Micro Retail – The Supply Chain Lab

Companies and startups that are changing South African informal retail sector

There are over 150,000 spaza shops or small informal groceries in operation in South Africa. They add R120 billion ($7

India’s grocery market is worth a sizeable $400 billion. But even with rapid retail growth, kirana or mom-and-pop stores remain

India’s Gully Network provides a tech-enabled platform for small groceries or kirana stores that takes care of the entire supply

Selpal connects informal traders to suppliers with a digital distribution platform and provides dealers with a point-of-sale device — enabling

South Africa’s Nomanini provides a retail point-of-sale device — allowing informal traders to sell digital goods such as electricity and

Shopit is changing the way wholesalers and micro retailers are doing business in South Africa’s townships. The startup is digitising

Bukalapak, one of Indonesia’s most popular shopping apps, has been making an aggressive push towards micro retailers. The company first