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Pick ‘n Pay fails to get out the word on cheaper prices
May 30, 2007, 9:53 am
Filed under: Local Company News

Prices at Pick ‘n Pay Stores were cheaper than at supermarket competitors but consumers did not necessarily agree, said chairman Raymond Ackerman.

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Steinhoff, JD Group give up on merger
May 30, 2007, 9:51 am
Filed under: Local Company News

In a major blow to the European ambitions of the JD Group and Steinhoff, the two parties yesterday called off their merger.

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Pressure drives multi-channel retailing
May 30, 2007, 9:48 am
Filed under: International News


LONDON: Retailers face increasing pressure to offer customers a fully-integrated multi-channel experience where products can be bought online and collected in store, for example. Traditional IT integration can provide this service but the evolution of service oriented architecture (SOA) offers retailers an approach where they can achieve competitive advantage. This is according to a new report by independent market analyst Datamonitor, “Multi-channel retailing in a service-oriented future”.

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Lewis’s year earnings up 23%
May 30, 2007, 9:47 am
Filed under: Local Company News

South African furniture retailer Lewis’s full-year normalised headline earnings per share rose 23% to 654,4 cents, the company said on Monday.

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Gap clothes off SA shelves in brand dispute
May 30, 2007, 9:46 am
Filed under: Local News

South African fashion retailer Stuttafords said on Tuesday a court had ordered it to stop selling
United States retailer Gap merchandise due to a dispute with a local firm that claims to be the owner of the brand.

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