When is a retail store not a retail store? Perhaps when it has no stock to sell to customers? The rise of ‘showrooming’ – the practice of visiting a brick-and-mortar shop in order to examine [...]

In the past, pop-up stores were frequently about taking advantage of seasonal trends such as Halloween or Christmas. Product quality tended to be poor, the stores lacked appeal and, as a result, were often thought [...]

Investec Property Fund [JSE: IPF] has approved plans to sell its shareholding in Musina Mall, Limpopo and Boitekong Mall, Rustenburg, for R727 million. According to the Fund, the disposals were in line with a strategy [...]

Consumer spending is likely no longer the driving force behind of the outperformance of retail property over industrial property and office space, according to John Loos, property sector strategist at FNB Commercial Property Finance. The [...]