The South African Retailing Landscape

In South Africa, Grocery stores drive growth in retailing with business coming from the large number of households with four or more people. Convenience stores are performing particularly well as these smaller shops are easier to get to than modern grocery stores and have longer hours. Private label will be the next big attraction in the region as retailers look for ways to appeal to consumers across the economic spectrum. Ronal Tinashe Mapiye, Retail analyst at Euromonitor, delves deep ...