Software AG improves retail performance
Software AG has unveiled the Smart Store Monitoring for the Digital Business Platform, which provides retailers with realtime and predictive analysis capabilities in their 'brick and mortar' stores by enabling them to access, monitor and analyse large volumes of...
What will it take for the bricks and mortar store to survive?
A digital customer experience revolution will rejuvenate bricks-and-mortar retailing, but stores must start on the back foot, writes Pieter Engelbrecht, regional manager: sub-Saharan Africa at Aruba Networks. The retail model of the future will be a radically...
Nature’s Choice chooses Epicor ERP
Nature's Choice has chosen Epicor ERP, the next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, to streamline processes and allow better transparency of business data to support growth. With humble beginnings in a pantry in 1985, Nature's Choice was founded as...
Top technologies for retail at a glance
In recent years we have seen the consumption of technology grow at an ever-increasing speed, writes Robbie Johnson, retail manager at DCC. Sometimes, just as you have become accustomed to an operating system (OS) or a smaller mobile phone, it's time to upgrade and...
Angolan retailer goes smart with payment
Kero, the largest retailer in Angola, is equipping its major stores with Ingenico smart terminals. "The retail sector in Angola is growing exponentially and so is becoming the demand." comments Isabel Capacho, marketing director of Kero. "We are aiming at an...
How retailers can protect against data breaches
During the recent Retail Congress Africa in Cape Town, MasterCard addressed various issues impacting retailers across Africa. A key topic discussed was the protection of data and what retailers can do to protect themselves from data breaches. Retailers have much to...
Argility signs up with Storeforce
Storeforce has appointed Argility as its exclusive partner in the South African market. Toronto-based Storeforce provides an integrated, Web-based solution to help retailers improve the productivity of their in-store sales force. "In today's omnichannel retail...
Axle Software runs Nigerian duty free stores
When Tourvest Heinemann Duty Free Nigeria opened a world-class duty free store in Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, as part of its growth strategy into Africa, the company chose Axle Control retail software from End2End Retail to power its operations....
Pharmaceutical group goes always-on with Stratus
Established in 1978, Dis-Chem started out as a small pharmacy in Mondeor, South of Johannesburg. Today, with around 90 stores across the country, the Dis-Chem Group is still privately-owned and run by the original founders. Over the years the Dis-Chem Group had...
The Pavilion rolls out MasterPass solution
The 1,8-million visitors per month at The Pavilion in Durban now have the option to pay for their parking using MasterPass, MasterCard's digital wallet service. This is the first MasterPass parking payment feature to go live in South Africa. Using digital payments to...
Intervate rolls out Intranet for TFG
TFG (The Foschini Group) is one of the leading fashion and lifestyle retailers on the African continent – encompassing 19 retail brands and a combined footprint of more than 2 700 stores. Driven by teams of talented and engaged individuals, TFG is guided by a strong...
Oracle Retail helps improve insights
Most retailers agree their customer and operational data contains unique and valuable insights, but they are often unable to extract those insights due to the capital investment, infrastructure and staff required to sustain “big data” analytics environments. Today...