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Kenya's grocery retail sector is a beacon of innovation and growth

Kenya's grocery retail sector is a beacon of innovation and growth

By Kerry Elliott 6 Oct 2023

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Retail sales drop 1.4% for May

20 Jul 2023

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Adidas to sell Reebok to Authentic Brands Group for €2,1bn

13 Aug 2021

Source: Spar Austria

Spar International rolls out integrated e-commerce platform globally

11 Aug 2021

Source: Walmart

Walmart opens up its retail tech to other businesses

2 Aug 2021

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How Covid-19 accelerated retailer investment in tech

6 Jul 2021

Global shopper confidence surging as consumers return to stores - study

30 Jun 2021

Why a competitive local fashion industry needs the creativity of designers

Lauren Hartzenberg 25 Jun 2021

From apprentice to fashion icon: Ivory Coast's Pathe'O, 50 years on

From apprentice to fashion icon: Ivory Coast's Pathe'O, 50 years on

Loucoumane Coulibaly, Bate Felix and John Stonestreet 7 Jun 2021

Goodleaf merges with Highlands Investments to create R650m cannabis company

Goodleaf merges with Highlands Investments to create R650m cannabis company

4 Jun 2021

The history of sneakers: From commodity to cultural icon

The history of sneakers: From commodity to cultural icon

Naomi Braithwaite 3 Jun 2021

A man wearing a protective face mask walks outside a Shoprite store in Abuja, 3 Nigeria August 2020. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde

Shoprite wraps up sale of Nigerian business

2 Jun 2021

Marek Zmyslowski on plotting a realistic e-commerce growth strategy in Africa

Marek Zmyslowski on plotting a realistic e-commerce growth strategy in Africa

Lauren Hartzenberg 23 May 2021

Covid-19 is giving us a new appreciation for physical shops

Covid-19 is giving us a new appreciation for physical shops

Cathrine Jansson-Boyd 14 May 2021

Ndagi Job Goshi, Liferay Africa

6 tips to improve retail loyalty and decrease competition

Ndagi Job Goshi 14 May 2021

Afrikrea launches SaaS platform to simplify global selling for African merchants

Afrikrea launches SaaS platform to simplify global selling for African merchants

30 Apr 2021

Food Lover’s Market CEO Brian Coppin with TVMA founder Mmabatho Portia Morudi

The Village Market Africa triumphs in Food Lover's Seeds of Change initiative

28 Apr 2021

Rotary Africa event to unpack sustainable development of fashion and textiles

Rotary Africa event to unpack sustainable development of fashion and textiles

14 Apr 2021

Target to spend more than $2bn with Black-owned businesses by 2025

Target to spend more than $2bn with Black-owned businesses by 2025

8 Apr 2021

E-commerce to account for half of global retail growth by 2025

25 Mar 2021

How online markets are helping local stores survive Covid-19

How online markets are helping local stores survive Covid-19

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

Jeff Bezos reshaped retail as CEO of Amazon. AP Photo/John Locher

How Bezos and Amazon changed the world

Venkatesh Shankar 4 Feb 2021

Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO

Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO

3 Feb 2021

2020 digital holiday sales climb to $1.1tn globally - Salesforce

2020 digital holiday sales climb to $1.1tn globally - Salesforce

13 Jan 2021

#BizTrends2021: Recalibrating for diminished growth - resolutions for 2021

#BizTrends2021: Recalibrating for diminished growth - resolutions for 2021

Ailsa Wingfield 11 Jan 2021

African entrepreneurs called to enter sustainable fashion competition

African entrepreneurs called to enter sustainable fashion competition

15 Dec 2020

Global cyber week online sales hit record high

2 Dec 2020

Luxury goods: why elite brands are weathering the pandemic better than high street retailers

Luxury goods: why elite brands are weathering the pandemic better than high street retailers

Shaun Borstrock 17 Nov 2020

Why harmonised retail is the future

Oliver Guy 13 Nov 2020

Vans donates $1m to charities focused on mental health

Vans donates $1m to charities focused on mental health

3 Nov 2020

Watch: SA's premier fashion and textile trade fair goes virtual

Watch: SA's premier fashion and textile trade fair goes virtual

Lauren Hartzenberg 29 Oct 2020

Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 27 Oct 2020

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Adidas to sell Reebok to Authentic Brands Group for €2,1bn

13 Aug 2021

Source: Spar Austria

Spar International rolls out integrated e-commerce platform globally

11 Aug 2021

Source: Walmart

Walmart opens up its retail tech to other businesses

2 Aug 2021

Source: ©gajus -

How Covid-19 accelerated retailer investment in tech

6 Jul 2021

Global shopper confidence surging as consumers return to stores - study

30 Jun 2021

Why a competitive local fashion industry needs the creativity of designers

Lauren Hartzenberg 25 Jun 2021

From apprentice to fashion icon: Ivory Coast's Pathe'O, 50 years on

From apprentice to fashion icon: Ivory Coast's Pathe'O, 50 years on

Loucoumane Coulibaly, Bate Felix and John Stonestreet 7 Jun 2021

Goodleaf merges with Highlands Investments to create R650m cannabis company

Goodleaf merges with Highlands Investments to create R650m cannabis company

4 Jun 2021

The history of sneakers: From commodity to cultural icon

The history of sneakers: From commodity to cultural icon

Naomi Braithwaite 3 Jun 2021

A man wearing a protective face mask walks outside a Shoprite store in Abuja, 3 Nigeria August 2020. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde

Shoprite wraps up sale of Nigerian business

2 Jun 2021

Marek Zmyslowski on plotting a realistic e-commerce growth strategy in Africa

Marek Zmyslowski on plotting a realistic e-commerce growth strategy in Africa

Lauren Hartzenberg 23 May 2021

Covid-19 is giving us a new appreciation for physical shops

Covid-19 is giving us a new appreciation for physical shops

Cathrine Jansson-Boyd 14 May 2021

Ndagi Job Goshi, Liferay Africa

6 tips to improve retail loyalty and decrease competition

Ndagi Job Goshi 14 May 2021

Afrikrea launches SaaS platform to simplify global selling for African merchants

Afrikrea launches SaaS platform to simplify global selling for African merchants

30 Apr 2021

Food Lover’s Market CEO Brian Coppin with TVMA founder Mmabatho Portia Morudi

The Village Market Africa triumphs in Food Lover's Seeds of Change initiative

28 Apr 2021

Rotary Africa event to unpack sustainable development of fashion and textiles

Rotary Africa event to unpack sustainable development of fashion and textiles

14 Apr 2021

Target to spend more than $2bn with Black-owned businesses by 2025

Target to spend more than $2bn with Black-owned businesses by 2025

8 Apr 2021

E-commerce to account for half of global retail growth by 2025

25 Mar 2021

How online markets are helping local stores survive Covid-19

How online markets are helping local stores survive Covid-19

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

Jeff Bezos reshaped retail as CEO of Amazon. AP Photo/John Locher

How Bezos and Amazon changed the world

Venkatesh Shankar 4 Feb 2021

Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO

Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO

3 Feb 2021

2020 digital holiday sales climb to $1.1tn globally - Salesforce

2020 digital holiday sales climb to $1.1tn globally - Salesforce

13 Jan 2021

#BizTrends2021: Recalibrating for diminished growth - resolutions for 2021

#BizTrends2021: Recalibrating for diminished growth - resolutions for 2021

Ailsa Wingfield 11 Jan 2021

African entrepreneurs called to enter sustainable fashion competition

African entrepreneurs called to enter sustainable fashion competition

15 Dec 2020

Global cyber week online sales hit record high

2 Dec 2020

Luxury goods: why elite brands are weathering the pandemic better than high street retailers

Luxury goods: why elite brands are weathering the pandemic better than high street retailers

Shaun Borstrock 17 Nov 2020

Why harmonised retail is the future

Oliver Guy 13 Nov 2020

Vans donates $1m to charities focused on mental health

Vans donates $1m to charities focused on mental health

3 Nov 2020

Watch: SA's premier fashion and textile trade fair goes virtual

Watch: SA's premier fashion and textile trade fair goes virtual

Lauren Hartzenberg 29 Oct 2020

Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 27 Oct 2020

2020 global online holiday sales predicted to grow 30% - Salesforce

2020 global online holiday sales predicted to grow 30% - Salesforce

21 Oct 2020

Smart African retailers are rising from the ashes. Here's how

Smart African retailers are rising from the ashes. Here's how

Lee Naik 13 Oct 2020

How the decline in Chinese tourists around the world has hit the luxury sector

How the decline in Chinese tourists around the world has hit the luxury sector

Xiaoqing Chen and Carol Zhang 1 Oct 2020

Shoprite CEO Pieter Engelbrecht

Shoprite plans to close stores in Kenya

9 Sep 2020

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Global consumers ease back into in-store shopping - report

4 Sep 2020

Builders expands to East Africa with first store in Kenya

Builders expands to East Africa with first store in Kenya

19 Aug 2020

1 in 4 consumers tried a new brand during pandemic - global report

12 Aug 2020

Do you know where your coffee comes from? The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of knowing about our supply chains. Here, a woman carries harvested coffee beans in a coffee plantation in Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique, in August 2019. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

The coronavirus pandemic requires us to understand food's murky supply chains

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Andrew Stein on how Game is rediscovering its retail mojo

Andrew Stein on how Game is rediscovering its retail mojo

Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Jul 2020

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Food giants appointing teams to focus on plant-based products

30 Jul 2020