mom-and-pop shops – The Supply Chain Lab

Micro-retail and merchandising – understand the challenges and set standards

Merchandising is a key component of any retailer — irrespective of size. It is the activity of promoting goods at

Reliance plans to create the world’s largest online-to-offline ecommerce platform in India called New Commerce. It will connect it’s a

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

Even with rapid online and modern retail growth, China still has 6 million mom-and-pop stores dominating the neighbourhood grocery market.

Shoprite is accelerating the roll-out of its Usave eKazi container stores in South African townships. The eKasi brand is Shoprite’s

With a population of 100 million and an outlet base of 400,000, servicing Egypt retail market is not an easy

India’s retail sector is set to reach $1.1 trillion by 2020. But even with rapid growth, one traditional player remains

With over 20 percent of Sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP coming from agriculture, and more than 60 percent of the population engaged

For any consumer goods company, reaching Africa’s millions of small groceries is a daunting task. With low volume and limited

The life of a micro-retailer is not always easy; high uncertainty with limited resources. Access to financial institutions remains rare,