Supermarket giant Shoprite is leveraging its fast-growing e-commerce services to capture vibrant, sprawling informal markets.
The group has put in place e-commerce services for its Cash & Carry wholesaler, which delivers to businesses such as spaza shops that buy in bulk. This should make it...
Spaza shops and SMEs can now bulk-buy a wide range of goods at highly competitive prices through a fully automated online system. Thanks to Shoprite’s digital solution for its Cash & Carry stores, free delivery is available within a 50km radius of these businesses.
Mark Cotton, head of B2B...
Checkers testing subscription service — With unlimited free Sixty60 deliveries and bonus discounts
South African grocery retailer Shoprite Checkers has started testing a paid subscription service that provides additional Xtra Savings and Sixty60 benefits.
The membership plan — dubbed Xtra...
Shoprite gets approval to buy stores from Makro and Game owner
The Competition Tribunal has approved the Shoprite Group's proposed transaction to buy numerous Massmart-owned wholesalers, supermarkets, and liquor stores, but with extensive conditions.
Earlier this year, Shoprite offered...
All the companies billionaire Christo Wiese owns
Christo Wiese is one of South Africa's most acclaimed businessmen, best known for his major successes in the consumer retail market.
The 80-year-old Wiese was born in the Northern Cape in 1941 and completed matric at the Paarl Boys High School...
Shoprite's "possible data compromise" nothing else but data breach — legal expert
Shoprite Group's "suspected data compromise" affecting some Money Transfer customers is a data breach by another name, says privacy and technology legal expert Jos Floor.
The company announced last week that the...
Checkers using artificial intelligence — here's what it does
Shoprite Group has revealed that it uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict sales at its stores.
Replenishment orders are placed automatically to manage stock levels, simultaneously reducing food waste.
Shoprite Group to launch its own MVNO to take on Pick n Pay
The Shoprite Group – which operates Africa’s largest network of food stores – plans to launch its own mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) to offer cellular services.
This was reportedly revealed by the grocery giant’s CEO Pieter...