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Spar’s family feud now includes SAP
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Mr Price vs … everyone
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Currency reviews Walmart South Africa, comparing prices, groceries and service with Checkers and Pick n Pay…
Mr Price faces shareholder revolt over R9.6bn NKD purchase
Hedge fund 36ONE Asset Management has written to chair Nigel Payne to register ‘serious concerns’ and requested a meeting to discuss the deal…
A good year for Lewis, Tiger and Nampak. The rest, not so much
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Dreadful déjà vu as Mr Price goes large
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