South Africa’s most loved and awarded retail loyalty programme, Pick n Pay Smart Shopper, is celebrating its loyal members as the programme marks its 10th anniversary by offering them a share of more than R1 billion in rewards over the next few weeks

Retailer Woolworths has just introduced professional skincare brand Dermologica to its stable, this as it tries to boost sales in its fashion, beauty, and home division which has consistently underperformed over the past several years.

Pharmacy retailer Clicks says its vaccination programme continues to gain momentum, having administered 596,180 vaccinations nationally by the end of August 2021 via 300 vaccination sites.

South Africa’s Braai Day is a time of coming together around the fire to cook some of the country’s finest cuts of meat. And there are few better to offer tips on how to treat these than Shoprite’s crew of Master Butchers.

Excellent Engen service. No cash in your pocket. No stress. Engen's innovative 1app now features a ‘Tip an Attendant’ function, which allows motorists and shoppers across South Africa to tip deserving Engen staff for the warm and friendly service that they have long been renowned for.

With efforts to boost small businesses, local manufacturing and job creation following the economic impact caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the unrest in July, local retailers such as Clicks and Dis-Chem have announced plans to collaborate with SMMEs.

Online shopping in South Africa is on target for becoming the R63 billion a year industry by 2025 after taking broadsides from the July looting that saw volumes patter down and suppliers suffer stock losses and logistic bottlenecks.

The Shoprite Group has launched an internationally-endorsed Master Meat Artisan Programme for its qualifying butchery managers, and will train its initial intake of 52 people to join the exclusive global club of Master Butchers.

Last year pharmacy retailer Dis-Chem acquired Baby City in a R430 million transaction. Now it has opened a flagship clinic inside one such baby goods retailer in Johannesburg – and it plans to do so in all 35 of them.