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SA retailers embrace Black FridayLast week saw customers and retailers readying themselves for the biggest shopping day on the Western calendar, Black Friday. We looked at how the occasion is gaining popularity locally, its impact on e-commerce website traffic, and Stefan Salzer from BCG South Africa shared tips for consumers and retailers in preparation of the day. In other top news, I chatted to Leaders in Trade Exhibitions member Deidre Harte about her experience organising the ATF Trade Exhibition and co-located China Premium Tex this year. The event, which took place last week, provides local and international players in the apparel, footwear and textile trade with a space to connect, source and form business relationships. Food retail is managing to stay ahead of the pack when it comes to service delivery and customer satisfaction, according to the results of the recent Ask Afrika Orange Index Awards. The South African market research company shared its list of the food retail industry's leaders and what they're doing to keep up with consumer trends. In the recent episode of CNN Marketplace Africa, Gareth Ackerman, chairman of Pick n Pay, commented on his experiences with the retailer, the turning point in its growth story, and what's in store for the brand in the future. And finally, Romy Honneysett shares insights from WhySatisfy's recent retail report, and comments on the approach she believes brands should be taking to build a loyal customer base. All that and more. Enjoy! Lauren Hartzenberg Retail Editor: Bizcommunity.comComment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your retail news and event invitations to retailnews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-retail@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | | | Top stories |
Wendy Knowler No country embraces Black Friday more than South Africa, if international discounts website picodi.com's statistics are anything to go by...read |
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| | | | | | Lauren Hartzenberg The ATF Trade Exhibition and co-located China Premium Tex expo provides local and international players in the apparel, footwear and textile trade with a space to connect... read | | | Clothing retailers Truworths and The Foschini Group (TFG) have long been mainstays of the domestic fashion scene... read | | | Romy Honneysett The South African retail market is a battleground at the moment: fierce competition by brands; a vast choice available to consumers; and a weak economic climate... read | | | | Growthpoint Properties has converted its ageing retail warehousing property M1 Place in Marlboro, Sandton, into a modern retail park, with an R85m revamp... read | | | The retail sales marvel, Black Friday, is making a growing impression on the South African retail calendar... read | | | The Adelphi Centre in Sea Point, Cape Town, is currently undergoing extensive renovations... read | | | Unilever Food Solutions assisted the #ShareAMealSA campaign with Knorr and FoodForward SA this past World Food Day by giving back to a local community in Cape Town.View gallery | | | | Concrete sunglasses have for the first time been made available for commercial retail. The designer behind the range is South African architect Handre de la Rey... read | | | Mintaka, a new brand of leather bags and accessories, is the most recent addition under the Vermont Leathercraft Manufacturers umbrella... read | | | The Manufacturing Circle has launched a plan containing constructive and actionable steps to create an environment in which manufacturing in South Africa can thrive... read | | | | Tom Jackson Cash and carry chain store Makro has acquired a majority stake in South African last mile delivery startup WumDrop, in a move that will allow it to speed up delivery of orders... read | | | | Issued By Rand Show Toy Adventures will join the line-up of exciting new exhibitors, exhibiting at the Rand Show for the first time, at the Kids Expo @ Rand Show... read | | | | Dan Lewis For decades, Ikea has filled homes across the world with bookcases, beds, cardboard boxes and countless tea lights... read | | | Mark Sumner The fashion industry has some major sustainability problems. By 2030, it is predicted that the industry's water consumption will grow by 50% to 118 billion cubic metres... read | | | | Michelle Gumede Rhodes Food will spend R350m in the 2018 financial year to, among other things, expand capacity at its pie and bakery facilities, and install a clear juice concentrate plant... read | | | A range of unaged American-style moonshines, handmade locally in small batches, has been launched countrywide by Silver Creek Craft Distillery... read | | | | Lauren Hartzenberg Tapping into the growing appreciation for artisanal fare, Windmeul Kelder has introduced an on-site marketplace packed to the brim with locally-sourced homemade goods... read | | | | "GIs add value to products and promote the origin and heritage of the products. South Africa abounds with unique and high quality agricultural and traditional products that evoke the rich heritage of our country's diverse regions." read | | | | Issued By Pyrotec Agrochemical companies have to ensure that they communicate a large volume of product information on pack, in the correct way. Fortunately Pyrotec PackMedia offers a solution... read | | | Issued By Mpact Plastics Mpact Versapak has engaged with the Polystyrene Association of South Africa to develop a campaign that will eliminate the many myths about polystyrene as a packaging medium and bring the facts to the forefront... read | | | Issued By Mpact Plastics With seven nominations in various categories, five Gold Pack awards and the IPSA Gold Pack trophy for the Best Product Overall, Mpact has once again proven itself as an industry stalwart... read | | | | The bill providing for the implementation of a tax on sugary beverages - the health promotion levy - was passed by the National Assembly on Tuesday... read | | | | Digital advertising agency Jetweb, has kept a close eye on Black Friday through social listening data for the last three years and says the trend is on the rise... read | | | | Jessica Tennant Inspired by the global trend towards giving back instead of getting on Black Friday, local home cleaning company SweepSouth is transferring the savings it would usually give to its customers on a day like this and handing them back to its 'SweepStars'. Here's how it works... read | | | | Furniture and homeware retailer, Weylandts, has entered the shopping mall environment with its new concept store launched in Sandton City... read | | | Michelle Gumede Despite a dire political and economic environment, retailers are upbeat about Black Friday sales and Christmas spending... read | | | The photo op with Santa Claus has long been a holiday mainstay for American children. But this year, shopping malls in several states are scheduling glamour shots for man's best friend... read | | | Stefan Salzer Black Friday has become a highly anticipated event for retailers and customers alike. Originally marked in the US to denote the beginning of the Christmas shopping season... read | | | | Friedrich Nietzsche "Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler." Albert Einstein "Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift." Marilyn Monroe "A career is born in public - talent in privacy." Marcus Garvey "If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life." F. Scott Fitzgerald "There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired." | More quotes Submit a Quote | | | |
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