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Checkers' outperforms leading global counterparts when compared to their home markets.

Branding

South African brands dominate Africa’s brand value rankings

19 Jun 2025

Checkers is one of SA's leading retail brands. Source: Shoprite Holdings.

Branding

Banking, retail and telecoms power SA’s brand value to over R600bn in 2025

6 Mar 2025

TFG acquires fashion and lifestyle retailer, White Stuff

Retailers

TFG acquires fashion and lifestyle retailer, White Stuff

28 Oct 2024

Source: Retail Gazette Traditional UK retailers always tend to do well in the run-up to Christmas and this year was no exception

Food & bev. services

Xmas a whopper for traditional UK retailers

4 Jan 2024

Branding

Israel: Why the brand boycotts probably won't make much difference

Aisha Ijaz 13 Nov 2023

Checkers has advertised in the UK and Australia. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

Checkers launches ads in the UK and Australia - despite having no stores there

27 Jan 2023

Source: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Retailers

Next buys Joules out of administration for £34m

2 Dec 2022

Pick n Pay spruces up fresh produce retail with in-store vertical farms

Retailers

Pick n Pay spruces up fresh produce retail with in-store vertical farms

22 Mar 2022

From shop floor to C-suite - Marks & Spencer CEO Steve Rowe steps down

Retailers

From shop floor to C-suite - Marks & Spencer CEO Steve Rowe steps down

14 Mar 2022

Branding

Over 400 companies have withdrawn from Russia - but some remain

23 Mar 2022

Source: © boggy22 -

Retailers

Gap departs high street as prime store locations left stranded by high-speed retail revolution

Anthony Kent 5 Jul 2021

How online markets are helping local stores survive Covid-19

Retailers

How online markets are helping local stores survive Covid-19

Myriam Ertz, Damien Hallegatte, Imen Latrous and Julien Bousquet 19 Mar 2021

Property Development

Pareto Limited and BVI acquires 25% stake in Atterbury Europe

Issued by Pareto Limited 20 Jan 2020

Credit: Polina via Pexels

FMCG

Food giants appointing teams to focus on plant-based products

30 Jul 2020

How Asia's clothing factories switched to making PPE - but sweatshop problems live on

Design & Manufacturing

How Asia's clothing factories switched to making PPE - but sweatshop problems live on

Alessandra Mezzadri and Kanchana N Ruwanpura 23 Jul 2020

Health & Safety

Covid-19 and food safety: Are SA's food handling regulations up to scratch?

26 May 2020

Covid-19 spurs technology deployment

4th Industrial Revolution

Covid-19 spurs technology deployment

Bernadette Versfeld 25 Mar 2020

Top trends retail leadership needs to know for 2020

Retail

Top trends retail leadership needs to know for 2020

Lauren van Halderen and Andrew Jennings 20 Dec 2019

10 retail trends for 2019

Research

10 retail trends for 2019

Jackie Kalis 15 Jul 2019

Adidas, Reebok and Patagonia ranked most transparent fashion brands

Fashion & Homeware

Adidas, Reebok and Patagonia ranked most transparent fashion brands

25 Apr 2019

Partnership aimed at growing businesses across Africa

Tech Startups

Partnership aimed at growing businesses across Africa

27 May 2019

Consumerism in crisis as millennials stay away from shops

Retailers

Consumerism in crisis as millennials stay away from shops

Brendan Canavan 25 Jan 2019

Fast-food chains use cute animal toys to market meat to children - new vegan ranges pose a dilemma

Retail Marketing

Fast-food chains use cute animal toys to market meat to children - new vegan ranges pose a dilemma

Kate Stewart and Matthew Cole 24 Jan 2019

Advertising

Will it be a holly jolly Christmas for your brand?

Irina Herf 29 Oct 2018

Department stores are not doomed - take a look at who's doing it right

Retailers

Department stores are not doomed - take a look at who's doing it right

Ruth Marciniak 24 Aug 2018

The forgotten grandeur of Britain's department stores - a historian reflects

Retailers

The forgotten grandeur of Britain's department stores - a historian reflects

17 Aug 2018

Digital

Chris James named Digitas Liquorice MD

3 Jul 2018

With its purchase of Whole Foods, is Amazon's goal to revolutionise food distribution?

Retailers

With its purchase of Whole Foods, is Amazon's goal to revolutionise food distribution?

Isabelle Chaboud 24 Apr 2018

SA's De Villiers Chocolate secures shelf space abroad

FMCG

SA's De Villiers Chocolate secures shelf space abroad

15 Feb 2018

Are retailers taking over the finance space?

Banking

Are retailers taking over the finance space?

Bronwyn Williams 2 Oct 2017

Innovate or lose out, mall stakeholders told

Retail & Hospitality Property

Innovate or lose out, mall stakeholders told

Alistair Anderson 29 Sep 2017

Global fashion giants fret over India cow crackdown: industry

Fashion & Homeware

Global fashion giants fret over India cow crackdown: industry

31 May 2017

Woolworths to combine Country Road Group and David Jones into one group

Retailers

Woolworths to combine Country Road Group and David Jones into one group

Robert Laing 27 Mar 2017

Ian Moir
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Retailers

Inside the rot at Woolworths

Stafford Thomas 20 Jan 2017

Advertising

#TRENDING: Top Christmas ads of 2016

Louise Marsland 15 Dec 2016

Fashion & Homeware

Woolworths appoints new Country Road CEO

27 Sep 2016

Digital

#InnovationMonth: How to innovate faster in marketing

Mike Saunders 21 Sep 2016

Gap becomes latest to reveal its supplier factories

Retailers

Gap becomes latest to reveal its supplier factories

9 Sep 2016

British retail sales rebound

Sales

British retail sales rebound

23 May 2016

Water-saving tips from Woolworths

ESG

Water-saving tips from Woolworths

17 Mar 2016

Steinhoff faces off with Sainsbury's

Retailers

Steinhoff faces off with Sainsbury's

Zeenat Moorad 1 Mar 2016

Are you ready for the competition? - Retail World Africa 2016

Markets & Investment

Are you ready for the competition? - Retail World Africa 2016

Issued by Terrapinn 25 Jan 2016

M&S boss to quit as clothing sales fail to recover

Retailers

M&S boss to quit as clothing sales fail to recover

Sam Chambers 8 Jan 2016

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Regulatory

Oops!...I clicked it again

Neville Melville 7 Oct 2015

John Dixon appointed CEO of David Jones

Retailers

John Dixon appointed CEO of David Jones

1 Oct 2015

World Retail Hall of Fame honour for Christo Wiese

Exhibitions & Events

World Retail Hall of Fame honour for Christo Wiese

12 Aug 2015

CEM Africa Summit opens this week in Cape Town

Events & Conferencing

CEM Africa Summit opens this week in Cape Town

20 Jul 2015

SA's glass recycling rate increases to 40.9%

Circular Economy & Waste Management

SA's glass recycling rate increases to 40.9%

15 Jun 2015

[TrendTalk] Would your consumers eat bugs?

Retail

[TrendTalk] Would your consumers eat bugs?

Louise Marsland 27 Mar 2015