Kenya
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Kenyan retailers to ramp up e-commerce efforts in response to Covid-19 threat
Once referred to by Naivas chief commercial officer Willy Kimani as a “necessary evil,” Kenyan supermarket chains are now scrambling to ramp up their online presence as the number of Covid-19 infections in the country grows. During mid-March, Naivas, which established a partnership with Spanish delivery platform Glovo last year, announced that it would reduce
27th March 2020
Categories: Foodservice - SagaRetail News - Supermarkets - Naivas - Tuskys - Retail & Shopping Malls - Kenya
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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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Redundancies at Tuskys sound the alarm on Kenyan chain’s financial health
Website Standard Digital reports that Tuskys is to lay off “dozens” of workers during March. Tuskys is the largest retailer in East Africa, with 68 supermarkets in Kenya and Uganda, in addition to around 20 Mavazi apparel stores. “This is a business move aimed at restoring the company’s financial viability … The company’s performance in
21st February 2020
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail - Supermarkets - Tuskys - Kenya - Uganda
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Kenyan regulator orders Carrefour to revise “unfair” supplier deals
The Competition Authority of Kenya has ruled that local Carrefour franchisee Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) engaged in unfair practices in its dealings with suppliers and ordered the retailer to remove six clauses from its supplier contracts within 60 days. The “offending provisions” include forcing suppliers to pay a non-refundable fee to do business with it,
21st February 2020
Categories: SagaRetail News - Carrefour - Kenya
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Professional advice, specialised stores, and social media at the heart of Kenya’s burgeoning cosmetics market
Young urbanites from middle- and high-income households to the fore A Sagaci Research survey conducted during 2019 with 800 women across urban and rural locations found that 22% of Kenyan women had used makeup/colour cosmetics during the four weeks prior to survey. Levels of makeup use were found to be comparable to those of fragrances
4th February 2020
Categories: Blog - Retail - Uncategorised - Kenya
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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
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Carrefour expands in East Africa, while Naivas gobbles up what’s left of Nakumatt in Kenya
Carrefour franchisee Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) opened its first supermarket in Uganda during December and is due to enter the Tanzanian market in the very near future. The Ugandan store is located in Kampala’s Oasis Mall and has a sales area of 2,800m2. This mall formerly hosted Kenyan chain Nakumatt. Its first Tanzanian outlet will
30th December 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail - Supermarkets - Carrefour - Kenya - Tanzania - Uganda
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Fighting for survival, Choppies prepares to exit South Africa
Botswana-based Choppies, which at its peak operated more than 240 supermarkets in eight countries across Southern and Eastern Africa, has agreed the sale of its South African operations to Kind Investments Proprietary Limited for ZAR1 (USD0.07), including the assumption of all of the subsidiary’s debts. The deal is expected to close by February 2020. As
5th December 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail - Supermarkets - Africa - Botswana - Kenya - Tanzania - Zambia - Zimbabwe - South Africa
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New investment for Kenyan catalogue retailer
Nairobi-based Copia has raised USD26 million in a Series-B equity round led by UK-based impact investment fund LGT Lightstone. Impact investing refers to investments that are made with the aim of generating a measurable social, or environmental benefit, in addition to a financial return. According to Copia, it intends to use this investment to expand
2nd December 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Kenya
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Artcaffé the latest edition to Nairobi CBD’s burgeoning restaurant scene
Restaurant chain Artcaffé recently opened its 34th and 35th locations in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD) and is planning two more. One of its recent openings is a “flagship” location in Westminster House, overlooking Kenyatta Avenue. As well as providing “a full-service casual dining experience,” this outlet includes a bakery, coffee shop and cocktail bar.
20th November 2019
Categories: Foodservice - SagaRetail News - Kenya