As part of its efforts in supporting the most vulnerable in their fight against Covid-19, the Shoprite Group donated 250 care packs containing hygiene essentials and a warm blanket to the Western Cape Department of Health late last month. Read more

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Pharmacy chain Dis-Chem has been found guilty by the Competition Tribunal of price gouging, and fined R1.2 million, for hiking the cost of surgical face masks at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more

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To some consumers, they represent tyranny. To many other shoppers, they stand for common sense and respect for others. Read more

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Until a vaccine is developed, many consumers will be wary of returning to shopping malls and so will discover the benefits of online shopping Read more

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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

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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

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