Facebook parent company Meta has announced the Meta Store, the social media giant’s first physical retail space, is set to open in California next month.

Despite ever changing customer expectations and price and search battles in the new commerce environment, there is still money left on the table.

Retail giant Mr Price has signed a R3.3bn deal to acquire a controlling stake in the Studio 88 Group, which operates fashion retail brands including Studio 88, SideStep, Skipper Bar and John Craig.

What defines a "wow" depends on the shopper and type of store, but hassle-free customer support is at the top of the list, according to a recent study from Wharton’s Baker Retailing Centre and The Verde Group.

As the world struggles back to something like normality, retailers need to look at the role of brick-and-mortar in an increasingly omni-channel world.

WPP has launched 'Everymile' - expanding its offer with a new fully managed service that will provide brands with an outsourced direct-to-consumer (DTC) ecommerce solution.

While most economic sectors and traditional businesses have been battered by COVID-19 and the lockdown responses to the pandemic, the online food and essential delivery industry has grown exponentially over the past 18 months.

Bottles pivoted from an alcohol delivery app to a grocery deliverer exclusively for Pick n Pay.

JSE-listed Pepkor Group, which oversees well-known South African brands such as PEP, Ackermans, Refinery, Dunns and Tekkie Town, announced recently that it has been working to augment its physical retail value chain.

The local travel sector has been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, but things are looking up. This is according to data and insights from local payments provider Peach Payments and its travel industry merchants.