The rhetoric of “retail is dead” is incorrect. In fact, retail is advancing at a rapid rate to meet the consumer demands for in-store innovation and service solutions for their shopping requirements in this post-Covid era.

Pick n Pay has launched a new 100% recycled RPET bag to help raise funds for the ‘Save our Beach Huts’ – a project aimed at restoring the 36 beach huts in Muizenberg and St James that are strongly rooted in Cape Town’s heritage.

COCA-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) on Friday tripled the size of its employee share ownership scheme (Esop) launched last year in a multibillion-rand worker equity provision for its 8 000-strong labour force.

There might not seem to be a massive difference in the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity research group’s latest Household Affordability Index, but even a marginal increase in the food price is too heavy a burden for growing numbers of people who are barely on the breadline in South Africa.

With the South African Revenue Service (SARS) seeking to increase its revenue base, organisations with misconceptions about how certain payroll elements should be taxed, may unknowingly be exposing themselves financially.

The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity research group (PMBEJD) has published its latest Household Affordability Index, detailing price changes for basic and essential food items across South Africa.

Medirite now offers the cheapest Covid-19 rapid antibody tests in South Africa. The tests cost just R129.99 each, and are available from the Medirite pharmacies conveniently located in Shoprite and Checkers stores across the country.

The National Consumer Commission’s warning comes amid investigations in to seven leading retail stores in the country, accused of price gouging on ginger and garlic.

As the South African wine industry celebrates 362 years, the alcohol sector got a reprieve as President Cyril Ramaphosa partially lifted the third alcohol ban on Monday evening, which industry welcomed.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has published a new gazette which provides further details around South Africa’s relaxed level 3 lockdown and the changes to some restrictions.