At its heart, explains CEO Dominique Haese, Nova Properties is a specialist management company that itself owns a packed portfolio of residential, commercial, and mixed-use property, and fulfils a particular and specialised rental collection and...
Retail
SHOPRITE GROUP: A Future-Fit Force for Good
Since the opening of its first stores in 1979, Shoprite Holdings has maintained the same bold vision for the future, which has enabled it to become the dominant food retailer today in South Africa and further afield, into nine other African...
BATA South Africa: A Confident Step Forward for Bata South Africa
Just a few months ago, leading South African footwear manufacturer, Bata South Africa –well-known for creating much-loved products for consumers around Africa as part of the international Bata Group – was consolidating and searching for...
ACKERMANS: Vision of Value at Ackermans’ Heart
Family comes first, and always will: this is the central doctrine shared by South Africa’s value retailer, and that which originally inspired founder Gus Ackerman to cut the ribbon on his historic first store in Wynberg; immediately, he succeeded...
BATA SOUTH AFRICA: Strategy Step-Up Strengthens Bata Ambitions
Last year, a leading South African manufacturer, creating much-loved products for consumers around Africa, was consolidating and searching for opportunities post-pandemic. Michael Wyatt, MD at Bata South Africa – the famous maker of robust school...
CONCORD RETAIL SOLUTIONS: Concord Embraces Complete Retail Solutions
In May 2019, Concord Refrigeration (a division of Southey Holdings) was busy working with some of the country’s leading retailers, providing refrigerated display cabinets as well as heated display cabinets. After the pandemic, rioting, and further...
ALLIGATOR MANUFACTURING: Snap Up Loyal Customers Through the Power of Promotional Products
For a litany of reasons, promotional products have for the longest time been cited as a crucial element of the success of virtually any business, and a vital part of many marketing strategies. The Promotional Products Association International...
JCDECAUX: Transforming the African Out-of-Home Advertising Landscape
A whole host of factors; among them growing urbanisation, increasing digitisation and accelerating technological innovation within the sector; are conspiring to result in the need of advertising which communicates faster, more effectively and with...
SUPERBALIST: SA’s Foremost Online Style Destination
Following the two-plus years of severe restrictions necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, South African consumers have, like so many others, been forced to navigate uncharted territory in coming to terms with the pandemic and the subsequent...
ARRIE NEL: Family-First Pharmacies Committed to Community-Centric Care
There are now 104 Arrie Nel pharmacies populating the South African pharmaceutical landscape, and this number is constantly increasing, employing just under 4000 people. Now approaching its 25th anniversary as the Arrie Nel Pharmacy group, formed...
WOOLWORTHS: Retail Pioneers Pursue Pivotal Green Goals
Based in South Africa and operating across a further 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, as at June 2021 Woolworths SA had 719 store locations across this geographical footprint as well as a formidable online presence. Almost 33,000 people rely on...
AFRI-SAVE CASH & CARRY: Afri-Save is the Uitenhage Community Pillar
In Kariega (Uitenhage), Eastern Cape a local business is thriving by creating and nurturing long-lasting relationships with clients. While most claim to know their customers, Afri-Save Cash & Carry – a company with two decades of knowledge –...
ACKERMANS: Ackermans Brings Value to Life Everyday
When Gus Ackerman opened his historic first store in Wynberg he immediately created a place where customers could find great products at unprecedented prices, providing value fashion for the whole family and creating an ethos to which Ackermans...
JOHN CRAIG: Step Out at Your Very Best
Although unemployment currently stands at a record high of 34.9% in South Africa, and almost all sectors continue to shed jobs, there has been a massive resurgence in consumer spending as confidence returned throughout 2021. A slight dip in Q3 of...
MAKRO: Wholesale Giant Transforms to E-Commerce Expert
For more than half a century, Makro has been bringing convenience and affordability to local households and businesses, growing in these 50 years to one of South Africa’s most important wholesale retail outlets and adding a further 21 stores to its...
SPINNAKER SOFTWARE: Trust Arch for Competitive Edge
As the often-unnoticed partner behind some of Southern Africa’s most successful retail and FMCG businesses, Spinnaker Software is helping clients to thrive and optimise in a quickly changing market that requires a nimble approach combined with a...
BIG FIVE DUTY FREE: Blue Skies Ahead for Big Five Duty Free
“As more and more people take to the skies to begin travelling again, we look forward to welcoming you into Africa’s leading duty free stores.” So begins Big Five Duty Free’s heartfelt address to its loyal and longstanding customers, who have had...
JD GROUP: A Comfortable Lifestyle Is More Accessible Than Ever
For decades, savvy South African consumers have been availing of JD Group’s extensive range of trusted brands and companies, as well as its innovative financial services, to bring home the comfortable lifestyle it strives to make attainable for...