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Feb 20, 2024 | 
retailingafrica.com | Louise Burgers
By Nick Paul, Senior Editor, Trade Intelligence. Did you know that Checkers does R27 billion more turnover than Woolworths Food – a gap that is increasing as the two compete for the disposable income of upper-middle class shoppers? Or that Boxer provided the Pick n Pay Group with 31% of its turnover last year, growing +21% to R31 billion – three times more than Shoprite’s Usave brand.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
retailingafrica.com | Louise Burgers
By Louise Burgers, Retailing Africa Editor. The explosion of Generative AI and opportunities for industries across FinServ, Telco, Federal/Public Sector, Healthcare, and Life Sciences, requires strategic approaches to optimise data utilisation and maximise innovation.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
retailingafrica.com | Louise Burgers
By Louise Burgers, Retailing Africa Editor. There is no doubt that this year will be turbulent given local and global events, and the mandate for Chief Marketers to steer business growth garners a superior skills set. Here’s some of the top trends that we are tracking at CMO Council to equip CMOs with the insights needed. 1. The CMO as a Growth CatalystIt is up to the CMO to find “uncommon growth in the storm” assert both PwC and .
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
retailingafrica.com | Leandi Campher |Louise Burgers
By Leandi Campher, EXAH Solutions Architect. Spreadsheets must fall. In businesses with complex pricing structures, diverse product offerings and customers that demand quick and accurate quotes, clinging to spreadsheet-based methods can lead to inefficiencies, errors and lost opportunities. It is understandable why organisations are attached to their spreadsheets.
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Jan 30, 2024 | 
retailingafrica.com | Louise Burgers
Retail is in the midst of the biggest technology paradigm shift yet, says Peter Ludi, Business Development Executive at redPanda Software, in sharing insights from retail’s big show, NRF 2024, New York. “The conference, with more than 40,000 attendees, 1,000 exhibitors and 450 speakers, is a temperature test for where global retail is currently, and where it is going.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
retailingafrica.com | Louise Burgers
By Louise Burgers, Retailing Africa Editor. Achieving sustainability goals is not just a morally correct strategy, but also a risk management plan to ensure business growth and consumer loyalty. It means attaining equilibrium between commercial considerations without compromising our collective future to build a more balanced business landscape with buy-in from customers.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
retailingafrica.com | Louise Burgers
What lessons learned in 2023 will shape decision-making, investment and innovation so the retail sector can thrive and grow, regardless of what economies and consumers throw its way? The lingering recession will have an ongoing impact on the retail sector and its outlook for 2024. Riyaat Phillips, senior manager at Altron Systems Integration, writes it is important to prioritise key efficiencies within the business leveraging technology and analytics to streamline decision-making.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
retailingafrica.com | Louise Burgers
In2024, Africa’s overall growth is forecasted at 4.0%, a notable increase from 3.3% in 2023, positioning it as the second-highest globally, trailing only Asia (4.8%). East Africa takes centre stage in this growth narrative, exhibiting consistently higher growth rates than the rest of the continent. Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya are identified as key drivers, collectively contributing significantly to the region’s economic resurgence.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
retailingafrica.com | Louise Burgers
By Louise Burgers, Retailing Africa Editor. As we head into yet another year underlined with uncertainty, marketers and retailers must be clear on consumer influences, what they value, and how to ensure key marketing messaging is able to drive sales, while reducing price sensitivity. Consumers want to be happy; they want less stress, more convenience; and they want to be heathier. How can brands make it happen?
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
retailingafrica.com | Louise Burgers
By Louise Burgers, Retailing Africa Editor. As we usher in this New Year, which despite being framed in the fuzzy perfect peach of Pantone’s new Colour of the Year, is proving every bit as chaotic and challenging as 2023, we still have hope that 2024 will open the door to peace on all fronts. Even those of us who hit pause over the festive season, feel that we were launched back into the year at speed, given global events, local challenges, and the continued cost-of-living crisis.
