CONSUMER INSIGHTS | 15 MAY 2023 Retail Insights: from businesses in the dark to festive season lights Absa | Corporate and Investment Banking > Insights and Events > Retail Insights: from businesses in the dark to festive season lights SHARE Consume This: Volume 3 – Jan 2023 In this Consume This edition, we explore some of the challenges that large retail chains have experienced in the article Load-shedding: the new normal? On a lighter note, the 2022 festive season was a profitable time for many tourist towns, especially along the South African coast. Even thoroughfare towns en route benefitted from tourists stopping for travel breaks or to fuel up. Other topics you can look forward to discovering more about include: January 2023 Merchant Spend Analysis Absa partners with TiAuto to power up TiAuto stores 2022 festive season intercountry travel analysis Read the newsletter https://cib.absa.africa/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/file_example_MP3_700KB.mp3 Related Articles Podcasts How The AfCFTA will enable digital trade In this podcast, we explore the opportunities of the African Continental Free Trade Area’s protocol on digital trade. What will it mean for cross-border trade, and what do African businesses need to know? Podcasts The AfCFTA and Africa’s Existing Regional Economic Communities Africa is a patchwork of independent and overlapping regional economic blocs. Rather than simplifying matters, the African Continental Free Trade Area adds an extra layer of complexity for businesses trading on the continent. In this podcast, we untangle the mess. Podcasts What Does The AfCFTA Mean For Africa? The African Continental Free Trade Area is now active, bringing with it the promise of significantly easier intra-continental trade.
