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Pick n Pay lets shoppers buy smartphones and TVs on credit
Pick n Pay has announced the launch of a buy-now-pay-later service called PayJustNow at its hypermarket stores that lets customers buy...
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Coca-Cola's AI-generated soda tastes like marketing
Let's hope they didn't train the algorithm on New Coke. AI is just about everywhere lately, but nobody expected it to be used as a salvo...
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Retailers in South Africa under fire for high food prices – load shedding is no excuse
The Competition Commission says that South African consumers are paying higher prices for certain foods, even though inflation and...
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Online food price war – Checkers Sixty60 vs Pick n Pay Asap! vs Woolies Dash vs Spar2U
Consumers in South Africa increasingly use grocery delivery services, with Checkers Sixty60 currently the cheapest on the market. South...
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85.2% of the Surveyed Mom-and-Pop Stores Have a Regular Footfall of Customers Due to Their Personali
31.7% of the Mom and Pop store owners said that the Pandemic had positively affected their business. 87.3% of the surveyees believe that...
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Customer Retention: How Ecommerce Startups Can Boost Profits & Unlock Growth
Customer retention is crucial for revenue growth and profitability in the ecommerce sector, with customer loyalty being the foundation of...
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Woolworths trials new in-store customer feedback system
As email survey response rates decline. Woolworths Group is set to trial a new method of capturing customer feedback, sending customers...
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How to Implement Loyalty Effectively in Ecommerce
Loyalty programs are important for Ecommerce retailers, just as they are for traditional brick and mortar retailers. But the structure of...
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What goes into product packaging?
Itry to eat healthy foods these days. I’m always shopping for good kombucha, for example. But I’ve recently switched over to probiotic...
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Protect your personal information with these online shopping tips
The explosion of online shopping has made purchasing groceries, gifts, and home décor more convenient than ever. You no longer have to...
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More pain coming for households in South Africa next week
Next week is set to bring another interest rate hike making it harder for everyday South Africans to make ends meet as monthly repayments...
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How last-mile delivery tech addresses both and more.
How last-mile delivery tech addresses both and more. E-commerce is fast and will only get faster. Today’s consumers are very familiar...
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Remote work driving retail investment in outdoor shopping centers, says CEO Dana Telsey
Dana Telsey, CEO of the Telsey Advisory Group, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss retail leasing and occupancy numbers rising in the...
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Retailers locking up everyday products, frustrating customers
A security experts says stores are locking up more items due to an uptick in organized retail crime. Big name retail stores like Walmart...
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Tap on Phone vs peer-to-peer payments: Which is better for business?
Tap on Phone technology and peer-to-peer (P2P) payments are two different methods of facilitating financial transactions, but they share...
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Benefits of using inventory management software for retail stores
Are you a retail store owner struggling to keep track of your inventory? Do you find it difficult to manage your stock levels and ensure...
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Ikea launches As-is service online
By Tatiana Walk-Morris Dive Brief: As part of its environmental sustainability efforts, Ikea launched its As-is online service, where...
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I just watched the future of supermarket shopping and I may run to the hills
Is this really what customers want? Well, it's what retailers want, apparently. If there's one thing I know about the future, it's that...
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WHERE’S YOUR SOCIAL PROOF?
One thing hasn’t changed since the dawn of retail: We feel more confident in our choices when we know people like us have made the same...
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EXPERTS ANSWERED: HOW TO INCREASE SALES IN GROCERY STORES?
One of the most important goals for any grocer is to increase sales. In this article, we’ve asked 4 world-renowned retail experts a...
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