The informal retail sector has weathered a storm of challenges and found new opportunities for growth in South Africa’s unique consumer goods market. A new report from Trade Intelligence explores the forces at play in this dynamic sector. Read more

Informal Market Retail Shopper Marketing Trends

Local e-commerce growth is slowing, which was inevitable considering the huge leaps made during and post-COVID, but the sector is still growing and is driving total retail growth both here and abroad. Read more

Ecommerce Product Retail

As cash-strapped shoppers seek value when purchasing liquor, retailers and brands are having to adapt and learn. A freshly updated report from Trade Intelligence reveals the complex dynamics at play in South Africa’s liquor retail sector. Read more

Liquor Retail Shopping

The local tearoom or café was once the cornerstone of suburban South Africa, much as the spaza or the small local super has been in the townships. South Africa has a long history with convenience stores. Read more

Convenience Retail Shopper Marketing Trading Environment

How would one begin to describe the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of the past three years? Read more

FMCG Retail Shopper / Consumer Trends

Africa is open for business. The continent has a rapidly growing and urbanising population, an increasingly sophisticated financial and monetary system, improving infrastructure, and is adopting information and mobile technology at a rate that is the... Read more

FMCG Product Retail

As we flip flop between candles powering up and diesel drumming to a now common beat - with the longest run of loadshedding in South Africa recently under our belts Read more

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