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OK Zimbabwe shuts down Food Lover's Market outlets
Retail giant OK Zimbabwe has announced the closure of its premium Food Lover's Market outlets in Borrowdale and Avondale, a move that underscores the mounting pressure on Zimbabwe's formal retail sect...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:46hrs | 4010 | by Staff reporter
Tuckshops challenge Zimbabwe's retail giants
A quiet but dramatic shift is unfolding in Zimbabwe's retail sector as large supermarket chains struggle against the rise of informal tuckshops. Established brands such as OK Zimbabwe, Spar, and Chopp...Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 07:31hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's retail sector faces collapse
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has expressed grave concerns over the critical state of the country's formal retail and wholesale sector, following the closure of key retail outlets and ...Published: 27 Jan 2025 at 08:16hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Spar Zimbabwe should take full responsibility for heinous murder of its employee!
This morning, I had the inspiration to pen an article on an entirely different topic - which is in the same mould as my usual social justice advocacy on matters bedevilling ordinary Zimbabweans....Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 14:48hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Pandemic jump-starts Zimbabwe online retail sales
Kenneth Mudzingwa has worked and studied in Turkey for five and a half years. To help his two siblings with groceries, the Zimbabwean citizen used a money transfer service that sometimes took days....Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 08:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Profiteering supermarkets peg prices at parallel market rates
SUPERMARKETS are profiteering by pegging prices of basic commodities at the black market rate and transacting United States dollar purchases using the government instituted foreign currency auction ra...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$700k Spar outlet opens in Bulawayo
RETAIL chain, Spar Zimbabwe, yesterday officially opened a new branch in Bulawayo after investing US$700 000, bringing the number of its shops to 16 countrywide. The investment has created 75 jobs, ma...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe retailers in major price climbdown
THE price hike madness that had manifested in the country in recent weeks appears to be dissipating with some of the major players in the economy starting to see reason following the gazetting of Stat...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Prices of basic commodities skyrocket
THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) expects prices of basic commodities and services to skyrocket following the near 50% increase in fuel prices last Tuesday."In the costing models that hav...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns cyclone donations looters
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned against those bent on looting donations mobilised for Cyclone Idai victims, saying the long arm of the law would catch up with them.Addressing a r...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra not considering charging duty in foreign currency
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is not charging duty in foreign currency, neither is it considering going that route, an official has said, adding that any such move would need Government's app...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Ministers, MPs' cars suspended
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government yesterday suspended plans to buy new vehicles for the new Cabinet ministers and Members of Parliament and channelled the money towards fighting the cholera ep...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tours Glen View cholera centre
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is currently touring the two cholera treatment centres in Harare – Glen View 1 Polyclinic and Beatrice Road Infectious Diseases Hospital.Speaking in Glen View, P...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SPAR Zimbabwe expands
SPAR Zimbabwe Ltd plans to open several outlets this year as management has shown confidence in the sector.SPAR Zimbabwe Managing Director Terrence Yeatman said SPAR retailers are able t...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 14:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Shops slash prices
Several retail outlets have reduced prices for fast moving consumer goods by offering promotions with marked prices of between 10% and 15%.Fast moving consumer goods are products tha...Published: 20 Dec 2016 at 04:25hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Bond notes spark panic withdrawals
PANIC cash withdrawals, sparked by fears over the impending introduction of bond notes by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, have affected many banks in the country, with most of them now struggling to ser...Published: 09 Oct 2016 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: SPAR Zimbabwe have lunch with ex-ZTV news anchor Dave Emberton
Today we managed to have lunch with Mr Dave Emberton, one of Zimbabwe's icon Newsreaders and ZBC personalities. Yesterday a very unfortunate incident took place in one of our stores, so here is a shor...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 11:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Largest supermarket in Zimbabwe opens its doors
The largest supermarket in Zimbabwe by size, Horizon Ivato, will be further expanded to include a fresh produce store and have prices of regionally-produced goods slashed to stay relevant in the ...Published: 15 Apr 2014 at 19:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Innscor suffering from old conglomerate syndrome'
INNSCOR'S first quarter performance is not only signalling the slowdown of the economy, but is also pointing to a business which has reached maturity and perhaps suffering from an old conglomerate s...Published: 25 Nov 2013 at 01:12hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Spar Arundel evicted
INNSCOR Africa Limited has been evicted from its Arundel Spar supermarket premises after allegedly failing to abide by terms of the lease agreement.The diversified manufacturing and retail con...Published: 08 Jun 2013 at 05:26hrs | | by Business Reporter
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