For business owners searching for growth, franchising the business affords the opportunity to expand to new locations and grow the brand and revenue, notes FNB's head of franchising...
Morne Cronje 2 days ago
Consumer behaviour has been influenced indefinitely as research indicates that demand has seen a huge uptick in D2C in the freezer, fridge and table fresh deliveries space...
Michael Smollan 10 Jun 2021
The Constitutional Court recently handed down judgment on the Clicks Retailers (Pty) Ltd v CSARS case, which has wide ramifications for all loyalty programme providers...
Joon Chong 7 Jun 2021
The roots of OneDayOnly can be traced back to 2008 where the founders noticed a gap in the e-commerce market. At the time, group buying and daily deals were gaining traction internationally...
Matthew Leighton 2 Jun 2021
Most South Africans do not shop online due to high levels of poverty, high data costs and poor infrastructure, digital inequality, and the impracticality...
Semona Pillay 21 May 2021
What can grocery retailers do to ensure that they retain their current customers and attract more customers to their stores once the Covid-19 pandemic has ended, asks UJ's Semona Pillay...
Semona Pillay 13 May 2021
What exactly does innovation and agility entail, and how does it work to serve e-commerce-based businesses in 2021, asks Teljoy's Jonathan Hurvitz...
Jonathan Hurvitz 7 May 2021
Digital marketplaces such as Amazon, Alibaba, click and collect models, and food delivery ecosystems have rapidly changed consumer behaviour, and increased the demand for convenience...
Haydn Townsend 3 May 2021
Convenience is at the heart of what consumers expect from the products and services they use, says Teljoy CEO Jonathan Hurvitz...
Jonathan Hurvitz 13 Apr 2021
Technology liberates. To understand if the informal sector is ready to adopt tech innovation, certain myths need to shattered, says Kim Furman from Synthesis...
Kim Furman 12 Apr 2021
OneDayOnly's Matthew Leighton provides some key checkpoints for online retailers operating in the 'infodemic' world...
Matthew Leighton 11 Mar 2021
Inospace CEO Rael Levitt unpacks why distribution centres and warehouses are set to become "the new 'hot' property class"...
Rael Levitt 9 Mar 2021
According to Amanda Reekie, we need to ask what can be done to make online a bigger part of the retail mix, not least because there are still a number of faux pas that brands are making...
Amanda Reekie, imagineNATION Alliance 9 Mar 2021
Kantar's Norman Reyneker says that as companies define their future-fit commercial strategies, they must challenge assumptions related to the evolving digital retail landscape...
Norman Reyneker, Kantar 8 Mar 2021
...And how to get to the right questions, and the right spend!
Allan Dickson 5 Feb 2021
"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
The circular relationship between retail sales, consumer spending and employment in SA means retailers are unlikely to be able to 'sell' themselves out of the situation in which they now find themselves...
Tasmika Ramlakan 20 Jan 2021
Traditionally, scenes from global Black Friday sales depict packed stores and long lines of shoppers fighting to secure the best deals. But in 2020, the annual shopping holiday looked a little different...
Nick Durrant, Bluegrass Digital 20 Jan 2021
A light-hearted take on drinks mega-trends for the year ahead...
Rowan Leibbrandt 15 Jan 2021
The direct-to-consumer model allows deeper brand relationships and an omnichannel approach to deriving value...
Michael Smollan 14 Jan 2021
Despite the dissemination of vaccines in the months ahead, a larger portion of consumer spending will be impacted by recessionary conditions...
Ailsa Wingfield 11 Jan 2021
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