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Retail fire safety in South Africa: Why compliance and risk management demand urgent attention

Health & Safety

Retail fire safety in South Africa: Why compliance and risk management demand urgent attention

Issued by Firexpo 26 Feb 2026

Pick n Pay reports 4.3% rise in turnover

Retailers

Pick n Pay reports 4.3% rise in turnover

Sfundo Parakozov 5 Aug 2025

Pick n Pay closes more stores across SA

Retailers

Pick n Pay closes more stores across SA

4 Feb 2025

Body Shop goes bust in UK but it’s business as usual for SA consumers

Health & Beauty

Body Shop goes bust in UK but it’s business as usual for SA consumers

Georgina Crouth 15 Feb 2024

Euromonitor unveils 5 global digital consumer trends for 2024

Trends

Euromonitor unveils 5 global digital consumer trends for 2024

1 Feb 2024

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Retailers

Massmart prepares to shut Game stores in East and West Africa

5 Oct 2022

TFG to beef up local manufacturing

Retailers

TFG to beef up local manufacturing

Nqobile Dludla 12 Nov 2021

TFG returns to profit, resumes dividend

Retailers

TFG returns to profit, resumes dividend

Nqobile Dludla 11 Nov 2021

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Retailers

TFG to swing to first half profit

Nqobile Dludla 2 Nov 2021

Source: Clicks Group

Retailers

Clicks reveals Sasria claim following unrest totals R726m

15 Sep 2021

#Fasa21: KFC's Akhona Qengqe on business survival and innovating for the future

Franchising

#Fasa21: KFC's Akhona Qengqe on business survival and innovating for the future

Lauren Hartzenberg 1 Sep 2021

Source: Massmart

Retailers

Massmart to sell 14 Game stores in East and West Africa

27 Aug 2021

Source: Shoprite Group

Retailers

Hundreds of Shoprite Group stores damaged during riots

21 Jul 2021

Union starts strike against Massmart

Labour Law & Unions

Union starts strike against Massmart

Nokulunga Majola 28 May 2021

#EcommerceDay2021: Golden intersection of e-commerce and commercial real estate

E-commerce

#EcommerceDay2021: Golden intersection of e-commerce and commercial real estate

Rael Levitt 9 Mar 2021

Retailers

Massmart plans further store closures, flags wider net loss this year

22 Feb 2021

Acquisition of Pepkor's John Craig saves 400 jobs

Retailers

Acquisition of Pepkor's John Craig saves 400 jobs

12 Feb 2021

Jeff Bezos reshaped retail as CEO of Amazon. AP Photo/John Locher

E-commerce

How Bezos and Amazon changed the world

Venkatesh Shankar 4 Feb 2021

Credit: Kolforn (Wikimedia)

Retailers

Fashion retailer Primark is refusing to sell online - here's why it is right to do so

Lisa Jack and Regina Frei 25 Jan 2021

Luxury goods: why elite brands are weathering the pandemic better than high street retailers

Fashion & Homeware

Luxury goods: why elite brands are weathering the pandemic better than high street retailers

Shaun Borstrock 17 Nov 2020

The reinvention of travel in 2020

Travel

The reinvention of travel in 2020

Buyi Mafoko 11 Nov 2020

#FluxTrendsMasterclass: Why the future of malls could be good for smaller retailers

SMEs

#FluxTrendsMasterclass: Why the future of malls could be good for smaller retailers

4 Nov 2020

Shoprite CEO Pieter Engelbrecht

Retailers

Shoprite plans to close stores in Kenya

9 Sep 2020

Screengrab from the Clicks website.

Health & Beauty

Clicks delists TRESemmé, accepts resignation of senior exec

8 Sep 2020

Anna Shvets via Pexels

Health & Safety

Navigating the new hygiene standards in retail

Michael Smollan 19 Aug 2020

Andrew Stein on how Game is rediscovering its retail mojo

Retailers

Andrew Stein on how Game is rediscovering its retail mojo

Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Jul 2020

FNB reports 30% y/y increase in e-commerce spend

E-commerce

FNB reports 30% y/y increase in e-commerce spend

28 Jul 2020

Customer experience will help retailers overcome the financial hit from coronavirus

CRM

Customer experience will help retailers overcome the financial hit from coronavirus

Frederic Dimanche 6 Jul 2020

Forrester forecasts $2.1tn in retail losses globally in 2020

Research

Forrester forecasts $2.1tn in retail losses globally in 2020

7 May 2020

Connecting with customers on the ground is not dead

CRM

Connecting with customers on the ground is not dead

27 Jan 2020

Possible DionWired, Masscash closures to affect 1,400 workers

Retailers

Possible DionWired, Masscash closures to affect 1,400 workers

14 Jan 2020

A month dedicated to Black Friday

Sales

A month dedicated to Black Friday

Eben Esterhuizen 2 Dec 2019

Hamleys toy store eyes growth in South Africa

Retailers

Hamleys toy store eyes growth in South Africa

12 Nov 2019

Credit: Hans Olav Lien via Wikimedia

Retailers

3 reasons Forever 21's bankruptcy doesn't spell the end of brick-and-mortar retailing

Anthony Dukes 7 Oct 2019

Amazon is turning 25 - here's a look back at how it changed the world

E-commerce

Amazon is turning 25 - here's a look back at how it changed the world

Venkatesh Shankar 4 Jul 2019

The rise and fall of Philip Green's Arcadia Group

Retailers

The rise and fall of Philip Green's Arcadia Group

Nelson Blackley 28 Jun 2019

New report: Innovation key to survival in retail property sector

Retail & Hospitality Property

New report: Innovation key to survival in retail property sector

3 Apr 2019

#SeamlessSA: 6 questions to ask if you want more from your store

Exhibitions & Events

#SeamlessSA: 6 questions to ask if you want more from your store

Lauren Hartzenberg 14 Mar 2019

Jeans maker Diesel files for bankruptcy in the U.S

Fashion & Homeware

Jeans maker Diesel files for bankruptcy in the U.S

7 Mar 2019

How an efficient warehouse operation could save you a sale

Sales

How an efficient warehouse operation could save you a sale

Mark Thomson 15 Feb 2019

Consumerism in crisis as millennials stay away from shops

Retailers

Consumerism in crisis as millennials stay away from shops

Brendan Canavan 25 Jan 2019

Department stores are not doomed - take a look at who's doing it right

Retailers

Department stores are not doomed - take a look at who's doing it right

Ruth Marciniak 24 Aug 2018

The forgotten grandeur of Britain's department stores - a historian reflects

Retailers

The forgotten grandeur of Britain's department stores - a historian reflects

17 Aug 2018

How high streets and shopping malls face a 'domino effect' from major store closures

Retailers

How high streets and shopping malls face a 'domino effect' from major store closures

Omar Toulan and Niccolò Pisani 9 Jul 2018

Sainsbury's and Asda merger: it's all about market share

Retailers

Sainsbury's and Asda merger: it's all about market share

Naaguesh Appadu 25 May 2018

How China is rebooting retail

Retailers

How China is rebooting retail

Michael Wade and Jialu Shan 6 Apr 2018

Nicholas Haralambous

CRM

#ECMA18: It's not an apocalypse, it's a retail revolution

Lauren Hartzenberg 26 Mar 2018

Toys 'R' Us packs up its playroom in the US

Retailers

Toys 'R' Us packs up its playroom in the US

Lauren Hartzenberg 16 Mar 2018

#BizTrends2018: The new rules of retail

Trends

#BizTrends2018: The new rules of retail

Lauren Hartzenberg 29 Jan 2018