Cote d’Ivoire
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Jumia re-orients consumer proposition as it seeks path to profitability
Having exited the Cameroonian, Tanzanian, and Rwandan markets over recent months and reoriented its marketing efforts towards lower-value items, internet retailer Jumia saw its gross merchandise value (GMV) decline at an annual rate of 3% during Q4 2019, from €311 million in Q4 2018 to €301 million. However, for 2019 as a whole, GMV rose
11th March 2020
Categories: SagaRetail News - Egypt - Ghana - Cote d'Ivoire - Kenya - Morocco - Nigeria - Senegal - South Africa
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Mr Bricolage opens new store in Morocco, but SSA growth plans have stalled
French DIY chain Mr Bricolage has opened its eighth Moroccan outlet in Dar Bouazza, a rapidly expanding suburb of Casablanca. With a sales area of just 1,200m2, it is much smaller than the typical Mr Bricolage outlet, with the company referring to it as a “convenience store” (magasin de proximité). “With this new opening, the
10th March 2020
Categories: SagaRetail News - Cote d'Ivoire - Morocco
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CFAO brings Carrefour’s Supeco banner to Côte d’Ivoire
CFAO, Carrefour’s West African franchisee, has brought the French retailer’s Supeco banner to Abidjan, opening a store in the working-class suburb of Yopougon. CFAO also operates three Carrefour outlets in Abidjan (two hypermarkets and a supermarket), all of which are located in shopping malls. Supeco combines a relatively limited range of SKUs (around 2,000) and
31st January 2020
Categories: SagaRetail News - Carrefour - Supeco - CFAO - Cote d'Ivoire - Ivory Coast
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Sagaci Research relaunches the KFC Index
En francais ci-dessous Kwa lugha ya Kiswahili hapa chini KFC Index identifies Central African CFA Franc as the most overvalued currency in Africa Sagaci Research, the leading independent pan-African market research and market intelligence firm, has released its “KFC Index” for January 2020. This twice yearly index utilises the prices of KFC chicken buckets in
31st January 2020
Categories: SagaRetail News - Lesotho - Egypt - Ghana - Angola - Cote d'Ivoire - Gabon - Kenya - Morocco - Mozambique - Nigeria - Senegal - Sudan - Tanzania - Tunisia - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe - South Africa - Ivory Coast
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Ivorian retailer seeks to remake the traditional market
Supermarkets continue their inexorable growth across much of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but some local entrepreneurs are attempting to hybridise this format with traditional markets to produce something that is uniquely African. The Prince Ebeano supermarket chain in Nigeria is one example of this, but Socofrais is taking the concept a step further in Abidjan, the
3rd December 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail - Supermarkets - Cote d'Ivoire
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Still burning cash, Jumia positions itself as an online bridge to Africa
Africa-focused internet retailer Jumia saw its revenue rise at an annual rate of 19.4% during Q3 2019, to €40.1 million, while its operating loss widened by 34.6%, to €54.6 million. Gross merchandise volume (the total value of orders, including those of third parties using its platform, before the deduction of any discounts or vouchers and
14th November 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail - Africa - Egypt - Retail & Shopping Malls - Ghana - Algeria - Cameroon - Cote d'Ivoire - Kenya - Nigeria - Senegal - Tunisia - South Africa - Ivory Coast
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CFAO opens a third cash and carry in Senegal
CFAO recently opened its third Supeco outlet in the Dakar suburb of Golf Sud. The banner debuted in the local market in April this year and a second store was added in September – both of which are also located in the Senegalese capital. Previously, CFAO had operated a single Carrefour Market in Senegal. It
6th November 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Supermarkets - Carrefour - Retail & Shopping Malls - Cameroon - Cote d'Ivoire - Senegal
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Middle Eastern investment to strengthen the logistical backbone of African retail
In a move that could make it easier for retailers operating locally to import stock, Agility Africa, a subsidiary of Kuwait-based logistics company Agility Public Warehousing Co., is planning to open warehouse parks in Abidjan, Lagos, and Maputo by mid-2020. Each of these facilities will cost around USD200 million. It is also considering projects in
8th October 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Cote d'Ivoire - Mozambique - Nigeria
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Retail Holding buys out partners in CDCI
Private-equity fund Amethis and Ivorian-Lebanese entrepreneur Yasser Ezzedine have sold their stakes (25% and 40%, respectively) in CDCI (Compagnie de Distribution de Côte d’Ivoire) to Morocco-based Retail Holding, giving the latter full ownership of the Ivorian chain. CDCI is the second-largest player in Ivorian grocery retail, behind Prosuma. Financial terms were not disclosed. In 2014, Retail Holding,
3rd October 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail - Supermarkets - Cote d'Ivoire
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Jumia crowds out smaller rivals in West African e-commerce
Yaatoo and Afrimarket have both thrown in the towel, reinforcing Jumia’s dominance of this nascent market. Côte d’Ivoire-based retailer Groupe Prosuma pulled the plug on Yaatoo, its e-commerce division. Doungnan Coulibaly, who led Yaatoo, told local media that Prosuma’s shareholders were not prepared to provide additional funding for the venture. Launched in 2016, Yaatoo has
19th September 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail - Cote d'Ivoire