US retail giant Walmart is keeping its cards close to its chest when it comes to its South African store rollout strategy for 2026.
The retailer’s local arm, Massmart, launched its first two Walmart-branded stores at Clearwater Mall and Fourways Mall in November 2025, within a span of two weeks.
It went to enormous efforts to hide the locations of its first stores, building up hype ahead of the launches by releasing small amounts of information about the stores over several weeks.
The stores saw substantial…
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