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The World Retail Congress Africa goes to the heart of retail opportunities

Sep 12th, 07:52



The World Retail Congress Africa goes to the heart of retail opportunities

New to Sub-Saharan Africa and created in response to the rapidly changing and diversifying marketplaces across the Continent, the World Retail Congress Africa goes to the heart of the retail opportunity: servicing and understanding the new African consumer across new channels in new markets and provides global retail intelligence, with an Africa market focus.

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