Spar chair fails to soothe rattled investors
Spar’s AGM was the chance for a rousing pep talk by chair Mike Bosman. But the problems with its guild are clearly far from…
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Between the exit of its CEO on Friday and a horror trading update on Monday, it’s fair to ask how much worse things can…
Spar CEO’s exit clouds turnaround hopes
Spar shares hit a record low after CEO Angelo Swartz resigned, leaving a leadership gap at a retailer still fighting to recover lost ground.…
Spar’s family feud now includes SAP
Spar’s dispute with the Giannacopoulos family is intensifying, with a second, R168.7m claim now related to the KwaZulu-Natal SAP rollout…
Spar charts a potential rebound
The share price of the grocery and household goods retailer may be headed for a rebound after recent weakness…
Spar doubles down in bid to nail ex-execs
The dubious decisions of its previous leadership continue to haunt Spar. But it hasn’t given up its efforts to reclaim damages from them…
How SAP nearly broke Spar
There’s a saying that if you can survive an SAP overhaul, you can survive anything. Just ask Spar…
Spar’s bloody court odyssey
Spar’s last court action against the Giannacopoulos family has ended in yet another loss for the retailer, not to mention that R2.1bn damages claim…
Spar fails to reclaim hefty bonuses from executives
For all its talk, Spar has proved unable to claw back the inappropriately generous remuneration paid to its former execs…
Spar’s R3.7bn franchise fight
There’ll be no dividend for Spar shareholders again thanks to its overseas disasters, and now there’s a looming R4bn legal fight at home…
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