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The World Gold Council released the Gold Demand Trends Q3 2016 report, which revealed gold demand is down 10% year-on-year and 21% in the jewelry sector. The data points to slumping demand across all markets, with demand down 31% in the Middle East, 24% in the US, 31% in Europe, and 28% in India. Gold […]

Taking an exit on your business is a difficult decision, but at times you have no option but to do away with your business. There are many reasons why one may decide to sell a business, these include failure to meet expectations or an offer that is too good to say no to. Contrary to […]

Let’s say you have two choices before you to select a location for your retail store. You can either choose a location in a busy area within the city, which has a considerably high rent, or, you can choose a location a small distance away from the city with a lower rent. Remember, that for […]

Whether you’re setting up shop in Cape Town or Jeffreys Bay, it pays to have an established online presence. On a study conducted by Fuseware and World Wide Worx on South Africa’s social media landscape this year, they uncovered that the country has over 13 million Facebook users and 7.4 million Twitter users (among other […]

Earlier this week Walmart announced that it will be doubling down on its warehouse robotics program. Walmart has been hot on Amazon’s heals for nearly 15 years, but never been able to come close to the online power that Amazon currently holds. So where will robotics go in the next five years? Some say that […]

All over the world, it sometimes seems like festivals peak only during winter. Every retailer big and small always has an eye on end of the year sales, no matter what the rest of the year has been like. If you’re a proactive retailer, you’d do well to start stocking up and advertising your products […]