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Cash sales keep retailers booming
May 23, 2007, 12:47 pm
Filed under: Local News

Consumers with cash in their pockets and cross-border shoppers with billions to spend yearly were immune to rising interest rates and were playing an important part in keeping the country’s retail sector buoyant, according to Brait economist Colen Garrow.

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Furniture firms give mixed signals on diverse consumers
May 23, 2007, 12:39 pm
Filed under: Local News

Two furniture retailers yesterday issued contradicting reports about the performance of middle-income customers, sending mixed signals about the behaviour of consumers in this market segment.

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Woolworths to sell BEE shares to staff
May 23, 2007, 12:35 pm
Filed under: Local Company News

Woolworths would sell 10 percent of its shares to about 17 000 of its black employees through a black economic empowerment (BEE) transaction, the listed retailer said yesterday.

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