Powerful businesspeople, the Giannacopoulos family, have regained full control of the 41 countrywide Spar outlets they operate after receiving favourable judgment in a threefold court battle last week.
There is a lot of dirty money in the world – but you’ll be surprised to know just how dirty. From bacteria-like staphylococcus aureus and klebsiella pneumoniaeto traces of cocaine, the craziest things have been found to crawl around on cash.
Massmart on Tuesday (7 July 2020) flagged that it planned to cull nearly 1 800 more jobs at its Game stores just months after it closed the loss making Dion Wired unit.
Dis-Chem notes with disappointment the Competition Tribunal’s decision in which it found that Dis-Chem had engaged in excessive pricing of surgical masks and imposed an administrative penalty of R1 200 000 (one million and two hundred thousand rand).
Covid-19 and the pandemic's subsequent lockdowns forced the Shoprite Group, with more than 147 000 employees, to implement a work from home environment almost overnight, rapidly facilitating thousands of virtual meetings per day in order to keep operations running smoothly.
Since Game’s inception in 1970, South Africa’s retail industry has continued to evolve – and retailers have had to do the same to remain relevant. “When Game entered the market, South Africa’s retail environment was already well-developed. Our founders had a mission to make shopping fun and exciting – essentially to make it a game.
