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  1. Luis

    Customers with unique names struggle to get Checkers discounts

    Customers with unique names struggle to get Checkers discounts Shoprite said it fixed a bug that resulted in some customers whose names included special characters, such as accents or symbols, not getting Xtra Savings discounts loaded on their product basket. MyBroadband recently noticed a...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Why Pick n Pay Clothing on Asap could be a big deal

    Why Pick n Pay Clothing on Asap could be a big deal Pick n Pay Asap's clothing offering could give the on-demand delivery app a welcome boost in its battle for more relevance in a market dominated by Shoprite's Sixty60. Pick n Pay Clothing's extensive catalogue of low-cost fashion products was...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Checkers and Woolworths using truck trailers that charge their fridges using wheel motion

    Checkers and Woolworths using truck trailers that charge their fridges using wheel motion Two of South Africa's largest grocery retailers are using e-axles that use the movement of a trailer's wheels to generate energy for refrigeration in their truck trailers. Shoprite recently confirmed that...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Walmart launch could spell trouble for Shoprite and Pick n Pay

    Walmart launch could spell trouble for Shoprite and Pick n Pay Walmart Inc. wants another shot at cracking the African market. This time, it’s staking its name on it. About 15 years after the world’s largest retailer got a foothold on the continent with the purchase of a controlling stake in...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Checkers launches smart trolley

    Checkers launches smart trolley Checkers has announced the launch of a smart trolley that lets customers scan items as they shop and skip store queues by paying directly on the cart. The retail giant says this is South Africa’s first smart trolley. Called the Xpress Trolley, the technology...
  7. pratlou

    Behind Shoprite’s e-commerce pitch for the informal market

    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...
  8. pratlou

    Shoprite’s digital boost for spaza shop owners

    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...
  9. pratlou

    Spar steps up battle for affluent and discount shoppers

    South Africa’s second-biggest supermarket retailer, Spar Group, plans to open premium and discount grocery stores while also entering new niche retail markets, its chief executive Angelo Swartz said on Thursday. They are also moving into new non-food markets by opening standalone stores for...
  10. Jan

    Checkers testing Xtra Savings Plus subscription service

    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...
  11. Jan

    Capitec says its MVNO's data prices are "arguably" the cheapest on the market

    Capitec Connect says it has the cheapest data on the market — we test its claim Capitec has released its results for the financial year ended 28 February 2023 and claimed in its annual report that its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) “arguably” has the cheapest data on the market. A...
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  12. Jan

    Shoprite cuts data prices on K'nect Mobile - with a 60-day 1GB bundle for R19.50

    Shoprite's K'nect Mobile slashes prepaid data prices — 1GB for R19.50 Shoprite's mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), K'nect Mobile, has reduced the prices of its data bundles by over 35%, meaning it now offers some of the lowest prepaid data rates in the country. One of the standout...
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  13. Jan

    South African retailers face a permanent new reality: Lack of power

    South Africa's new normal — permanent power cuts South African companies are facing what retailer Pick n Pay Stores Ltd. has just called “a permanent new reality” — electricity shortages. The related costs are weighing heavily. During a year that’s seen the worst national power cuts on record...
  14. Jan

    Shoprite and Scania launch fully-electric glow-in-the-dark truck

    Checkers rolls out first fully electric truck — and it glows in the dark Shoprite Group says it is the first retailer in the country to pilot a heavy-duty fully-electric truck in its fleet. The Checkers Hyper-branded Scania Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) boasts nine batteries and solar panels...
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  15. Jan

    Companies building private power in South Africa - including biogas from SAB

    South African companies betting big on private power — including electricity from cow dung South African businesses are investing billions into self-generating power capacity to combat the impact of load-shedding on their operations and reduce their carbon footprint. In the last few months...
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  16. Jan

    MVNO price comparison - Afrihost, Capitec, FNB, Mr Price, Shoprite, Pick n Pay, TFG Connect, Standard Bank

    Afrihost Air Mobile and Capitec Connect cheaper than FNB and Mr Price Mobile Afrihost Air Mobile and Capitec Connect offer the lowest data prices in a MyBroadband analysis of eight mobile virtual network operators. Various retailers, Internet service providers, and retailers in South Africa...
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  17. Jan

    Shoprite invests in data privacy company Omnisient after June hack

    Shoprite invests in privacy protection startup after customer data hack South African grocery giant Shoprite Group has announced it is investing in secure data collaboration platform Omnisient, only a few months after it suffered a hack that led to the auction of customers' personal information...
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  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's retail CEO salaries compared to shareholder returns

    South Africa's retail CEO salaries compared to shareholder returns Dis-Chem CEO Ivan Leon Saltzman achieved the best shareholder returns for every rand earned, while Pick n Pay CEO Pieter Boone performed the worst. Executive compensation has been a hotly debated issue for many years. Workers...
  19. Jan

    Pick n Pay reports big online sales growth - before effect of Mr D partnership

    Pick n Pay and Takealot taking the fight to Checkers Sixty60 Pick n Pay and Shoprite's battle for customers looks poised to intensify as the South African grocery giants rapidly expand their on-demand delivery services. Pick n Pay published its interim results for the 26 weeks ending 28 August...
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  20. Jan

    Brick-and-mortar giants Massmart, Shoprite, Woolworths taking on Takealot

    Taking the fight to Takealot South Africa’s top brick-and-mortar retailers, including Shoprite, Woolworths, and Massmart, are improving their ecommerce capabilities to become bigger online shopping players. Takealot is South Africa’s largest ecommerce company, with a gross merchandise value...
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  21. Jan

    MVNO boom in South Africa

    Mobile virtual network operator boom in South Africa Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) offer alternatives to dealing with larger carriers like Vodacom and MTN while still using the bigger networks' excellent infrastructure to provide subscribers with coverage. Several South African...
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