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Hello and welcome to this week’s Trade Tatler, a slow one in terms of retailer news, although there is nothing...

PetShop Science gets wheels | Will inflation bottom out?

Welcome to this week’s Trade Tatler, where we bring you leadership shifts at SPAR and Country Road and look at...

SPAR leadership changes | Amazon extends grocery offering

Welcome to the chilly month of June and another edition of the Trade Tatler, where financial results abound – interims...

Results for Dis-Chem, SPAR and Tiger Brands | GDP woes

Welcome to another edition of the Trade Tatler, where we have a look at Pick n Pay’s results and also...

Pick n Pay’s FY results | Usave stores’ cost-saving tech

As the saying goes, there are two sides to every story… and then there’s the truth. While President Cyril Ramaphosa...

Boxer’s plans to pack more punch | Stokvels moving towards digital

At Trade Intelligence we pride ourselves on being our great industry’s biggest cheerleader, celebrating the successes of our retailers, suppliers,...

PnP Home delivers from hypers | Which is the cheapest city in SA?

Happy Thursday and welcome to this week’s Trade Tatler, where Makro celebrates the opening of its newest store and Shoprite...

New store in six years for Makro | Shoprite-PEP deal gets go-ahead

Welcome to another edition of the Trade Tatler where, apart from Clicks’ interims, it’s been a fairly slow news week....

Clicks posts healthy interims | Retailers win big at SA Dairy Champs

Welcome to another snappy read of the week’s news in FMCG, where we bring you affordable burgers, premium coffee and...

Perfect partnerships: PnP and FNB | SPAR and Vida e Caffè

“Another week, another Tatler” has been somewhat of a mantra at Trade Intelligence these however many years, underlining our commitment...

Massmart changes lives at supplier Growth Summit | Who’s winning in loyalty?

Editor’s confession time: When I sat down to write the first Tatler in early 2005, I didn’t have a particular...

FNB and PnP: Partners in loyalty and Bok sponsorships

An interesting week, with SPAR making a pretty significant announcement, Pick n Pay still closing stores, hard times for hemp,...

SPAR to open posh stores | eBucks boost PnP sales

In the intensifying fight between the grocery supply chain and climate change, this great industry we call home is so...

Pet shop war heats up | Weather woes at Woolies

Will the interims and updates never cease? Shoprite, Woolies, SPAR, RCL FOODS, plus some interesting news on the loyalty front...

Shoprite & Woolworths half-year results | Rewards programmes switch loyalties

A lively week in this great industry we call home, with interims trickling in, and another Unilever CEO goes fishing....

Dis-Chem trading update | Shoprite sells property

January seems to drag on forever, doesn’t it … what? Oh. Well, as February wanes on us, and a flurry...

Clicks to grow Body Shops | Big brands attract investors

A week of many parts – pressures on the informal sector, trading updates from the suppliers, and Aspen figures out...

PnP goes hip-hop | Woolies reaps rewards for online media

A slew, a tsunami, a flurry, a veritable tide of trading updates, which have become quite trendy these days. Shoprite...

Walmart private brands to land in SA | Shoprite & PnP trading updates

Some news from the malls this week, and from a couple of interesting partnerships between brands and institutions – all...

Clicks & WW trading updates | Coca-Cola returns as SA Rugby sponsor

Welcome to the tail end of January, a month in which avocados may apparently not be had for love or...

OK’s urban convenience | Inflation reprieve for consumers

Welcome to the New Year that will bring its challenges, its shocks, its surprises. And hopefully its upsides, particularly here...

Dive into 2025

Welcome to the last Tatler of this heady month and this difficult year – a year of war, economic difficulty,...

And that’s a wrap for 2024

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