Game's vice president shares how the retailer has navigated business challenges and opportunities over the last 50 years, and how it aims to remain relevant beyond 2020...
Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Jul 2020
Global fashion brand Mango has opened a 205m² retail space in Sandton City, Johannesburg. The opening marks the reintroduction of free-standing Mango stores into the country...
Not a week goes by without spotting more headlines about online shopping and the global shift to mobile connectivity...
Cecil Ungerer 6 Jan 2020
Africa's consumer landscape is fragmented and polarised, characterised by the double-edged demand of a diverse base of consumers...
Ailsa Wingfield 6 Jan 2020
A decade ago, building a profitable mall was simple. If you got the location, size, layout, parking and access routes right, you had retailers and shoppers in the bag...
Theresa Terblanche 23 Oct 2019
New expectations of transparency and authenticity in business means things like organisational purpose, brand stories, how your company does things, what it believes in and what it stands for, can all play a part in how your company sees itself and how it is seen by others...
Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019
A new research report from Shop Environments Association, Storedits: Skin Care, Make-up and Cosmetics, shares findings from 177 store audits of skin care, make-up, and cosmetics displays across Europe, Asia, Africa...
It was inspiring to read about the launch of Waitrose's trial in Oxford offering consumers a range of products free of packaging...
Alison Stowell 21 Aug 2019
Since 2001, Bizcommunity anticipated the role of company culture as intellectual capital. Biz Press Offices are a "glass box" game changer, offering a window into 18 industry communities...
Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019
African brands like MaXhosa by Laduma, Pichulik and AAKS are on show in the U.S. as part of The Lion King pop-up concept shop at Bloomingdale's...
Lauren Hartzenberg 22 Jul 2019
For the retail sector as a whole - and for physical stores in particular - 2019 will be a year of reinvention...
Jackie Kalis 15 Jul 2019
'Retailtainment' is described as the use of "ambiance, emotion, sound and activity to get customers interested in the product and in a mood to buy"...
Eben Esterhuizen 3 Jul 2019
With neverending technological innovation, what will retail look like in the next 20 to 30 years?
Maroefah Smith 2 Jul 2019
Canon deciphers the importance of the settings and ambiences of physical shops as they become more than just a buying space, an opportunity for the brand to build and maintain relationships...
The winners of the 2019 International VM Awards were announced at the RetailExpo in London...
Innovative phygital business models, where bricks and mortar and digital seamlessly integrate, are popping up across the globe. But the best phygital experiences still remain aligned with old-school sales strategies...
Eben Esterhuizen 30 Apr 2019
Technology and changing customer demographics have set a new stage for retail. Success today is defined by the ability to keep up, or get out in front of, trends that are driving consumer purchases...
Leo Van De Polder 30 Jan 2019
Shoppers are changing at such a rapid pace, and while there are many methodologies to understand shoppers, a tool to help us move with the rapidly changing shoppers is needed...
Danette Breitenbach 29 Aug 2018
In the search to become 'more than a store', retailers in Africa need to put their customer at the heart of the operation, says Frans van der Colff...
Lauren Hartzenberg 9 Mar 2018
How many times do you go to the shop for only one item and land up buying a number of products? The in-store experience is a valuable opportunity for retailers to build brand loyalty...
Caroline Currie 8 Jan 2018
