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A fresh new look, rooted in trade. Visitors to the Trade Intelligence website and social media platforms and subscribers to our many reports and presentations will notice a fresh new take on our corporate identity. The logo draws on the company’s 20 year history as a recognised and trusted provider of trade insights to most of the major manufacturing players in the South African consumer goods industry. Explore the refreshed Ti brand across our website, reports, and social platforms. The industry is evolving, and so are we. #TradeIntelligence

A Career in the Heart of South Africa’s Greatest Industry South Africa’s consumer goods retail industry – from spazas to the flagship stores of the major chains – is globally recognised as a hotbed of competitive grit and innovation that does business in the most challenging circumstances. We’re looking for a strategic, Senior Retail Analyst to conduct research and deliver actionable insights that drive industry impact. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/dQgWbsvt #hiring #analystjobs #fmcgsector #fmcgjobs

In the Trade Tatler: A lively week in this great industry we call home, with interims trickling in, and another Unilever CEO goes fishing. Cyril and the rand agree on the budget, Makro’s third-party vendors get slapped with extra fees, and Shoprite edges ever so slightly out of the property game. Enjoy the read of our consolidated news from the business press and analyst desk at Trade Intelligence bit.ly/3F0dwkA

Government efforts to regulate spaza shops have sparked debate. We partnered with Yebo Fresh to analyse the impact of new spaza shop regulations on the informal economy, exploring their challenges, implications, and market dynamics. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/d96Z82-K #retail #fmcg #informalretail #traditionaltrade #spaza

If 2024 taught us anything, it’s that the South African FMCG corporate retail sector knows how to keep moving forward, even when the playing field keeps shifting. Explore key insights from our latest Corporate Retail Comparative Report: https://bit.ly/4gW7Qp0 #FMCG #Retail #RetailTrends #ModernTrade #ShopperInsights

In this week's Trade Tatler: January seems to drag on forever, doesn’t it … what? Oh. Well, as February wanes on us, and a flurry of interims and trading updates recedes, analysts are taking stock of how the businesses of our great sector are doing, retailers and suppliers alike. You will find the outcomes of some of their musings in our newsletter. Along with Carrefour in Brazil, great news from The Body Shop and an interesting set of numbers from our in-house economist. Enjoy the read of our consolidated news from the business press and analyst desk at Trade Intelligence bit.ly/4i4Ux6z

📢 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Ti’s Insights Lead, Andrea Slabber, on Kaya Biz South Africa’s corporate FMCG retailers have been expanding aggressively — opening, on average, one new store per day over the past five years. Ti’s Insights Lead, Andrea Slabber, joined Gugulethu Mfuphi on Kaya FM to discuss the performance of SA’s FMCG corporate retailers for FY2024. 🎧 Listen to the full discussion here: https://iono.fm/e/1527391 #FMCG #Retail #RetailTrends #ModernTrade #ShopperInsights

Happy Valentine's Day from the Trade Intelligence team! ❤️ #valentinesday

In this week's Trade Tatler: Pressures on the formal sector, trading updates from the suppliers, and Aspen figures out how to deal productively with the possible freeze on foreign aid. Pick n Pay brings Rick freakin’ Ross onboard, Woolies wins big for social media, and SPAR establishes a foothold in the Forbidden Kingdom. Enjoy the read of our consolidated news from the business press and analyst desk at Trade Intelligence bit.ly/4b5VAAP

Knowing how your retail customers are performing relative to one another helps FMCG players to make better trade investment decisions and for targeted and relevant customer business planning. Here is a preview of the results for the FY2024 period. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ti's Corporate Retail Comparative Report is the most comprehensive overview of the major corporate retail players in the industry, of the environment in which they trade, and how they stack up against each other strategically and operationally: https://bit.ly/4hyMj6T We compare the six listed FMCG corporate retailers across more than 10 years of metrics: - Shoprite Group - Pick n Pay Group - Woolworths - SPAR - Clicks - Dis-Chem It includes clear, comprehensive and comparable stats on turnover, profit, trading density, store count growth, and more. #fmcg #retail #cpg #moderntrade