

If you look at the experiences of new entrants such as Fruit & Veg City, the entry of these triggers brings about huge benefits for suppliers into the supermarket value chain, as well as for consumers Reena das Nair, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) This is according to a study by the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development (CCRED) at the University of Johannesburg, which finds that the country's big and long-established retail chains hold over 70% of the country's retail market share.

Multiple barriers to entry need to be looked at to make it easier for new entrants to break into South Africa's retail industry. Reena das Nair describes the challenges of new entrants to break into South Africa's retail sector.
