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Pick n Pay: Summers is back, but will the Ackermans check out?
Business
/ 7 October 2023

Pick n Pay: Summers is back, but will the Ackermans check out?

The prodigal son’s return may usher in a new era for the retailer, which has languished under the Ackerman family’s control

By Sarah Smit
Pick n Pay: How labour has fared in Ackerman’s empire
Business
/ 13 September 2023

Pick n Pay: How labour has fared in Ackerman’s empire

The retail giant was known for his role in opposing apartheid-era labour restrictions. But as economic conditions became tough, so did Pick n Pay

By Sarah Smit
South Africa’s mothballed ‘supermall-ification’ sets strip malls up for success
Business
/ 18 October 2021

South Africa’s mothballed ‘supermall-ification’ sets strip malls up for success

Analysts agree that the country has enough malls and that, post-Covid, the convenience of local centres lure customers

By Sarah Smit and Anathi Madubela
Grocers reap tidy profits from liquor
Business
/ 31 July 2021

Grocers reap tidy profits from liquor

Covid-19 bans on alcohol and the recent violence have exposed just how important booze sales are to retailers that once only filled trolleys with food

By Sarah Smit
Tekkie Town’s Steinhoff fight: ‘We will get our business back’
Business
/ 18 May 2021

Tekkie Town’s Steinhoff fight: ‘We will get our business back’

Bernard Mostert on the ordeal of losing a business he helped build and the fight to get it back

By Sarah Smit
Covid will decide if home refurb boom continues
Business
/ 18 January 2021

Covid will decide if home refurb boom continues

If herd immunity is reached and life returns to ‘normal’, people may switch spending to things they gave up and the desire to DIY may subside

By Sarah Smit

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