The retail property sector may have been hit hard by the initial lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, but South Africa’s struggling office property sector faces a potential longer-term threat if the work-from-home paradigm shift takes hold. Read more

COVID-19 FMCG Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trends

Poor consumers have had to resort to desperate measures such as sinking themselves in debt and making use of loan sharks to put food on the table. Read more

COVID-19 Financial FMCG Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trends

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s Gauteng province, which includes the cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria, will add more than 2,000 hospital Read more

COVID-19 FMCG Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trends

South Africa's cash-strapped consumers are not just concerned about pricing when grocery shopping, but also about the measures taken by retailers Read more

COVID-19 FMCG Loyalty Product Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trends

A man passes a clothing shop with open signs in the window, Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in Calexico, Calif. Saddled with a surge in positive cases and hospitalizations for the new coronavirus, Read more

COVID-19 FMCG Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trends

DURBAN - Computicket, which launched virtual grocery vouchers to help people in need during the Covid-19 pandemic, has sold almost 200 000 vouchers valued at over R50 million since the start of the lockdown Read more

COVID-19 Ecommerce FMCG Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trends

Covid-19 has given a whole new meaning to the customer experience. As soon as the news hit of the initial 21-day lockdown period that began 27 March 2020, customers went into overdrive with crowds gathering at retailers to stockpile supplies. Read more

COVID-19 FMCG Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing