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#BestofBiz 2024: Retail

We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2024 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and company news. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's Retail site over the past year below.

17 Dec 2024

#BestofBiz 2024: Retail

Most-read stories

1	Small haircare business strikes deal with Checkers	10 Jul 2024
2	Princess Mkabayi Mall in KZN officially opens its doors	01 Nov 2024
3	Prince Buthelezi Mall set to open in April 2026 in KZN	09 Dec 2024
4	End of an era for Drip Footwear: footwear retailer enters liquidation, laying off employees	09 Oct 2024
5	Department of Home Affairs opens state-of-the-art branch at Cresta Shopping Centre - Pareto Limited	15 Apr 2024
6	Shoprite Group awards its best suppliers of 2024	03 Dec 2024
7	Checkers Little Shop is back by popular demand	23 Sep 2024
8	Pick n Pay rewards customers for recycling	20 Mar 2024
9	Spar to open first upmarket store in second quarter - Nqobile Dludla	04 Dec 2024
10	Retailers should take note of Shoprite’s knockout sales performance - Faheem Hoosen	09 Apr 2024
11	Sasko halts bread production at facility following 'rat in bread' incident	17 Sep 2024
12	Pick n Pay files for liquidation of franchisee’s stores	29 Feb 2024
13	Shoprite introduces GetPaid, a self-service payment for small businesses	03 Dec 2024
14	Woolies recalls Country Road Two-Tone Demm mugs	28 May 2024
15	Tiger Brands announces new managing directors to head up business units	21 Feb 2024
16	DJ Zinhle and Kairo Forbes collaborate with Ackermans this summer	27 Sep 2024
17	Pick n Pay lightens the load for 'back to school' customers	08 Jan 2024
18	Tiger Brands invests R300m in peanut butter manufacturing plant	12 Apr 2024
19	Woolworths launches Denim Drop-Off programme	09 Oct 2024
20	Pick n Pay appoints new head of retail, restructures exec team	11 Jan 2024

Most-read contributors

1	Suraya Hamdulay
2	Andrea Ellens
3	Carla Gontier
4	Ryan Falkenberg
5	Christele Chokossa
6	Linda Saunders
7	Terena Chetty
8	Craig Schwabe
9	Peter Ludi

Most-viewed press offices

1	Switch Energy Drink
2	Bata
3	Rand Show
4	Rosebank College
5	Heineken South Africa
6	Burger King
7	Smart Media
8	ACDOCO SA
9	Juta and Company
10	Tekkie Town
11	Rainbow Chicken
12	Restonic

View the most-read lists for our other industries: Marketing & Media, Agriculture, Automotive, Construction & Engineering, Education, Energy & Mining, Entrepreneurship, ESG & Sustainability, Finance, Healthcare, HR & Management, ICT, Legal, Lifestyle, Logistics & Transport, Property, Retail and Tourism & Travel.

Top stories

Media24 recognised at INMA Global Media Awards

Marketing & MediaMedia24 recognised at INMA Global Media Awards

Media24 1 hour

Maria McCloy has passed away. Source: Supplied.

Marketing & MediaPublicist, DJ & fashion designer Maria McCloy has died at 50

Karabo Ledwaba 3 hours

Source:

Marketing & MediaFormer journalist and provincial spokesperson convicted on 4 rape counts

23 minutes

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ESG & Sustainability6 dead and 83,184 affected as Cape Town calls for urgent donations

3 hours

Cape Town’s cybersecurity leaders set to gather for ITWeb Security Summit this month

ICTCape Town’s cybersecurity leaders set to gather for ITWeb Security Summit this month

ITP Communications 54 minutes

Passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, arrive to take a plane to the Netherlands, at Tenerife Sur airport, Canary Islands, Spain. Image credit: Reuters/Pedro Nunes

HealthcareWestern Cape woman tests negative for hantavirus as WHO cases rise

Charlotte Van Campenhout and Victoria Waldersee 1 hour

More news

Image source: SANews.gov.za

Logistics & Transport

Transport budget allocates R31bn to Sanral for national road upgrades

1 hour

SA targets rail and port growth to strengthen exports

Logistics & Transport

SA targets rail and port growth to strengthen exports

2 hours

Club Med South Africa boosts KZN tourism investment

Tourism & Travel

Club Med South Africa boosts KZN tourism investment

1 hour

The Boundless team, with newly escaped from prison Fran Luckin. (I know Mouse is there somewhere...) (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

A prisoner, an escape mastermind and a mouse walk into an agency

Danette Breitenbach 1 day

ClemenGold and Sinclair partner for fresh produce labels disposal solution

Retail

ClemenGold and Sinclair partner for fresh produce labels disposal solution

3 hours

From drones to AI-driven logistics, today’s farmers face a new generation of interconnected risks. Here are five that are reshaping how agricultural insurance needs to work Source:

Agriculture

5 new farming risks reshape agricultural insurance

2 hours

KFC Add Hope goes live on Mr D

Retail

KFC Add Hope goes live on Mr D

21 hours

The awards recognise marketing and supply talent in South Africa. Source: Supplied.

Marketing & Media

IMM Institute names SA's top marketers and supply chain leaders

23 hours

Happiness Primary School is one of three no-fee-paying schools in Nigel that have had their electricity cut off for months. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Education

Schools left in darkness as municipal bills mount

Kimberly Mutandiro 21 hours

Applications now open for Nando’s Hot Young Designer 2026

Retail

Applications now open for Nando’s Hot Young Designer 2026

1 day

Image source: Andriy Popov –

HR & Management

Official unemployment rises marginally in Q1 2026

22 hours

Haier appliances roll out across Makro stores nationwide

Retail

Haier appliances roll out across Makro stores nationwide

1 day

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HR & Management

New earnings threshold now in effect: Are your employment contracts compliant?

Carole Ratcliffe 23 hours

Africa’s Travel Indaba opens with tourism growth in focus

Tourism & Travel

Africa’s Travel Indaba opens with tourism growth in focus

21 hours

New iPhone payment tool launches for SA’s small businesses

Entrepreneurship

New iPhone payment tool launches for SA’s small businesses

22 hours

Source: Reuters.

Finance

Deals and new partnerships lined up at Africa-France summit

Duncan Miriri 1 day

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Legal

New SA merger thresholds and filing fees effective 1 May 2026

Tamara Dini, Richard Bhagwan-Bryce, and Nazeera Mia 1 day

Image source: SAnews.gov.za

Education

R90m to revitalise CET colleges

6 May 2026

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Education

What’s stopping kids from learning useful skills? Short answer: exams

Frank Quansah 8 May 2026

Supplied image: Jean Paul Rudd, a Partner at Adams & Adams

Legal

FSCA appeals: Why indirect financial interests lack standing

Jean-Paul Rudd 7 May 2026

Mankodi Moitse, CEO of Kagiso Trust

Education

Kagiso Trust launches free matric support toolkit

7 May 2026

Image source: Getty Images

Legal

Cabinet approves early childhood development and other bills

7 May 2026

Image source: Ion Chiosea –

HR & Management

Verification essential as both sides fear fraud in hiring process

8 May 2026

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