Clicks Digital Push to Enhance Online Delivery Services

Healthcare and beauty retailer Clicks is embarking on a significant overhaul of its e-commerce platform. Its digital push aims to capitalise on growing home delivery demand and significantly improve customer convenience. The move comes as the retailer acknowledged...

Clicks Eyes Pharmacy Expansion and Earnings Growth

Clicks has reported a robust 13.7% increase in full-year headline earnings. These earnings grew to R3.2 billion for the year ended August from R2.8 billion a year ago. The strong performance was underpinned by a significant expansion of its retail and pharmacy...

Spar Acquires Aptekor Group in Retail Healthcare Expansion

Spar has acquired the Aptekor Group, a pharmaceutical wholesaler, in a strategic move to expand the retailer’s healthcare footprint. This is the foundational step in its ambition to create a national pharmaceutical distribution network for its Pharmacy at Spar...

Private Labels Force a Reckoning on Health and Beauty Shelves

Established health and beauty brands are facing an escalating battle for survival. Retailer-owned private labels continue their aggressive expansion, capturing significant market share and fundamentally altering consumer purchasing habits. A new report from research...

Dis-Chem Transforming Retail with Health Insurance

Is the South African health insurance landscape on the verge of a significant shake-up? All eyes are on pharmaceutical retail giant Dis-Chem as it rapidly evolves from a chain of pharmacies into an integrated healthcare provider. It is setting its sights on a market...