by Dianne Bayley | Jul 19, 2023 | Featured Articles
Consumers are more conscious than ever of where their food comes from, how it was produced and how it’s been handled throughout its journey from farm to table, notes Mark Wilson, CEO, SYSPRO EMEA & APAC. Today’s consumers are also growing more and more conscious...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 19, 2023 | Innovation
Cash continues to play a central role in South Africa’s retail ecosystem, offering consumers a trusted, cost-effective, and easy to transact payment option with retailers. With figures from BankservAfrica showing that there’s more than R182 billion in cash in...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 4, 2023 | Sustainability
Amid elevated inflation and rising interest rates, a constrained economy and rolling blackouts, it is safe to say that the purse strings of millions of South Africans have been tight for quite some time.PwC’s latest Global Consumer Insights Survey report shows that...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 18, 2023 | Sustainability
Co-founder of Africa’s first on-demand subscriptions platform, Rentoza, Mishaan Ratan, believes 2023 will be the year that subscription provides a light at the end of the tunnel for consumers.By all economic standards, 2022 was not a good year for consumers. The...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 11, 2022 | Sustainability
Whether you believe Black Friday and Cyber Monday are expected to grow or shrink, it’s not a season that retailers – particularly SMEs – can ignore.“Over the years we’ve seen businesses of all sizes enjoy sales spikes when they’ve prepared their store for the rush,”...