The latest retail results reveal more about businesses than consumers: when growth disappears, execution matters

An unforgiving marketplace and no-holds-barred competition mean Sean Summers’ initial recovery timeframe now looks wildly optimistic

The retailer has had to dig itself out of a deep financial hole, but unions are unwilling to play nice after years of management missteps

Boxer is the best-performing food retailer on the JSE this year, so it had better meet the market’s expectations, say analysts

Boxer’s first set of results show an enviable trading margin. But business is tough, and unlikely to get less so this year

If Boxer maintains its current momentum, it could emerge as a transformative force in the South African grocery sector

Boxer has endured something of a Cinderella status since it was acquired by Pick n Pay back in 2002. Its management kept a low profile at results presentations for most of the…

The market couldn’t muster up much enthusiasm for Pick n Pay’s first-half results yesterday, with the shares opening 2.5% higher only to close flat. While its Boxer asset is…

It was a big number bonanza last week, when Boxer invited South Africa’s analyst community for a six-hour tinkerfest under the retailer’s metaphorical hood, ahead of its listing…

When you’re drowning in debt and every day represents another few million rands in crippling interest charges or another store closure, it’s probably difficult to stop long…

A new listing on the JSE is about as rare these days as an honest ANC politician. So you’d think any company going public would want to make it, well, as public as possible.…