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• Retailers need to adapt and innovate to survive and thrive in this new era of digital retail.
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• Digital Retail Africa 2024, hosted by IT News Africa , will take place on 31 January 2024 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg.
• We look forward to seeing you at the Digital Retail Africa Conference 2024, the must-attend event for retail and technology enthusiasts in Africa.

• The new vaping tax has enraged vaping lobby groups and vaping manufacturers.
• We conclude that the vaping tax is flawed because it is not well-targeted at reducing the consumption of vaping products among the youth.
• As currently structured, the excise tax is not sufficiently targeted at reducing, or preventing, the use of vaping products among youth.

Youth and lifelong addiction

• Disposable vapes, which are closed systems thrown away once the liquid is finished, have become increasingly popular among the youth.
• These are not teenagers switching from smoking cigarettes to e-cigarettes, but rather teenagers who are initiating a potential lifelong addiction to nicotine through vapes.
• The vaping industry claims it sells only to people aged 18 and older, but this isn’t true.
• Among the 5,583 learners in grades 8-12 (high school learners) who completed the survey, 15% used vaping devices.
• Read more:
  Marketers are targeting teens with cheap and addictive vapes: 9 ways to stem rising rates of youth vaping

  These high prevalence rates are not surprising given that vaping devices are marketed to the youth.

• This is a problem, because the excise tax is not well-targeted at reducing the consumption of vaping products among the youth.

Addressing the flaws

• Most vaping products will experience only limited price increases under the new tax.
• The excise tax on vaping products will go some way to reduce the demand for these products.
• Unfortunately, there are flaws in the current tax system.

• The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), part of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), announces its 22nd Annual Conference, “Delivering Food in Turbulent Times: The Need for Agility & Resilience.” The three-day conference will take place at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, USA, from April 24-27, 2023.
• Following last year’s in-person reunion in Barcelona, this year’s global event will host more than 600 food industry leaders from over 50 countries.
• “After last year’s successful return to an in-person GFSI Annual Conference, we’re excited to see what this year’s event will bring,” says Erica Sheward, Director of the Global Food Safety Initiative.
• Sessions will center around food safety and the unprecedented times we face today because of economic uncertainty, climate change, geopolitical crisis and the disruption in food supply chains which have significantly impacted access to safe and secure food across the globe.

• The "The Wholesale and Retail of Food in Zambia 2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
• Large foreign-owned retail chains dominate Zambia's formal food sector, but an estimated 70% of households buy their food at stalls, informal shops and kiosks, street vendors and markets.
• Zambia's high population growth rate will drive high demand for food.
• The food retail industry's growth is being driven by new store openings, acquisitions, ecommerce and the expansion of distribution channels.