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Shipping

Why affordable logistics could be the difference between SME survival and closure

Issued by Fastway Couriers 28 Oct 2025

Controlling your loyalty channel leads to better customer insights

CRM

Controlling your loyalty channel leads to better customer insights

Len Lubbe 11 Mar 2026

Transforming township economies: The digital future of SA's SME retailers

Informal Retailing

Transforming township economies: The digital future of SA's SME retailers

26 Feb 2026

Township entrepreneurs urged to embrace digital ahead of festive season

Entrepreneurship

Township entrepreneurs urged to embrace digital ahead of festive season

7 Oct 2025

PayJustNow's CGI ads set new BNPL benchmark

Artificial Intelligence

PayJustNow's CGI ads set new BNPL benchmark

26 Nov 2024

How BevCo is tapping into SA’s township economy

Informal Retailing

How BevCo is tapping into SA’s township economy

Pieter Spies 12 Sep 2024

5 WhatsApp trends transforming retail customer communication in 2024

Trends

5 WhatsApp trends transforming retail customer communication in 2024

Xander Barnard 11 Sep 2024

Informal sector has a crucial role in the global economy

Informal Retailing

Informal sector has a crucial role in the global economy

24 Jun 2024

Source: © GGA South Africa’s townships, rural and peri-urban areas are seeing changes in consumer behaviour as card device penetration grows

Banking & Finance

Card acceptance spurs economic growth in underserved communities

31 May 2024

Decluttering your product range may have surprising benefits

Retailers

Decluttering your product range may have surprising benefits

Bernhardt van der Merwe 21 Feb 2024

Demystifying category management for small retailers operating in low data environments.

Retailers

Demystifying category management for small retailers operating in low data environments.

Bernhardt van der Merwe 24 Jan 2024

Source: © 123rf The latest Takealot Competition Commission ruling seems unlikely to affect Amazon's long-term African expansion plans

Digital

Amazon.com forges ahead despite Comp Comm's requirements

30 Aug 2023

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Informal Retailing

Small-scale retailers will need to adapt to survive and thrive

25 Jul 2023

Kena Outdoor helps small businesses have a big impact

OOH

Kena Outdoor helps small businesses have a big impact

Issued by Kena Outdoor 28 Nov 2022

Vukile launches Retail Academy to give emerging retailers a head start

Training

Vukile launches Retail Academy to give emerging retailers a head start

11 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied

Technology

New app simplifies inventory management for Africa's informal retailers

28 Jun 2022

Funding boost for SA's small retailers

Funding

Funding boost for SA's small retailers

2 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied

Informal Retailing

Nestlé, Nomanini and Standard Bank partner to help informal retail sector

20 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: Africa's informal sector; a newly augmented opportunity

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Africa's informal sector; a newly augmented opportunity

Ndeye Diagne, Issued by Kantar 17 Jan 2022

Demonstrators in Katlehong loot a shopping centre during protests following the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Health & Safety

Violence and looting threatens SA's food security

13 Jul 2021

Loyalty lends a hand to local merchants, new data shows

Research

Loyalty lends a hand to local merchants, new data shows

9 Mar 2021

#BizTrends2021: 6 key trends for small businesses in 2021 and beyond

Trends

#BizTrends2021: 6 key trends for small businesses in 2021 and beyond

Mike Anderson 6 Jan 2021

#FluxTrendsMasterclass: Why the future of malls could be good for smaller retailers

SMEs

#FluxTrendsMasterclass: Why the future of malls could be good for smaller retailers

4 Nov 2020

E-commerce should buoy SA's Black Friday 2020 sales

E-commerce

E-commerce should buoy SA's Black Friday 2020 sales

30 Sep 2020

#DoBizZA: Fulfilling the potential of South African fashion

Fashion & Homeware

#DoBizZA: Fulfilling the potential of South African fashion

Lucilla Booyzen 28 Sep 2020

Could Covid-19 create a new normal for commercial teams?

Management & Leadership

Could Covid-19 create a new normal for commercial teams?

Ed Flower 13 May 2020

Property group launches relief package for retail tenants

Retail & Hospitality Property

Property group launches relief package for retail tenants

8 Apr 2020

Retail sales growth a relief, but not surprising - Merchant Capital

Sales

Retail sales growth a relief, but not surprising - Merchant Capital

5 Feb 2020

Call for SA's major supermarkets to drop exclusive leases with malls

Regulatory

Call for SA's major supermarkets to drop exclusive leases with malls

27 Nov 2019

Lease agreements in a volatile economic climate

Land & Property Law

Lease agreements in a volatile economic climate

Nabeela Edris 17 May 2019

#BizTrends2019: From data to dashboard - how retailers will manage customer engagement in 2019

Trends

#BizTrends2019: From data to dashboard - how retailers will manage customer engagement in 2019

Daniel Logan 7 Jan 2019

The forgotten grandeur of Britain's department stores - a historian reflects

Retailers

The forgotten grandeur of Britain's department stores - a historian reflects

17 Aug 2018

Nigeria's TradeDepot secures $3m Series A round

Software

Nigeria's TradeDepot secures $3m Series A round

Tom Jackson 27 Apr 2018

Barriers to finance a hindrance for retail SMMEs

Research

Barriers to finance a hindrance for retail SMMEs

4 Jan 2018

Christmas shopping is changing - but retailers must accept that pop-up stores are here to stay

Retailers

Christmas shopping is changing - but retailers must accept that pop-up stores are here to stay

Charlotte Shi and Gary Warnaby 27 Dec 2017

Nyanga spaza benefits from Pick n Pay modernisation programme

Informal Retailing

Nyanga spaza benefits from Pick n Pay modernisation programme

18 Dec 2017

Ghana's digital payments leadership

Digital

Ghana's digital payments leadership

28 Sep 2017

Gugulethu Square. Image credit:

Retailers

Small retailers say malls killing their business

Colleen Goko 11 May 2017

Social grants chaos: A major threat to rural economies

Agriculture

Social grants chaos: A major threat to rural economies

Hamlet Hlomendlini 13 Mar 2017

Why new entrants struggle to break into South Africa's retail space

Retailers

Why new entrants struggle to break into South Africa's retail space

Reena das Nair 7 Feb 2017

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Informal Retailing

Spaza shops need assistance to grow sustainably

Munir Jeeva 6 Feb 2017

Sales

The pros and cons of Black Friday for small businesses

Anton van Heerden 23 Nov 2016

The IoT innovation opportunity for SMEs

ICT

The IoT innovation opportunity for SMEs

15 Nov 2016

FMCG

Coca-Cola eyes African bottler to keep out of AB InBev's takeover sights

Ann Crotty 13 Oct 2016

A picture shows a man using the 'Pokemon Go' augmented reality mobile phone app in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on Wednesday.
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Retail Marketing

Luring Pokemon GO players could help retailers massively boost sales

15 Jul 2016

CGF Global Summit

Report on trends in international retail published

17 Jun 2016

Jobs and R800m pledge unblocks merger delay

ESG

Jobs and R800m pledge unblocks merger delay

Hilary Joffe 5 May 2016

eBay uncorks online wine shop

E-commerce

eBay uncorks online wine shop

3 May 2016