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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. Jan

    Foschini launches MVNO - data prices compared to Afrihost, Axxess, Shoprite, Mr Price

    TFG launches mobile operator — here's how its data prices compare The Foschini Group (TFG) has launched a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) — TFG Connect — that will compete with other MVNOs, including Mr Price Mobile, Afrihost Air Mobile, and PnP Mobile. TFG Connect will use MTN's...
  17. Jan

    Vodacom discloses data breach at fibre reseller Real Promotions - including ID copies

    ID documents and contact details exposed in Vodacom fibre reseller data breach Vodacom has warned customers who took up Vodacom Fibre subscriptions through marketing agency Real Promotions that a data breach has compromised their personal data. In an email sent to affected customers on...
  18. Jan

    Massmart says it will report billion-rand loss - July riots still weigh on business

    Massmart reports billion-rand loss Massmart expects to post a R1.05-billion to R1.16-billion loss for the 26-week period that ended on 26 June 2022. This represents a year-on-year change ranging from a 3.5% improvement to a 6.5% decline.
  19. Jan

    Billionaire Christo Wiese's companies

    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...
  20. Jan

    RansomHouse auctioning Shoprite money transfer customer data

    Shoprite customer data is being auctioned on the dark web Customer data stolen from Africa’s largest supermarket chain is being auctioned by dark web extortion market RansomHouse, with bidding open at 20 bitcoin (R6.7 million). Shoprite fell victim to the cyber extortion gang earlier this...
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