Monday, 28 June 2010 08:14
Johannesburg and Cape Town will grow in size by 2020 to rank along with the largest emerging-market cities, with consumer-spending markets that will be a magnet for investment by consumer-goods companies, a report on the continent’s growing economies predicts.
Friday, 25 June 2010 12:55
Leading retailers have reacted with relief to this week’s emergency Budget and are confident that it won’t derail the retail recovery.
Friday, 25 June 2010 05:44
A surge in demand for luxury cars had BMW and rival Daimler scrambling yesterday to ramp up production in Germany and the US, the groups said.
Friday, 25 June 2010 05:00
Household spending accelerated in the first quarter of 2010, the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) said in its June Quarterly Bulletin released on Thursday.
Friday, 25 June 2010 04:56
Results of the latest MasterCard Worldwide Index of Consumer Confidence revealed today, Thursday 24 June 2010, that South African consumer confidence continued its downward trend.
Friday, 25 June 2010 04:54
Prospects for hotel groups Sun International and City Lodge, food retailers Shoprite and Pick n Pay and retailers Mr Price and Woolworths were looking up as they were poised to cash in on the World Cup, a Johannesburg-based analyst said yesterday.
Wednesday, 23 June 2010 10:24
Frankfurt - Germany austerity measures have unsettled consumers, but a resistant labour market and rising exports are underpinning sentiment, the closely watched GfK confidence survey showed on Wednesday.
Wednesday, 23 June 2010 06:43
Reacting to the latest retail sales figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), published today (Thursday), the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said the results paint broadly the same picture as the BRC's findings - published last week.
Wednesday, 23 June 2010 05:46
Inflation expectations improved in the second quarter, but this was mainly due to downward revisions from financial analysts, a key survey showed yesterday.
Wednesday, 23 June 2010 05:38
French luxury shoe-producer Pierre Corthay was talking to South African retailers about joining forces after its launch in the country last week, while footwear industry experts believed the new company could provide a breath of fresh air to the domestic sector.
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