Shoprite Holdings’ on-demand delivery powerhouse, Sixty60, continues to redefine South African retail, posting a 34.6% sales increase for the six months ending December 28, 2025. This rapid expansion significantly outpaced the group’s overall growth, signalling a permanent shift in consumer behaviour toward app-based, on-demand grocery shopping. Read: The Switch overtakes the DS as Nintendo best-selling…
Shoprite Group’s Checkers Sixty60 sales have shown a steady increase. Digital commerce sales via last-mile delivery platform Sixty60 increased by 34.6%, for the six months ended 28 December. This, as the retail giant group increased merchandise sales by 7.2%, measuring approximately R136.8 billion. The Shoprite Group states the growth equates to an additional R9.2 billion…
Walmart opened its first store in South Africa on Saturday, marking the US retail giant’s debut on the African continent as it seeks a stake in a competitive market. More than 100 shoppers queued for hours outside the store to take advantage of Walmart’s “Everyday Low Prices” and shop international products that are not easily…
Sixty60, the on-demand grocery delivery platform built by Shoprite Group, has fulfilled over 100 million orders since its launch in November 2019. This is according to Shoprite’s annual report, published on Monday. The retail giant’s board chair, Wendy Lucas-Bull, wrote in the report that the group’s investment in digital technologies is a key differentiator driving…
On-demand delivery platform Sixty60 was introduced in 2019. Last-mile delivery platform Checkers Sixty60’s sales increased by 47.7% to R18.9 billion, for the year ended 30 June. In a SENS announcement, Shoprite Group says its Checkers supermarket chain recorded sales growth of 13.8%, adding R11.6 billion, to reach almost R100 billion in sales. “We continued executing…
Checkers Sixty60 is maintaining its lead in the online grocery delivery market, with sales growth continuing to outpace its closest rival, Pick n Pay’s asap! According to a trading statement from Checkers parent company, Shoprite Holdings, online sales through Sixty60 surged by 48% year-on-year in the 52 weeks leading up to June 29, 2025. In…
Shoprite Group’s Sixty60 platform has added pet food and other pet products to its catalogue through an alliance with Petshop Science. Petshop Science, a chain of pet stores owned by the JSE-listed retail giant, will now offer same-day delivery – in scheduled 60-minute timeslots – of even the heaviest bags of dog food. “Customers will…
