Checkers trials Xtra Savings PlusSource: © Shoprite Holdings Shoprite Holdings Checkers is currently trialling a subscription deliver service, Xtra Savings Plus. | |
Ntandokazi Ntozakhe | [Retail Services] In collaboration with Puma, Mamelodi Sundowns has unveiled its 2022/23 home kit that conveys a bold message to their strongest opponents: We Rise Again. |
The pros and cons of discounting for small businesses©arekmalang via 123RF | |
Johannes Masiteng | A snapshot of Valentine's retail displays in SAShop! Association surveyed the global retail environment this Valentine's Day. From fashion and food, to beauty and homeware, these are the in-store displays in South Africa that caught Shop!'s attention. |
Johannes Masiteng | [Retail Services] Retail Design Institute's international president, Cynthia Hirsch, RDI, and Shop! Environments Association's Leo van de Polder, MaRC, global development director, recently presented a tour of the retail industry’s top award-winning work. The work includes exciting examples from the Institute's Store of the Year honorees as well as winning projects from the Shop! OMA and Global Awards programs. Watch the presentation below: |
Johannes Masiteng | [Retail Services] Australian consumer products company Thankyou has launched an initiative to help end extreme poverty and has invited P&G and Unilever to make and distribute its products across the globe. In an effort to get these companies on board, Thankyou is asking people globally to get involved and rally behind the campaign titled ’No Small Plan’ by using their social media channels. |
Taking entrepreneurship up a notch[Gareth Pearson] World Entrepreneurship Day takes place tomorrow, 21 August 2014, and is a time for South Africans to review how we facilitate, nurture and encourage entrepreneurship. | |
Integrate POS services at tills[Ian Steyn] The use of multiple terminals at till points leads to inefficiency, lack of productivity and affects retailer profits. Wasted cashier time and longer queues are just the start of the challenges, for multiple standalone terminals puts retailers at much greater risk of mistakes and fraud. The solution is integrating all those services into the point of sale. | |
Bluetooth marketing three years on[Petros Kondos] Late 2005 saw the first malls in South Africa go live with Bluetooth as location-based marketing communication medium. The idea is to use Bluetooth to communicate relevant retail and mall communications to accepting customers' cellphones. | |
Interactive touch screen kiosks: what lies beneath[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Using an interactive touch screen kiosk can be a fast, helpful, integrated and informative experience, Frank Nunan of the Kiosk Shop, told delegates currently attending the JusTTouchIT two-day conference in Midrand, Johannesburg. | |
Emphasising interactive kiosks' role in retail sector[Issa Sikiti da Silva] There are just over 1000 interactive kiosks in South Africa's retail sector, compared to between 50 000 and 100 000 in the US where they were introduced some 15-20 years ago, it was revealed last week. Therefore, a conference aimed at emphasising the vital role of interactive kiosks is due to take place in Johannesburg this year. | |
Service in a recession[Howard Badler] The buzzword in the world these days seems to be “recession”. How will your company stay afloat during these challenging times, especially when research has shown that it costs up to five times more to get a new customer than retaining your existing customer? | |
Riding ad rights at OR Tambo[ActivRetail] Indiza Media, a subsidiary of Primedia Outdoor, has secured the advertising rights for OR Tambo International Airport's (ORTIA) airport busses for five years. | |
Branding 'history' on Bloed Street[ActivRetail] ComutaNet is said to be the first media owner in South Africa to brand a fully integrated shopping mall and taxi rank, doing so on behalf of leading mobile operator Cell C. | |
Treinen to tell of Target's appeal[ActivRetail] Betsy Treinen, the Director of Strategy and Client Services at Catalyst Studios, has confirmed her attendance as a guest speaker at the Retail Advertising Conference, RAC Lite, next week. Her eight-year hold of the Target brand relationship saw the bulls eye soar from being barely-on-the-map, to one of the most recognisable icons in the United States. |