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Zambian agribusiness beefs up its retail presence
Zambeef Products is rapidly expanding its supermarket footprint in its native Zambia under the Macro banner, bringing modern retail to provincial towns like Wusakile in Copperbelt Province and opening a smaller store in Lusaka. During September 2018, Zambeef opened its first City Market Macro outlet in the capital. According to the company, this concept “is
16th November 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Zambia
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Zara’s one-size-fits-all approach to African e-commerce
On November 7th, Spanish fast-fashion retailer Zara announced that it was to commence online sales in 106 new markets, including many African ones, the next day. The African countries covered by this initiative include Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Senegal. All of these countries will be covered by a single global website that is available
16th November 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Ghana - Angola - Cote d'Ivoire - Senegal
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Choppies gets chopped from Botswanan borse
Botswanan supermarket chain Choppies has missed another deadline to publish its annual results (for the 12 months to June 2018), prompting the Botswanan Stock Exchange (BSE) to suspend trading in its shares. In a statement, the BSE stated that trading in Choppies’ shares “will remain suspended until the company complies with BSE listings requirements or
9th November 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls
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Gimme shelter
Traditional retailers in Nakuru County, which is located to the northwest of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, are seeking protection from the growing threat posed by modern formats to their livelihood by means of a ban on the sale of fresh produce in local supermarkets. Hezron Muiri, one of the traders behind this campaign, claimed “The
9th November 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Agriculture
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Empty shelves prompt Zimbabwean government to temporarily lift import ban
On October 23rd, The Zimbabwean government removed a ban on the importation of basic commodities. The products affected include bottled water‚ cereals and cooking oil. This decision comes in the wake of shortages that had led to panic buying and seen businesses ranging from fast food chain KFC to clothing retailer Edgars temporarily shut their
31st October 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Consumer - Retail & Shopping Malls - Zimbabwe
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Nairobi malls feel the squeeze
There are growing signs of downward pressure on mall rents in the Kenyan capital, with a number of sitting tenants securing rent reductions and prospective tenants being offered rent holidays by landlords “Rental income has come slightly under pressure due to a temporary increase in vacancies, coupled with some tenants bargaining for reduced rentals upon
29th October 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Kenya
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Adeo parks a tank on Massmart’s lawn
French Home Improvement giant Adeo opened its first Leroy Merlin store in Africa during late September. The 17,000m² Leroy Merlin store is located on the outskirts of Johannesburg, just a few hundred metres from a Massmart Builder’s Express. Two more Leroy Merlin outlets are currently under construction in South Africa, with a fourth planned for
29th October 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - South Africa
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Mango loves Kenya
During mid-October, Spanish fast-fashion retailer Mango took to LinkedIn to proclaim “Mango loves Kenya,” revealing that the brand is coming to Nairobi’s Westgate Mall. The store will have a GLA (gross leasable area) of 620m², which will make it the largest Mango outlet in sub-Saharan Africa. The store will adhere to Mango’s new interior design
26th October 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Kenya
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Sagaci Insights: Putting a number on modern grocery retail sales
Modern formats, such as supermarkets and hypermarkets, will account for 7.5% of grocery retail sales across the whole of Africa in 2018, according to a new study published by Sagaci Research. Defining a “modern” store as one with a sales area of more than 1,000m² or as part of a chain with at least three
26th October 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Consumer - Retail & Shopping Malls
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Project Watch: Shining a light on solar power demand
Localised solar power is often touted as a solution to Africa’s unmet energy needs, enabling communities to leapfrog large-scale electricity transmission networks that are expensive to build and maintain (in addition to often being unreliable in many areas) in a manner analogous to how mobile phone networks have superseded fixed-line telephony across much of the
26th October 2018
Categories: Consumer