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Massive disruption in the retail industry meets changing consumer needs

Written by Super User on 20 June 2016. Posted in No Category Tags.

Staff Writer: By Guy Lundy

Participants at the Consumer Goods Forum Global (CGF) Summit held in Cape Town this week have been given a taste of some of the disruption that is changing the consumer goods manufacturing and retail industry.

Christo Wiese declares himself to be an Africa optimist

Written by Super User on 17 June 2016. Posted in No Category Tags.

Staff Writer: By Mike Cohen and Paul Vecchiatto

Christo Wiese, SA’s richest man and the chairman of the nation’s biggest retailer Shoprite, has some advice for companies looking to tap the spending power of Africa’s 1.2-billion consumers: stick around and have deep pockets.

Woolworths well on its way to healthier queues

Written by Super User on 10 June 2016. Posted in No Category Tags.

Staff Writer: By Colleen Goko

By the end of June, half of all Woolworths stores will have removed sweets and chocolates from the checkout aisle, and replaced them with "better snacking options", says the retailer.

Coca-Cola bottlers merger finally approved

Written by Super User on 11 May 2016. Posted in No Category Tags.

Staff Writer: By Hilary Joffe

The much delayed merger to create Africa’s largest Coca-Cola bottler was finally given the nod by the Competition Tribunal.

Shoprite boss throws down gauntlet

Written by Super User on 28 April 2016. Posted in No Category Tags.

Staff Writer: By: Sherlissa Peters and Iman Latief

Shoprite chief executive Whitey Basson has thrown down the challenge to retailers not to use the drought gripping South Africa as a reason to increase food prices.

US poultry a win for SA consumers

Written by Super User on 22 April 2016. Posted in No Category Tags.

Staff Writer: By Carin Smith

"We are thrilled to be back in the South African market after about 17 years," Jim Sumner, president of the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) told Fin24 during his visit to Cape Town.

Retailers driving cannibalisation, says Pareto executive

Written by Super User on 19 April 2016. Posted in No Category Tags.

Retail cannibalisation is becoming a growing reality in South Africa and, until now, it has been all too easy to place the blame for this squarely at the feet of shopping centre developers. However, on closer inspection, Marius Muller, CEO of shopping centre investor Pareto, believes this retail cannibalisation is largely being driven by retailers themselves.

No end in sight to Shoprite strike

Written by Super User on 08 April 2016. Posted in No Category Tags.

Staff Writer: By Colleen Goko

There is no end in sight to the strike at Shoprite’s distribution centre in Centurion, with workers vowing to continue until management meets their demands.

Businesses give consumer watchdog the finger

Written by Super User on 08 April 2016. Posted in No Category Tags.

Staff Writer: By Wendy Knowler

Many South African businesses are effectively giving the Consumer Goods and Services Ombud the middle finger by failing to register with his office‚ while some refuse to co-operate when the office investigates a complaint against them‚ or comply with its rulings.