Fashion retailer Edcon Holdings suffered a first-quarter loss of R643 million to June, compared with a R1,13 billion profit for the corresponding period a year ago. 29 Aug 2008

Mauritius received its first taste of dedicated Puma gear this month with the launch of the marque's first brand store on the island this month. Consumers and travellers to Mauritius will now have access to a wide range of Puma's sports lifestyle products available in one store.
28 Aug 2008

Retail group Massmart is rolling out more stores as it continues to grow sales despite an economic downturn, by offering low-cost, wholesale basic foods and consumer goods. 22 Aug 2008

Clothing retailer Truworths International has bucked the trend of slower retail sales by posting a 16% rise in sales to R5,65bn. 21 Aug 2008

African Bank Investments Ltd (Abil) says the reconfiguration of its Ellerines furniture business, including its financial services activities, is proceeding within expected timeframes and it remains confident of its ability to deliver value to customers and shareholders. 19 Aug 2008

With retail sales having fallen for the fourth month running in June, analysts said on Friday it would be interesting to see how retail groups Massmart and Woolworths — which release their results this week — have withstood the consumer spending downturn. 18 Aug 2008

Mid-year is traditionally slow for retailers but this June, which saw total sales rung up by South Africa's tills fall to R39.7 billion from over R40bn in May, was worse than economists expected. 14 Aug 2008