Zimbabwe retailers cry foul over vendors

Retailers have pleaded with Government to protect them from unfair competition posed by influx of inferior imported products, address problems faced by street vendors and deal with serious challenges they pose for formal business.

The retailers made the plea when highlighting the cocktail of problems they want Government and its regulatory arms to address to save their businesses from potential collapse.

Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers president Denford Mutashu said that their members wanted authorities to protect them from imported sub-standard products that have flooded the market.

Mutashu also said they were not asking Government to ban vending, the source of livelihood for multitudes of families finding sustenance from the trade in a largely informalised economy, but to come up with proper vending sites for the vendors.