The rollout of stand-alone liquor stores is an obvious area of potential growth for retail group Woolworths, as its competitors’ experiences have shown.

While major retailers have expanded their liquor presence aggressively in the past decade, Woolworths is a latecomer to the party. While it sells wine at its food stores, it only opened its first stand-alone liquor store, WCellar, next to its Nicolway branch in Bryanston, Johannesburg, on May 27...

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