{"id":19868,"date":"2022-01-12T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2022\/01\/12\/africas-biggest-retailers-to-discuss-post-covid-retailing-at-digital-retail-africa-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-01-12T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T02:00:00","slug":"africas-biggest-retailers-to-discuss-post-covid-retailing-at-digital-retail-africa-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2022\/01\/12\/africas-biggest-retailers-to-discuss-post-covid-retailing-at-digital-retail-africa-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa&#8217;s biggest retailers to discuss post-COVID retailing at Digital Retail Africa 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div lang=\"en\">\n<p>JOHANNESBURG,<br \/>\nSOUTH AFRICA\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<br \/>\n12 January 2022 &#8211;\u00a0With the global pandemic acting<br \/>\nas an accelerant, digital transformation across retail verticals has gained new<br \/>\nmomentum, seeing rapid adoption of digital technology within the sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According<br \/>\nto a 2021 research report released by PWC, people affected by the pandemic are<br \/>\ndriving a &#8220;historic and dramatic shift in consumer behaviour&#8221;. The consulting<br \/>\nfirm reports a strong shift to online shopping as people were first confined by<br \/>\nlockdowns, and then many continued to work from home.<\/p>\n<p>Another significant finding from the report is that consumers are not likely to<br \/>\ngo back to their old ways of shopping once the pandemic is over.<\/p>\n<p>Online sales in South Africa grew by 66% in 2020 to more than $1.8 billion<br \/>\n(ZAR30 billion). This means that retailers have no choice but to reimagine the<br \/>\nfunctionality of stores and tap into digital tools to stay relevant for the<br \/>\n&#8216;new normal customer&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Under the<br \/>\ntheme &#8220;<b>Developing sustainability and competitiveness in the post-pandemic<br \/>\nretail landscape<\/b>&#8220;,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itnewsafrica.com\/events\/event\/digital-retail-forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital Retail Africa 2022<\/a>\u00a0will<br \/>\nbring together hundreds of retail leaders to discuss emerging industry trends.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed<br \/>\nattendees for this year&#8217;s event include senior executives from Superbalist,<br \/>\nGSK, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Dis-Chem Pharmacies, Massmart, BMW Group, Leroy<br \/>\nMerlin and Konga Nigeria among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key<br \/>\ntopics to be discussed at\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itnewsafrica.com\/events\/event\/digital-retail-forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>#DRA2022<\/b><\/a><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reimagining the Future of Retail<\/li>\n<li>Unpacking next-level E-commerce: People, Data &amp; Technology<\/li>\n<li>Leveraging technology and automation to unlock retail growth<\/li>\n<li>Overcoming retail security challenges with the cloud<\/li>\n<li>Touchless Retail Solutions: Reshaping the In-Store Experience<\/li>\n<li>The impact of Buy-Now-Pay-Later platforms on the retail industry<\/li>\n<li>Using technology to drive efficiencies in retail logistics<\/li>\n<li>How Cloud Computing is Transforming the Retail Sector<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To<br \/>\nregister, speak or sponsor #DRA2022, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalretailafrica.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.digitalretailafrica.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2022-01-12\/115012\/africas-biggest-retailers-to-discuss-post-covid-retailing-at-digital-retail-africa-2022\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Media OutReach\u00a0&#8211; 12 January 2022 &#8211;\u00a0With the global pandemic acting as an accelerant, digital transformation across retail verticals has gained new momentum, seeing rapid adoption of digital technology within the sector. \u00a0 According to a 2021 research report released by PWC, people affected by the pandemic are driving a &#8220;historic and dramatic shift &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19868"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}