Pick n Pay has said it will be growing BoxerвЂ™s footprint to over 500 stores in the next three years to tackle Shoprite in the growing lower end of the market. Group darling Boxer вЂ“ which alas does not release numbers вЂ“ grew market share in key categories. Trading profit for the Group romped home too, at a billion ront South African.

Growth in the вЂњRest of AfricaвЂќ which for Pick n Pay, like all retailers, is a shrinking proposition, was pleasing, at +12.9%. This resulted in turnover growth of +4.1% for the half, with some divisions doing better than others: clothing grew +26% while food and grocery sales were flat. First quarter turnover came roaring in at +9%, while the second quarter, punctuated as it was by civil unrest and looting in key provinces, fell -0.7%. Pick n PayвЂ™s interim results for the six months through August turned out very much to be a game of two halves, Naas. In other news from The Big Blue, Pick n Pay has partnered with Clickatell, a leader in mobile communications and chat commerce, to introduce a WhatsApp communication channel offering its 9 million Smart Shopper members instant and easy customer support.Д¬omment: Black Friday is here to stay: a clearing house for the gadgets of yesteryear and a bellwether for the holiday season to come. Ahead of the event, 29% of Smart Shopper loyalty members said theyвЂ™d focus on grocery deals while 27% were looking for appliance and electronics deals. вЂњShoppers are increasingly using the massive savings to stock up for the festive season or restock their pantry with everyday non-perishable items,вЂќ says marketing group exec Andrew Mills. While televisions, they say, remain a sought-after item (with sales enough to keep a small suburb glued to Uzalo of an evening), grocery items were the big sellers, with staples like rice and instant coffee flying off the shelves, and enough UHT milk sold, they claim, вЂњto pave a path from Gqeberha to East LondonвЂќ (although the efficacy of UHT against potholes remains untested). The numbers from Black Friday are not yet in, but we have some early intel from Pick n Pay for you.

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