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Retailers target 26.5 million SA gamers through mobiles and esports

By the third quarter of 2023, about 92% of South African internet users were gaming across various devices

Immersion: The Luxurious Marble Cirus event, which is returning in October, takes experiental retail to another level. Photo: Supplied

It’s all about convenience and experiential retail

Brands can reinvent themselves by targeting new markets and taking note of new shopping trends

Arnold & Son is marking the Year of the Rabbit with a brand-new Perpetual Moon watch.

Objects of Desire: Fresh fits

Hit refresh on your wardrobe with these unique pieces

This cute yellow fridge will give your home a pop of colour.

Objects of Desire: Gift of luxury

Festive gift giving can go one of two ways — presents can bring people together or make a person question whether the giver knows them at all. Objects of Desire are hopefully the…

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Click here. Actually, no, don’t

‘Sometimes I think South African retail websites don’t actually want to sell anything’

An employee from Under Armour who spoke to the M&G on condition of anonymity

Under Armour under fire for racial profiling

​Less than a year after arriving on South African shores, American sports brand Under Armour is embroiled in an alleged racial profiling incident

The magnificent march of SA’s malls

The emerging middle class and urbanisation are driving the growth of new retail shopping centres in the country.

Marc Pendlebury owns a whisky store in Hyde Park Corner.

The water of life plays Hyde and chic

Marc Pendlebury followed his dream and opened a whisky store in Hyde Park Corner. "People don’t want to settle for generic and high volume anymore."

Rapper Jay Z. (AP)

Is racism Jay Z’s 99th problem?

After two black Barneys shoppers were accused of credit card fraud, the rapper’s fans are petitioning for him to cut ties with the New York store.

Boom time: The R1-billion Cradlestone Mall being built near Krugersdorp.

Malls multiply in moneyed market

Retail and industrial sectors have been driving growth, and the demand for convenience is being satiated.

Retail and property thrive on proliferation of mall rats

Gauteng quarterly review says the province houses 45% of the shopping centres in the country.

Debenhams says Nigerian customers were its biggest overseas spenders this year.

London pulls in Nigerian shoppers

Nigeria’s middle class is flocking to the UK to spend its cash on everything from meat to undies and is the UK’s fourth biggest foreign spender.

The biting reality of SA’s food bills

The biting reality of SA’s food bills

Blame for the high cost of filling one’s trolley cannot be laid at the retailers’ door

I shop till I drop

Busani Bafana confesses that his mentor is Imelda Marcos, but claims he’s receiving treatment.

Shopping — a mathematics test for Zimbabweans

Business executive Charlene Domwe shakes her head in disbelief on receiving the bill after hosting three friends for dinner at a local hotel.

Pick n Pay dreams small

After conducting extensive consumer research and an examination of big retailers around the world, Pick is to launch a new store format.

Shopping mall Cinderella

Mary Kiio tries to make the perfect suede shoe fit her budget in a sea of temptation and a money-drought.

Overspending? Here’s how to save

Times are tougher than Vernon Koekemoer’s biceps for South Africans at the moment, yet many of us are slipping further into debt.