In mid-January, social media was abuzz with outrage at an announcement which was misinterpreted to mean that Woolworths was going to stop accepting cash in its stores – it was in fact Woolworths’ WCafés only that were going to stop accepting cash. Read more

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Between South Africa’s highly consolidated corporate retail space and the teeming informal sector lies the formal independent channel – increasingly in competition with the former, continuing to serve the latter, and contributing 30% of total FMCG re... Read more

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Since the turn of the century and consistently for nearly a decade before the COVID-19 pandemic ravished global markets, Read more

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The retail industry is one of the biggest creators of data on the planet. For every second of every day, retailers of all sizes are tracking the movement of product. From the moment it is dispatched from the factory to its actual purchase Read more

FMCG Retail Shopper Marketing Technology Trends

The traditional ways of marketing Private Brands are not working. With over 50% of  consumers sharing they picked a store specifically for its Read more

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