by Dianne Bayley | Aug 25, 2020 | Sustainability
When it comes to buying power in South Africa, women come out on top, writes Kerry Thomas, Head of Customer Experience at IQbusiness. Although they are more likely to be unemployed and earn less than their male counterparts, research has found that women hold the...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 24, 2020 | Sustainability
Fuel forecourt retailers or convenience shops are highly vulnerable to disruption. Although their operations have always provided a convenience-driven competitive advantage, they now have a lot more to grapple with. South African consumers are more tech-savvy and...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 3, 2020 | Innovation
Retailers have been hit hard by the current crisis, writes Eran Brown, EMEA CTO at Infinidat. IT teams supporting struggling businesses now need to switch to maintaining critical infrastructures that support home-workers and enable online models to run efficiently....
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 13, 2020 | Innovation
The story of how a Kenyan startup is digitally enabling informal traders and optimising their supply chains, to improve food quality, availability, affordability, service levels and sustainability, is one of true African ingenuity. The Twiga Foods story was a...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 26, 2020 | Sustainability
It was a big day for the retail business banking sector last week as Grobank and Sureswipe, South Africa’s largest independent payment service provider, announced a partnership that combines financial reliability and safety coupled with merchant solutions to service...