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Pick n Pay is facing one of the most serious financial crises in its history—and its latest results suggest that the retailer’s problems may be even worse than previously believed.
In this video, I examine how decades of questionable business decisions, underinvestment and repeated restructuring plans helped turn one of South Africa’s most powerful retailers into a loss-making business fighting for survival.
In this video, we examine:
Pick n Pay’s latest financial crisis
Why Shoprite and Checkers overtook Pick n Pay
The failed Pick n Pay QualiSave strategy
How Boxer helped rescue the wider group
Pick n Pay’s debt and recapitalisation
The company’s elevated employee costs
The CCMA, SACCAWU and restructuring dispute
Sean Summers’ turnaround strategy
Why break-even has been postponed until 2029
What the crisis reveals about South Africa’s economy and labour market
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