Shoprite has published its results for the 53 weeks to 4 July 2021, reporting an 8.1% increase in sales for the period.

South African food producer and fashion retailer AVI reported a 6.2 percent rise in full-year earnings, boosted by lower net finance costs and an easing of Covid-19 curbs but warned of further price hikes to protect profit margins.

Another year of South Africa market share gains in 2021 as the Shoprite Group adds R12.6 billion in sales, creates 3 897 jobs and pays record dividend

Massmart Holdings, the operator of Makro and Game stores, said in a trading update on Friday (13 August) that rising unemployment, along with extended levels of lockdowns and curfews, has adversely impacted consumer confidence.

Clothing and grocery retailer Woolworths said group sales for the year increased by 9.7% as a result of improved trade performance coupled with strong working capital management and the proceeds from property sales in Australia.

The JSE-listed retailer Spar, which has stores in Southern Africa, Switzerland, Poland and Ireland, has seen a 7.5% increase in turnover to more than R64 billion in the six months to end-March, with operating growth up 28% to R1.7 billion.

Pharma retailer Dis-Chem Group on Friday (21 May) reported a 9.6% increase in revenue for the year ended February 2021, despite the deepening economic recession in South Africa.

Pharmacy chain Clicks Group said on Thursday it expects its full-year earnings to be up 8% to 13% after reporting a 9.5% rise in half-year earnings, boosted by consumer demand for preventative medicine and new private hospital business.

The Clicks Group restored its interim dividend after suspending it last year over Covid-19 uncertainties on its operations.

Pick n Pay published its financial results for the year ended 28 February 2021.

Massmart has suffered yet another blow after the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that the retailer could not claim nearly R1 billion worth of losses from the taxman for a share incentive scheme implemented 20 years ago for senior managers.

Consumer confidence recovered lost ground back to levels seen exactly a year ago before the Covid-19 pandemic in the first quarter of 2021, but still remained at contractionary level.