by Dianne Bayley | Aug 11, 2021 | Featured Articles
Globally, consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies are under intense pressure to profitably grow, writes Yashwin Bhoola, Managing Director Supply Chain and Operations Accenture in Africa. Yet, incumbent companies are losing out to nimble, digital-native competitors....
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 16, 2021 | Featured Articles
With the value of online retail in South Africa topping R30 billion in 2020 – and projections of R42 billion in 2021 – according to the latest World Wide Worx study on the topic, retailers across the country are gearing up to accelerate their e-commerce...
by Dianne Bayley | May 25, 2021 | Innovation
If you haven’t heard of it already, take note: BOPIS (buy online pickup in store) is transforming the face of South African retail, and it’s coming soon to a store – or a mall – near you, notes Michael Gewer, CEO of VaultGroup. BOPIS offer retailers the perfect...
by Dianne Bayley | May 18, 2021 | Security and Legal
After living with Covid-19 in our midst for over a year, it is probably safe to say that, at the outset, a number of us naïvely believed that the hard lockdown would do the trick, and normalcy would return fairly swiftly, according to Ashleigh Blair, Bernadette...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 16, 2021 | Sustainability
Gone are the days when small businesses need to sell their products to just the people who live or work in the immediate vicinity, writes Kevin South, head of digital and customer experience at Seacom. Digital platforms and partnerships are now empowering...