17 Feb Contact Submit news Advertise List company Home
  My account

Retail

BizToday's top stories
Woolworths CE Ian Moir.
Picture:
Woolworths confirms more local sourcing
[Colleen Goko] Woolworths is looking to source more goods from SA and SADC and, despite ‘tough' retail scene, expects to grow market share... read
Retail Trends
Adding AI to retail boosts personalised offerings
Adding AI to retail boosts personalised offerings

Bradley Elliott

The retail space is changing drastically through the evolution of technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), which can offer retailers better control over stock flows and better customer service... read

Design Month
#DesignMonth: Clover Mama Afrika focuses on empowerment, sustainability
#DesignMonth: Clover Mama Afrika focuses on empowerment, sustainability

Sindy Peters

What started off as a humble project 13 years ago has blossomed into Clover's flagship CSI programme... read
More ...
Banking & Finance
Woolworths' earnings per share drop
Woolworths' earnings per share drop
Despite difficult trading conditions in both South Africa and Australia, Woolworths Holdings announced that group sales increased by 6.7% to R37.8bn and profit before tax increased 37.9%, following the sale by David Jones of its Market Street property in Sydney for a profit of $172m (R1762m)... read
Tough trading conditions sees 3% fall in Truworths interim HEPS
CSI
Checkers donates to Heidelberg Giant Pumpkin Festival
Checkers donates to Heidelberg Giant Pumpkin Festival
Shoprite Checkers has again supplied the sixty-five entrants into the annual Heidelberg Giant Pumpkin Festival with special hand-selected pumpkin seeds imported from Canada... read
E-commerce
The Style Group inovates with modern social media commerce
The Style Group inovates with modern social media commerce
Nigerian contemporary lifestyle retail group, The Style Group is offering fashion, accessories and design services via modern social media commerce. In the booming social media and e-commerce market of Nigeria, its model is a hit and is reaching thousands of Nigerians eager to shop online. read
Fashion, Clothing & Textiles
Bushera Bashir to showcase luxury scarves at LFW
FMCG
Report identifies key areas in food losses
Report identifies key areas in food losses
A South African study has identified key areas of the global food supply chain where high losses occur, particularly in developing countries. Reducing food losses and waste can contribute to efforts to alleviate world hunger... read
Retailers
Smartphones available for purchase at Money Market counters
Mustek to distribute Panasonic products in South Africa
Mustek to distribute Panasonic products in South Africa
A newly announced business partnership between Panasonic and Mustek will enable Mustek to start distributing Panasonic products such as document scanners, Toughbook mobile computers and high definition visual communications (HDVC) video conferencing solutions... read
International
Like Amazon's Alexa, Google's digital assistant will allow buyers to add payment information to their accounts to enable voice-activated shopping ()
Google adds voice-activated shopping, taking on Amazon
WASHINGTON – Google announced on Thursday it was launching voice-activated shopping from its artificial intelligence-powered Home speaker, in a direct challenge to Amazon's Alexa devices... read
More International
Jobs offered
New events to diarise
2017 Customer Experience Trends Innovation Workshop
Brandlove - 16 Feb 2017, Johannesburg


E-commerce MoneyAfrica
Kinetic - 22 Feb 2017 to 23 Feb 2017, Cape Town


Seamless Africa 2017
Terrapinn - 14 Mar 2017 to 15 Mar 2017, Cape Town


SAPICS Conference and Exhibition
4 Jun 2017 to 7 Jun 2017, Cape Town


Customer relations
Provox Centre for Public Relations & Communication - 24 Aug 2017 to 25 Aug 2017, Johannesburg


Quotes
Vince Lombardi
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."

More quotes  Submit a Quote
Twitter bird white  Twitter
eNCA
@eNCA
eNCA | Google adds voice-activated shopping, taking on Amazon https://t.co/GT4vh5Wqwe https://t.co/7tMexkHtA2
RetailProphet
@RetailProphet
RT @MerWight: What people are saying about @retailprophet's new book Reengineering Retail. Order your copy here https://t.co/X8THvT3trB ht…
Leigh_Andrews
@Leigh_Andrews
#iwrotethis: Customer centricity and collaboration for all with @Insights2020 | https://t.co/WlyXmxDeiihttps://t.co/AgZEh2gnDU
BDliveSA
More tweetsFollow

Industries

Follow us
FacebookTwitterLinkedInYouTubeGoogle+InstagramDownload appRSS

Follow us
FacebookTwitterLinkedInYouTubeGoogle+InstagramDownload appRSS


Press releases: Distribute your news professionally to over 170 000 subscribers across various industries. Read more about our press offices.

Editorial: We welcome your news, views and comments! Email press releases, invitations, interview requests, and proposals to retailnews@bizcommunity.com and exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-retail@bizcommunity.com.

Advertising: We welcome your sales enquiries! Email sales-retail@bizcommunity.com and read more about our advertising rates.

Cape Town, 1st Floor, 4 Treaty Rd, Woodstock, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa. Tel +27 (0)21 404 1460
© 2017 Bizcommunity.com. All rights reserved.
Unsubscribe, Newsletter subscription. Subscribe. Change email address. Change frequency to WEEKLY.