SOUTH AFRICA – Checkers, a consumer goods retailer owned by Shoprite, has launched its on-demand one-hour grocery delivery service app, Sixty60, after months of testing. Billed as SA’s first 60-minute grocery delivery service from a […]
SOUTH AFRICA – Kauai, a health food restaurant, has extended its brand into retail with the launch of range of healthy frozen ready-to-eat meals, sides and smoothies in partnership with Pick n Pay. The Pick […]
SOUTH AFRICA – The Competition Commission of South Africa has recommended South African shopping centres to cease their exclusive leases with the country’s biggest supermarket chains. The move is in accordance to findings of a […]
SOUTH AFRICA – The Spar Group, a South African retail chain has reported double digit profit growth of 12.9% before tax to R2.8 billion (US$187.1m) for the full year ended September 2019. The listed retailer […]
KENYA – Tuskys Supermarkets, Kenya’s leading retail chain is set to embark on franchising its brand to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in East Africa as part of its aggressive growth plan. The retailer revealed […]
SOUTH AFRICA – South African retail chain, Pick n Pay has posted double-digits profit growth from 18.8% to 19.8% gross profit margin in the six months to end September following its turnaround strategy. Group trading […]
SOUTH AFRICA – Pick n Pay, supermarket chain store in South Africa has opened the refurbished-On Nicol store, in Johannesburg, strengthening the retailer’s Next Generation store concept aiming to attract more affluent consumers as retailers […]
KENYA – Kenyan retail chain Naivas supermarkets has opened its 56th branch in Kenya’s Coastal region, Mombasa’s Central Business District, as part of its expansion plan targeting other regions outside Nairobi where most of its […]
KENYA – According to the Kenya Retail Real Estate Sector report 2019 by Cytonn investment, the retail sector recorded a 1.1 million SQFT increase in mall space in 2018, leading to a supply of 12.5 […]
KENYA – The High Court of Kenya, Commercial and Tax Division has extended the period of amending Uchumi Supermarkets Plc’s Company Voluntary Agreement, its recovery plan to return to normalcy by 30 days so as […]
