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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African retailer Woolworths said on Thursday it was expanding its casual and sports leisure wear ranges to reduce reliance on formal wear, after reporting a rise in half-year profit for the first time since 2015.
Shoppers walk into a Woolworths store at a shopping center in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, file. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
The company aims to tap stronger demand for casual and sportswear as the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated a shift to working from home.
Clothes’ retailers have recently struggled to keep up with the change in consumer preference as they battle a drop in footfalls in malls and shopping centres.
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