South African retailers marching to our shores

By Carolyn Cummins
Updated February 27 2017 - 6:08am, first published 6:07am
Inside a Shoprite Holdings Ltd. store in Cape Town, South Africa. The brand is eyeing off Australia. Photo: Dean Hutton
Inside a Shoprite Holdings Ltd. store in Cape Town, South Africa. The brand is eyeing off Australia. Photo: Dean Hutton
An employee places a sales sign in the window of a G-Star Raw Denim SL fashion retail store on Oxford Street. Photo: Chris Ratcliffe
An employee places a sales sign in the window of a G-Star Raw Denim SL fashion retail store on Oxford Street. Photo: Chris Ratcliffe

South African-based brands are the latest wave of offshore retailers eyeing Australia as an expansion market, attracted by its proximity, similar climate, matching seasons and consumer outlook.

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