Department store | Bizcommunity

Department store | Bizcommunity

News

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Tech, banks weigh on Wall Street; Trump eases Iran oil fears

Isla Binnie 15 Jan 2026

Pepkor to buy Retailability adult clothing businesses

Retailers

Pepkor to buy Retailability adult clothing businesses

Nqobile Dludla 26 Mar 2025

South Africa's holiday retail spend jumps by 7%

Banking & Finance

South Africa's holiday retail spend jumps by 7%

22 Jan 2025

Fashion & Homeware

Nordstrom shareholders to see $24.25/share in private buyout

30 Dec 2024

Could De Beers be the next Twitter?

Markets & Investment

Could De Beers be the next Twitter?

Savious-Parker Kwinika 21 Nov 2024

Woolworths reports 16.8% drop in FY profit as shoppers spend less

Banking & Finance

Woolworths reports 16.8% drop in FY profit as shoppers spend less

Nqobile Dludla 5 Sep 2024

South Africa's Woolworths flags sharp drop in profit as shoppers spend less

Retailers

South Africa's Woolworths flags sharp drop in profit as shoppers spend less

Nqobile Dludla 6 Aug 2024

Rooibos appears in the game as the bush in summer bloom.

Software

Of course you can harvest Rooibos in the metaverse

12 Feb 2024

The retail pendulum is shifting in SA and it's encouraging

Retail

The retail pendulum is shifting in SA and it's encouraging

Joanne Gould 7 Sep 2023

Source: © 123rf Appointment-based shopping is best suited for retailers who sell high-end or luxury products, such as jewellery, fashion, or beauty products

Retail

The benefits and challenges of appointment-based shopping

Mariette Frazer 30 Aug 2023

Racks of Airism clothing at Uniqlo 5th Avenue in New York City, USA, 31 July 2023. Reuters/Kate Masters

Fashion & Homeware

Clothiers bet on 'cooling' fabrics as global temps rise

Katherine Masters 2 Aug 2023

File photo: Farmers use a threshing machine as they harvest their wheat crop at a farmland on an island on the River Nile next to the capital city of Cairo, Egypt 11 May 2023. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

Hospitality

Qatar in talks with Egypt's wealth fund over hotels investment - sources

Hadeel Al Sayegh, Andrew Mills and Patrick Werr 15 Jun 2023

#OrchidsandOnions: Siya and Rachel Kolisi make a dynamic duo in FNB ad

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Siya and Rachel Kolisi make a dynamic duo in FNB ad

Brendan Seery 5 Jun 2023

Inside Prada's ultra-chic pop-up cafè at Harrods London

Food & bev. services

Inside Prada's ultra-chic pop-up cafè at Harrods London

14 Apr 2023

Spark Media in the 'Big Apple' for Retail's Big Show

Retail

Spark Media in the 'Big Apple' for Retail's Big Show

Issued by Caxton Media 8 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Retailers

Woolworths raises profit guidance on Black Friday sales

Nqobile Dludla 19 Jan 2023

David Jones sale: Woolies freed to focus on SA and Country Road businesses

Retailers

David Jones sale: Woolies freed to focus on SA and Country Road businesses

Lauren Hartzenberg 20 Dec 2022

Source: Sardaka, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Retailers

Woolworths to sell David Jones to Australian private-equity firm

19 Dec 2022

Olivier Richter enters Logistics Hall of Fame

Logistics & Transport

Olivier Richter enters Logistics Hall of Fame

8 Dec 2022

Fieldbar team from left to right: Corban Warrington, Lee Hartman and Taimi Paulino. Source: Supplied

Design & Manufacturing

Fieldbar: The SA success story taking on Europe

7 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Retailers

Woolworths flags higher profit as Covid disruption eases

Nqobile Dludla 16 Nov 2022

Fashion & Homeware

Levi's appoints Michelle Gass as president and CEO-in-waiting

10 Nov 2022

Inside We Are Egg's new next-gen department store in Joburg

Retailers

Inside We Are Egg's new next-gen department store in Joburg

6 Oct 2022

Retail concept We Are Egg expands to Joburg

Retailers

Retail concept We Are Egg expands to Joburg

14 Sep 2022

Iconic Selfridges sold to Thai-led consortium

Retailers

Iconic Selfridges sold to Thai-led consortium

24 Dec 2021

Source: We are EGG

Retailers

We are Egg offers store card to shoppers

21 Dec 2021

Retailers

Supply crisis spurs South African retailers to end Asia reliance

Nqobile Dludla 22 Nov 2021

Research

CMO Council report: What is trending in customer spending?

18 Nov 2021

Branding

The luxury brand landscape

Teresa van den Berg 10 Aug 2021

Inside Sandton's new luxury beauty destination Arc

Retailers

Inside Sandton's new luxury beauty destination Arc

23 Jun 2021

Covid-19 is giving us a new appreciation for physical shops

Retailers

Covid-19 is giving us a new appreciation for physical shops

Cathrine Jansson-Boyd 14 May 2021

10 hotly-anticipated buildings set to be completed in 2021

Architecture & Design

10 hotly-anticipated buildings set to be completed in 2021

4 Jan 2021

Egg aims to disrupt SA retail's status quo

Retailers

Egg aims to disrupt SA retail's status quo

Lauren Hartzenberg 11 Dec 2020

Notable challenges presented by retail-to-logistics property conversions in SA

Retail & Hospitality Property

Notable challenges presented by retail-to-logistics property conversions in SA

1 Dec 2020

#OrchidsandOnions: How to do real sincerity

Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions: How to do real sincerity

Brendan Seery 10 Nov 2020

Post Covid-19: How the property market will potentially evolve

Trends

Post Covid-19: How the property market will potentially evolve

27 Aug 2020

Piqsels, CC BY-SA.

Advertising

Brands may support Black Lives Matter, but advertising still needs to decolonise

Carl W Jones 29 Jun 2020

Algorithms are designing better buildings

Architecture & Design

Algorithms are designing better buildings

Silvio Carta 19 Jun 2020

From culinary rockstar to grocer: The unexpected trajectory of a chef during Covid-19

Food & Wine

From culinary rockstar to grocer: The unexpected trajectory of a chef during Covid-19

Dominique Herman 11 Jun 2020

Upmarket US retailer Neiman Marcus files for bankruptcy

Retailers

Upmarket US retailer Neiman Marcus files for bankruptcy

8 May 2020

Anticipating consumer behaviours after the 'Great Lockdown'

Research

Anticipating consumer behaviours after the 'Great Lockdown'

Nigel Hollis, Issued by Kantar 30 Apr 2020

Photo by icon0.com from .

Advertising

Your mom should be on the Loeries panel

Maxine Twaddle 24 Apr 2020

Shopfitting & Merchandising

Holiday windows: The allure of showing and hiding makes us look

Paula Alaszkiewicz 23 Dec 2019

Off-price retailer Discount My Fashion expands with 10th store

Retailers

Off-price retailer Discount My Fashion expands with 10th store

15 Nov 2019

New Diesel x Coca-Cola collection uses recycled materials

Fashion & Homeware

New Diesel x Coca-Cola collection uses recycled materials

22 Oct 2019

SA retailers still not fully embracing online opportunity - Accenture

Research

SA retailers still not fully embracing online opportunity - Accenture

21 Oct 2019

Pros and cons of starting your business with an e-marketplace

How To Start Up

Pros and cons of starting your business with an e-marketplace

9 Oct 2019

Credit: Hans Olav Lien via Wikimedia

Retailers

3 reasons Forever 21's bankruptcy doesn't spell the end of brick-and-mortar retailing

Anthony Dukes 7 Oct 2019

Credit Jim Henderson via Wikimedia

Retailers

New York luxury retail icon Barneys files for bankruptcy

6 Aug 2019