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Payment Processing: The cost that should optimise in-store profit
By Lehan Le Grange, Chief Finance Officer at Ecentric Payments are still mostly seen as a budget line item by most retailers. It’s a necessary annoyance that needs to be negotiated with a bank or provider and a set of terminals that needs to be as cost-effective as possible. But this misses an incredible opportunity while quietly costing retailers money. Take a moment to analyse what happens in front of the till.
2026 Absa L’Atelier winners announced as competition celebrates 40 years of African art
More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries The 2026 Absa L’Atelier Art Competition has announced its four top winners: three artists received the prestigious Absa L’Atelier Art Ambassador Awards and one South African artist received the Absa L’Atelier Art Gerard Sekoto Award.
Shoprite and Woolworths secure conditional green light for major retail buyouts Original
More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries The Competition Tribunal has approved two large retail sector acquisitions - the purchase of the PicardiRebel liquor stores by Shoprite Checkers (Shoprite), as well as the acquisition of In2food Holdings by Woolworths. Both deals are subject to conditions.
Just Travel SA shows South Africans how far R1,050 a day can go
More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries A new SABC1 travel series hosted by Pearl Thusi and Lungile Radu explores destinations across all nine provinces, showing South Africans what they can experience on a budget, with more flexibility or with a little luxury.
Cape Town creeps into the World's Top 50 Halloween Destinations (Fashionably late, naturally)
More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Brace yourselves, boils and ghouls. Cape Town has been named among the World's Top 50 Halloween Travel Destinations for 2026 by the global travel trade platform Travel and Tour World (TTW), ranking at #48. Not bad for a city where Halloween falls in spring, the jacarandas are in bloom, and the sun sets well after dinner.
East Coast Radio takes its 30th birthday celebrations across KZN – because of you
More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries From coffee and treats to cash prizes and a R30,000 East Coast Radio Fugitive win, East Coast Radio celebrated three decades with the people who made it possible.
McCann global CEO appointed CEO of WPP Creative
More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Current global CEO of McCann, Tyler Turnbull has been named as CEO of WPP Creative from early 2027, to succeed Jon Cook.
Virgin Atlantic adds Johannesburg flights and A350-1000
More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Virgin Atlantic will introduce the Airbus A350-1000 on its daily Johannesburg-London route from 25 October, before adding three weekly Boeing 787-9 services in December, increasing capacity and travel options between South Africa and the UK.
H&M, Adidas join coalition to improve post-consumer textile flows
More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries The Or Foundation estimates that Kantamanto Market, one of the world’s largest second-hand clothing markets, recirculates 25 million garments each month.
Fuel price hikes put pressure on South Africa's supply chains
More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries South Africa’s latest fuel price increases are raising costs for freight operators and businesses, with supply chain industry body Sapics warning that the impact could reach consumers through higher prices for goods.
Devi Govender hosts final The Devi Show closing six year chapter
More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries On Sunday, 11 October The Devi Show aired for the final time eNCA and e.tv as host Devi Sankaree Govender closes a remarkable chapter.
Boxer grows turnover 6.3% and expands to 600 stores
More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries Boxer Retail Limited increased turnover by 6.3% to R24.1bn in the first half of its 2027 financial year, gaining market share and growing earnings despite mounting pressure on household budgets and deeper selling-price deflation. Marek Masojada, Boxer CEO.
Smarter in-store payment options can cut queues and lift retail sales
More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries For many retailers, payments remain a cost to be managed rather than a strategic business tool. The focus is often on negotiating fees with banks or payment providers and keeping terminal costs down. Lehan Le Grange, Chief Finance Officer at Ecentric.
AASA urges action on aviation costs and African market access
More... 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Search jobs Advertise your job vacancies Subscribe to daily business and company news across 19 industries The Airlines Association of Southern Africa is calling on governments, regulators and industry stakeholders to move beyond aviation strategies and implement measures to improve connectivity, reduce costs and expand air transport across Africa.
Payment Processing: The cost that should optimise in-store profit
Payments are still mostly seen as a budget line item by most retailers. It’s a necessary annoyance that needs to be negotiated with a bank or provider and a set of terminals that needs to be as cost-effective as possible. But this misses an incredible opportunity while quietly costing retailers money. Take a moment to analyse what happens in front of the till. Look at the queue, take in what is happening in the aisle: It is clear that payments are not just a cost of doing business.
Payment Processing: The cost that should optimise in-store profit
Payments are still mostly seen as a budget line item by most retailers. It’s a necessary annoyance that needs to be negotiated with a bank or provider and a set of terminals that needs to be as cost-effective as possible. But this misses an incredible opportunity while quietly costing retailers money. Take a moment to analyse what happens in front of the till. Look at the queue, take in what is happening in the aisle: It is clear that payments are not just a cost of doing business.
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