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EXCLUSIVE | Pep's R95bn success story: How dignity drives retail innovation

Retailers

EXCLUSIVE | Pep's R95bn success story: How dignity drives retail innovation

James Townsend 3 days

NIQ State of the Retail Nation: South African FMCG retail lifted by economic tailwinds

Retail Marketing

NIQ State of the Retail Nation: South African FMCG retail lifted by economic tailwinds

Issued by NielsenIQ 6 Mar 2026

Flash Gala case study highlights rising importance of branding in fresh produce

Agro-processing

Flash Gala case study highlights rising importance of branding in fresh produce

19 Nov 2025

NIQ State of Retail: Signs of recovery in some sectors, but consumer spending remains cautious

Research

NIQ State of Retail: Signs of recovery in some sectors, but consumer spending remains cautious

Issued by NielsenIQ 18 Sep 2025

Inquiry makes recommendations to improve competition in fresh produce market

Research

Inquiry makes recommendations to improve competition in fresh produce market

14 Jan 2025

A look at SA’s independent grocery trade

Retail

A look at SA’s independent grocery trade

20 Aug 2024

Bibi Cash & Carry opens flagship store in Phuthaditjhaba, Free State

Franchising

Bibi Cash & Carry opens flagship store in Phuthaditjhaba, Free State

5 Aug 2024

Powerful partnerships are driving the innovation economy

Retail

Powerful partnerships are driving the innovation economy

19 Apr 2024

Source: Reuters.

Venture Capital

Grocery giants including Tesco, Woolworths team up to launch $125m VC fund

Nqobile Dludla 9 Apr 2024

Source: Cavendish Square.

Retail & Hospitality Property

Over 2,000 malls set for transformation as exclusive leases end

31 Aug 2023

Competition Commission and Spar have reached a consent agreement

Retail

Competition Commission and Spar have reached a consent agreement

31 Aug 2023

Source: Global Convenience Store Focus Fuel forecourt retail is the fastest-growing segment of South African convenience retail

Retail Services

6 opportunities for fuel forecourt retail to grow its share of the convenience market pie

19 Jul 2023

Challengers to Watch 2023: Aldi

Branding

Challengers to Watch 2023: Aldi

Adam Morgan and Tara Henderson, Issued by eatbigfish 20 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied

Research

Convenience retail: A golden opportunity close to home

12 May 2023

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Retailers

OBC Butchery accuses Spar of anti-competitive conduct in shopping malls

18 Nov 2022

JLL reports varying fortunes across local property market

Markets & Investment

JLL reports varying fortunes across local property market

31 Aug 2022

#OrchidsandOnions: The good, the creative and the slush pile

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: The good, the creative and the slush pile

Brendan Seery 15 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters. Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with graduates of military academies on the eve of the 81st anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in World War Two in Moscow, Russia June 21, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin

Economy

Russia is rerouting trade to BRICS countries - Putin

24 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied

Research

Basic food costs at SA's big retailers compared

2 Jun 2022

Source: Copia Global

Informal Retailing

Kenyan retail distributor Copia secures $50m for Africa expansion

George Obulutsa 21 Jan 2022

Marketing

Food Staple Purchases Drop Significantly in 2021: Township Marketing Report

Issued by Rogerwilco 22 Jun 2021

MTN dominance forces Africell to exit Uganda operations

Telecoms & Networks

MTN dominance forces Africell to exit Uganda operations

8 Sep 2021

'Don't @ Me' says South African township residents to big brands

Research

'Don't @ Me' says South African township residents to big brands

22 Jun 2021

Pick n Pay's exclusive lease agreements coming to an end

Regulatory

Pick n Pay's exclusive lease agreements coming to an end

15 Jun 2021

#OrchidsandOnions: Mochachos on fire

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Mochachos on fire

Brendan Seery 30 Mar 2021

Supply Chain

Technology and supermarket chains can help strengthen southern Africa's food systems

Thando Vilakazi and Namhla Landani 16 Feb 2021

Commission signs consent agreement with PnP to stop exclusive leases

Regulatory

Commission signs consent agreement with PnP to stop exclusive leases

21 Oct 2020

Shoprite signs consent agreement with Competition Commission

Regulatory

Shoprite signs consent agreement with Competition Commission

13 Oct 2020

Photo by rupixen.com on .

Digital

Brands need to reposition as customers form new, more digital habits

Grant Lapping 28 May 2020

Shoprite Group to halt enforcement of exclusive lease contracts

Retailers

Shoprite Group to halt enforcement of exclusive lease contracts

13 May 2020

PnP won't enforce exclusive lease agreements against smaller retailers

Retailers

PnP won't enforce exclusive lease agreements against smaller retailers

12 May 2020

GRMI recommendations implementation period extended by 3 months

Regulatory

GRMI recommendations implementation period extended by 3 months

30 Apr 2020

E-commerce AC19: How Covid-19 is speeding up digital transformation in SA

E-commerce

E-commerce AC19: How Covid-19 is speeding up digital transformation in SA

Michaela Gabriel 28 Apr 2020

South Africa's spaza shops: how regulatory avoidance harms informal workers

Informal Retailing

South Africa's spaza shops: how regulatory avoidance harms informal workers

Andries du Toit 26 Feb 2020

FMCG

Process manufacturing in 2020: Sustainability and servitisation

Colin Elkins 19 Dec 2019

Apartheid-era municipal by-laws favour large supermarket chains

Regulatory

Apartheid-era municipal by-laws favour large supermarket chains

4 Dec 2019

Credit: Vgrigas via Wikimedia

Retailers

Local spaza shops up against shifting competitive retail environment

3 Dec 2019

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

South Africa wastes 10m tonnes of food annually

ESG

South Africa wastes 10m tonnes of food annually

9 Sep 2019

Olivier Kritzinger reclaims Championship Boerewors title

FMCG

Olivier Kritzinger reclaims Championship Boerewors title

29 Aug 2019

Competition Commission's grocery retail market inquiry welcomed

Food & bev. services

Competition Commission's grocery retail market inquiry welcomed

5 Jun 2019

How SA's biggest supermarkets measure up in customer satisfaction

Research

How SA's biggest supermarkets measure up in customer satisfaction

7 Mar 2019

Local mushroom farmer named Pick n Pay's Small Supplier of the Year

FMCG

Local mushroom farmer named Pick n Pay's Small Supplier of the Year

20 Feb 2019

Sustainable Farming

New WWF Nedbank Green Trust water project brings KNP, smallholder farmers together

18 Feb 2019

Recycling is not enough. Zero-packaging stores show we can kick our plastic addiction

ESG

Recycling is not enough. Zero-packaging stores show we can kick our plastic addiction

Sabrina Chakori 6 Feb 2019

This Cape Town startup delivers restaurant-grade meat directly to your door

E-commerce

This Cape Town startup delivers restaurant-grade meat directly to your door

Lauren Hartzenberg 18 Sep 2018

#AfricaMonth: How Shoprite trailblazed trading in Africa

Retailers

#AfricaMonth: How Shoprite trailblazed trading in Africa

Lauren Hartzenberg 24 May 2018

Food trends could drive production decisions

Agriculture

Food trends could drive production decisions

Frikkie Maré 15 Feb 2018

Resilient calls for exclusivity clauses ban

Retail & Hospitality Property

Resilient calls for exclusivity clauses ban

Alistair Anderson 2 Nov 2017