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 | Smollan unpacks six top trends that may have the potential to significantly shape the retail industry in the coming years... Read |
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 | NQOBILE DLUDLA Recent unrest in South Africa damaged hundreds of businesses but property developers and retailers say they remain committed to the fast-growing... Read |
| Covid-19 |
 | ISSUED BY BRANDMAPP Brandmapp director of storytelling Brandon de Kock will share insights from BrandMapp 2021, answering questions about your consumers, on Thursday, 29 July 2021... Read |
| E-commerce |
 | The digital liquor platform caters to the need for an e-commerce portal that can service both direct-to-customer and high-volume business-to-business requirements... Read |
 | PAUL BEHRMANN, ISSUED BY PAYFLEX The silver lining of the Covid pandemic for many businesses has been the acceleration of online shopping in South Africa... Read |
 | Remittances-led fintech company Mukuru is expanding its groceries service to Malawi in response to the food crisis that has plagued the east African nation for years... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DPO SOUTH AFRICA DPO South Africa's SiD Secure EFT has released its new platform sporting a slick new user interface and performing up to 82% faster than previous iterations... Read |
| Exhibitions & Events |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA OUTDOOR For the first time ever, Huawei Joburg Day was streamed live across multiple Urban Digital LED screens in Primedia Outdoor's network in Johannesburg... Read |
| Fashion & Homeware |
 | ISSUED BY TFG (THE FOSCHINI GROUP) South Africa's leading streetwear retailer Sportscene opened its newly renovated Canal Walk store in Cape Town... Read |
 | Tommy Hilfiger is launching a gender-fluid summer pre-fall 2021 capsule collection co-designed by non-binary actor and activist, Indya Moore... Read |
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 | NQOBILE DLUDLA Two minor shareholders of Tiger Brands have written to the company requesting more details after it announced recalling 20 million canned vegetable products over a leak risk... Read |
 | RODNEY HOLCOMB AND DANIELLE BELLMER How would you like to dig into a "recycled" snack? Or take a swig of juice with "reprocessed" ingredients made from other food byproducts? Without the right marketing, these don't sound appetising... Read |
 | Having successfully established and serviced the expanding EF-Active range within South Africa, the brand is now focusing on introducing itself to new markets on the African continent... Read |
| Food & bev. services |
 | Kenyan integrated food producer, SimpliFine, is expanding across Kenya with new, locally-produced meat and vegetarian products... Read |
| Green Sustainability |
 | ISSUED BY MPACT PLASTICS Terms such as biodegradability, compostable packaging, renewable content and bioplastics are the talk of the town, but what does this really mean?... Read |
 | DR EUNICE UBOMBA-JASWA AND DR NONHLANHLA KALEBAILA The volume of plastic and potentially harmful additives used in the clothing and textile industry is immense and adds to the already heavy environmental toll of the industry... Read |
 | Entries are now open for the South African Plastics Recycling Organisation's (Sapro) 2021 Best Recycled Plastic Product of the Year Awards... Read |
| Health & Safety |
 | The Responsible Trading Programme is an initiative designed to address the issue of harmful alcohol consumption and help mitigate Covid-19 transmission... Read |
| Import/Export |
 | The unrest in KwaZulu-Natal, compounded by the recent cybersecurity hack on Transnet's IT systems, which affected its operations, has created major backlogs for both exports and imports in the Durban port... Read |
| Packaging |
 | While the easing of restrictions earlier in the year in South Africa was welcomed news, the recent level 4 lockdown has meant another devastating setback for restaurants, hotels and more... Read |
 | The tension between food safety in packaging on the one hand, and environmental protection on the other, is a longstanding dilemma that has been brought into sharper focus by Covid-19... Read |
| Regulatory |
 | The Gauteng Department of Economic Development has warned suppliers not to inflate the prices of essential items... Read |
| Research |
 | SoundInsights polled East Coast Radio and Jacaranda FM's audiences to gauge consumer behaviour in 2021... Read |
| Retail Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC Instead of blending in, Black Friday emails must ensure that your emails 'pop out' in inboxes and get your business noticed... Read |
| Retailers |
 | Rosebank Mall in Johannesburg will soon be home to the first Soko District, a new multi-brand retail concept that aims to re-tell the retail story... Read |
 | A total of 184 Spar Group stores - including 62 Tops liquor stores and 31 Build It stores - were impacted by varying degrees of looting and damage during the civil unrest... Read |
| Shopfitting & Merchandising |
 | ISSUED BY SCAN DISPLAY Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa in March 2020, and the subsequent banning of exhibitions and events, Scan Display has shifted its focus to shopfitting, retail displays, brand activations and large format printing... Read |
| Technology |
 | VISHALAN MOODLEY With more South Africans shopping online than ever, retailers have had to rethink their digital strategies, especially when it comes to data analysis and optimising the supply chain, says TechSoft International Read |
 | HENDRIK BREDENKAMP The challenges in managing stock have never been so acute as they are now for retailers affected by the looting that swept through KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng... Read |
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