Why new entrants struggle to break into South Africa's retail space

Oct 25, 2016 17:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

This article is part of a series of studies titled Barriers to entry and The expansion of regional supermarket chains. The article draws from studies that look at the spread of supermarkets in southern Africa and how the...

FxWirePro: Mounting expectations of RBNZ’s OCR cuts to stimulate Kiwi dollar turbulence

Oct 25, 2016 13:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views

October monthcontinues to prove with its repute of being adisruptive month for the markets by reminding us that the low rates of production disruptions realized over the first three-quarters of the year are an outlier...

German out-performance would complicate ECB policy making

Oct 25, 2016 12:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

Germanys economic performance has been the driving force of the euro areas recovery so far, and upbeat business confidence in October suggests that the German economy is on track for more robust growth. Brexit vote had...

Four reasons why listicles and clickbait are killing real journalism

Oct 25, 2016 11:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

In July 2016, the Croydon Advertiser a 123-year-old newspaper published two lookalike stories on facing pages. Headlined 13 things youll know if you are a Southern rail passenger and 9 things you didnt know about...

Migrant Crisis Series

As the Calais camp is demolished, a hidden crisis continues for refugees living in squalor

Oct 25, 2016 11:25 am UTC| Insights & Views

Among the detritus of the squalid Calais camp lie empty tear gas shells, recently fired by the police. They signify the physical violence that some refugees will suffer in the coming days as the so-called Jungle is...

Theresa May has a very special technique for avoiding questions

Oct 25, 2016 11:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

British prime minister Theresa May notoriously kept quiet about her position on membership of the EU ahead of the June referendum, avoiding coming down on either side of the debate. Arguably, her sphinx-like stance was a...

To keep older people active, pedestrian accessibility must improve

Oct 25, 2016 11:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

At the Habitat III conference in Quito, the foundation of the Federation Internationale de lAutomobile called for a children-first approach when designing the worlds roads with pedestrians in mind. But there is another...