Archived Retail Industry News
News Archives: 2019
03/12/2019
Food Lover’s Market bans plastic bags in all corporate stores nationally as of 01 December 2019
Food Lover’s Market, South Africa’s leading fresh produce retailer, today confirmed its continued commitment to a plastic-free shopping experience with the announcement that it has banned plastic bags in all national corporate stores as of 01 December 2019 and will only be offering paper bags, boxes and Food Lover’s Market canvas bags. This is after the successful implementation of paper straws in 2018 and the positive response to the implementation of a ban on plastic bags in Western Cape stores during 2019.
02/12/2019
These are the tricks shopping malls use to make sure you spend more time and money at stores
South Africa has a staggering number of shopping malls. By 2017, the country had more than 23 million square metres of shopping centre space, at close to 2000 malls - putting it 8th in the world in terms of coverage.
02/12/2019
Engen and Clicks partner in a winning loyalty formula
Engen and Clicks have announced an exciting new partnership which rewards motorists every time they fill up and swipe their Clicks ClubCard at participating Engen service stations nationwide.
29/11/2019
South Africans can now renew their car licence on WhatsApp
Motorists can now renew their car licence disk using WhatsApp through Infobip’s ‘chatback’ function on WhatsApp.
28/11/2019
SA festive spend predicted to hit over R250bn
Research by short-term lender, Wonga, has revealed that South Africans will each incur an average of R6 585 in festive expenses this summer, over and above their usual budgeted expenses.
28/11/2019
Danfoss to establish an IoT collaboration with Microsoft
Danfoss has entered into a collaboration with Microsoft to bring domain expertise in Refrigeration and HVAC to the cloud. Through this collaboration customers will benefit from long-standing industry knowledge on a new platform powered by Microsoft Azure. The new cloud services will enable major savings, operational efficiency and can further increase sales effectiveness for Refrigeration and HVAC system owners and professionals.
27/11/2019
South African supermarkets told to drop exclusivity deals with malls
The Competition Commission has warned that South Africa’s major supermarket chains may be forced to drop exclusivity clauses in shopping mall leases if they fail to do so voluntarily.
27/11/2019
A new ultra-luxury Checkers store has 'silent' floors - and sells abalone and wagyu beef
This week, Checkers opened a new flagship store - this time in the upmarket suburb of Constantia. This is no store refresh, either - it’s been built brand new from the ground up for the Constantia Emporium shopping centre.
27/11/2019
Woolworths carves out market share in SA as food and fashion sales jump
Retailer Woolworths has gained market share in its food and fashion businesses in the 20 weeks to November 17, even as its Australian operations continued to underperform.
25/11/2019
Large liquor outlets in townships creating headache for local traders
Liquor retailers setting up shop in townships are upsetting local township alcohol traders, who fear the competition might kill their businesses.
25/11/2019
Checkers’ new online service will deliver groceries to your door within 60 minutes
Checkers has launched a new on-demand grocery delivery service which promises to deliver online purchases within 60 minutes.
22/11/2019
Shoprite Checkers, Computicket to challenge competition case
Shoprite Checkers and its subsidiary Computicket will on Friday appear before the Competition Tribunal in a bid to have a case against it dismissed.