When navigating the complex landscape of grocery retail, understanding your shoppers is paramount. However Read more

Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Shopping

As shoppers become increasingly time-pressured, convenience is a growing necessity, and South Africa’s forecourt stores have positioned themselves effectively to meet this need. Understanding the dynamics of this channel has thus become fundamental f... Read more

Convenience Retail Shopper / Consumer

The latest Liquor Retailing in South Africa Report by Trade Intelligence reveals a sector that continues to grow despite economic pressures and shifting shopper behaviour. Read more

FMCG Liquor

In a tough economic environment, businesses are seeking ways to trade more profitably, growing both revenues and margins while balancing competing priorities. This is difficult to achieve without skills and a growth mindset. Read more

Trading Environment

The continuous rise of the ‘wellness trend’ is supporting ongoing growth in the health and beauty channel, despite the relentless pressures on shoppers’ disposable income. Read more

Health and Beauty

The Corporate Retail Comparative Report (CRCR) from Trade Intelligence paints a picture of a sector under pressure – but continuing to innovate and invest, as the major retailers compete ever more fiercely for market share.  Read more

Corporate Retail Product Retail

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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