The global retail giant plans to buy all of the shares it doesn’t already own of Massmart for R62 apiece, a 53% premium to the last closing price, and delist the company from Johannesburg’s main bourse. Jonathan Molapo, who joined Massmart in January as COO will take over as chief executive officer a year after he joined the company.Walmart is preparing for increased competition amid press reports that Amazon.com Inc is planning to expand into Africa’s most-industrialized nation.
Walmart has been exiting low-growth markets and concentrating on partnerships or stakes in local participants. The company has sold Asda in the UK, Seiyu in Japan and its Argentina operations. Still, Game is struggling, even after the broad cost cuts. Slape has also faced a string of difficulties ranging from pandemic-induced supply chain problems to a week of deadly South African riots a year ago.Massmart on Monday also reported a first-half net loss of R1.1 billion, widening from a loss of R1.09 billion a year earlier. The company also has R14.9 billion of debt as of Dec. 31, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Dear Walmart & USEmbassySA South Africa can kick start its economy by: 1- Remove all racist BBBEE laws 2- Remove all labour law red type 3- Reduce Company Income tax to 22%! NumsaMustFall SaftuMustFall eNCA DStv403 Newzroom405
Now get rid of game
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