retail

Black Friday traps revealed, here’s the network security solution

What started as a trend in several parts of the world has now evolved to become a consistent global phenomenon. Black Friday has not…

WATCH: The PRIME suspect, waking teens up at 5am on a holiday

@checkers_sa Get @PRIME at selected Checkers stores from 1 May 2023 🧊 Let’s go! T&Cs apply #CHECKERSxPRIME ♬ original sound – Checkers South Africa…

First Xiaomi store to launch in South Africa

Sponsored by Xiaomi The official countdown has begun to the highly-anticipated launch of the inaugural Xiaomi experience store in South Africa. Located at Shop…

Reserve Bank exploring feasibility of digital currency for South Africa

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has announced that it has started a study to investigate the feasibility of a digital currency for the…

Pick n Pay launches free online fitness classes for Smart Shoppers

Pick n Pay has launched a range of Livefit fitness equipment that comes with free online classes for Smart Shopper programme members. The retailer…

R200 million in Smart Shopper points unredeemed – Pick n Pay

Pick n Pay has revealed that Smart Shopper customers have not redeemed R200 million worth of points in the last twelve months. The retailer…

Voucher Advance: Vodacom expands VodaLend services

Vodacom has announced the launch of Voucher Advance, which expands VodaLend with vouchers for retail and food purchases. A first for South Africans, the…

Pick n Pay to introduce a pensioners’ shopping hour on Wednesdays

Pick n Pay will give pensioners an additional shopping hour every Wednesday, the company announced on Tuesday. Beginning on 18 March, the initiative ensures…

Ackermans launches its first cell phone and tech retail stores in Gauteng

South African retailer Ackermans has launched its own standalone cell phone and technology store called Ackermans Connect. The branches will be independent of the…

FNB eBucks Rewards introduces monthly freebies for Kauai fans

FNB and food chain Kauai have struck a partnership that allows eBucks Rewards members receive benefits at the latter. “Using the FNB app, customers…

These are the most popular products on Takealot and Superbalist

In case you haven’t heard, Takealot and Superbalist will this week host a sale beginning Wednesday informed by shoppers’ habits. It’s a novel idea….

Johannesburg shops more often but Cape Town shops harder, report reveals

Cape Town shoppers spend more money than Johannesburg shoppers during each shopping spree, despite the latter visiting shops more often, a new report revealed….

Instagram’s Checkout feature lets you buy stuff directly through the app

Instagram has added a new feature that will let you buy things directly through the platform. Called Checkout, it will allow users to shop…

Pick n Pay Smart Shoppers can now gain points for petrol at BP

Pick n Pay Smart Shopper card owners can now swipe their plastic at BP service stations to earn points on their fuel spend. The…

Pick n Pay launches ‘early’ online Black Friday deals

Pick n Pay has announced its first wave of Black Friday deals, more than two weeks before the actual day itself. In a smart…

Dude Perfect nails the festive season shopping experience

Black Friday is just a few weeks away, and if you haven’t even started shopping your your Christmas gifts, you’re probably too late we…

South Africans prefer buying products in store, even after seeing them online

How often have you seen an item online only to purchase it in a physical store? If seems that this phenomenon, called “webrooming”, is…

The ‘end’ of the shopkeeper (and other retail trends coming soon)

Self-service retail is swooping across the globe; from online shopping to self-checkout, there’s a growing trend in retail environments that focuses on driving efficient…

Those ‘fickle, unreliable, killer’ millennials are actually your customers

As businesses struggle with a number of challenges from a faltering economy to rising costs, analysts scan what’s happening in the market for reasons…

How to give your customers a true omnichannel experience

Two years ago I wrote an article, “Why South African brands really should adopt an omni-channel model” where I outlined that while omnichannel is…

Spree adds AI-powered image search to iOS app

Online retailer Spree has today announced an app feature that allows users to find clothing items that are similar to uploaded images. Available now…

Leveraging the omni-channel is critical for etailers this festive season

The same way a customer gets confused and overwhelmed by choice walking into an aisle in a grocery store, browsing online for products is…

Huawei’s All-Optical smart-home showcase unleashes a new era of home connectivity in Africa

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