You could almost feel a blanket of stress fall off many South Africans as the president announced the easing of lockdown restrictions this past week. Almost instantly I saw the beaches full and the restaurants and pubs with lines outside.   The online search of alcohol skyrocketed as the president...

We have all, in some way or the other, felt the economic burden that the Covid-19 pandemic has forced upon us. None so more than the food and beverage industry as well as brick and mortar retailers who have been held to strict lockdown rules and regulations.   We saw...

After a year that unfolded unlike anybody's predictions, the retail industry and its analysts are trying to game out what 2021 could look like as COVID-19 continues to surge, vaccines against the disease roll out and anxious consumers pine for life after lockdown.  Vaccines that inoculate against the coronavirus could...