The world’s largest retailer discovered that its advantages were less portable than it assumed.
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South Africa Retail & Consumer
Expert guides, analysis and tool comparisons on South Africa Retail & Consumer from the kurums.com Startup desk — written for business decision-makers and updated as the market moves.
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- Updated Aug 26, 2026
Latest in South Africa Retail & Consumer
Mr Price: The Retailer That Refused to Lend
Choosing not to lend to customers is a strategy — and in South African apparel it was the winning one.
Woolworths: A Great Food Business and Its Expensive Distractions
Excellence in one category does not transfer to another — an expensive lesson learned twice.
Pick n Pay: How Retail Leadership Is Lost
Retail decline is slow, then sudden, and almost always begins in the supply chain.
Shoprite: The Retailer That Served the Market Everyone Avoided
Discount retail is an operations business, and the lowest cost structure wins permanently.
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