry Tshediso Matona on Thursday reiterated that he was confident that South Africa was not on a recessionary slide.
Vivian Warby 31 Oct 2008
SOUTH AFRICA
This year fashionistas and opinion leaders will be in for a new surprise at the Sanlam South African Fashion Week (SSAFW) as Magnum ice cream and Klûk CGDT take on the catwalk and redefine ‘Tempting Summer'. The partnership marks Klûk CGDT's return to the SSAFW catwalk, having not participated for the past three years.
ActivRetail 26 Aug 2008
SOUTH AFRICA
House of Monatic (HoM), the clothing design, sourcing, marketing, manufacturing and distribution, subsidiary of JSE-listed Brimstone Investment Corporation (Brimstone), has announced a R3-million upgrade of its shirt factory in Salt River, Cape Town. This follows the multi-million upgrades of the group jacket, trouser line and cutting room facilities over the last few years.
ActivRetail 30 Jul 2008
SOUTH AFRICA
The Westwood Mall, the 35,000m² regional shopping centre situated on the southern edge of the newly developed Westwood Estate in KwaZulu-Natal, is rapidly taking shape. This R650 million development is co-owned by Retail Africa and Spencer Gore Developments and is the retail component of recently completed Westwood Estate.
ActivRetail 25 Jun 2008
SOUTH AFRICA
Caxton and CTP Publishers & Printers have confirmed a host of top international speakers for South Africa's first RAC Lite - a one day version of the American Retail Advertising Conference. They will provide global viewpoints on the challenges that retail, advertising and marketing professionals manage around the world on a daily basis.
ActivRetail 24 Jun 2008
SOUTH AFRICA
All over the world, with so many different meanings and perceptions of the word "branding", it appears that it has lost its true meaning; the terminology is more like a walk through a museum with a glorious past.
Naseem Javed 13 Jun 2008
SOUTH AFRICA
Government would not consider cutting fuel levies but would instead look at other proposals to bring down escalating fuel prices, Government spokesperson, Themba Maseko said on Thursday, 12 June 2008.
Vivian Warby 12 Jun 2008
