Blog - TradeLink

Nov 05

How Trade Link ensures retailers bank the cash around the clock

Retailers and their banks across South Africa are moving away from cash and into the mobile, agile world of Android payment systems. As they do, payment terminals become increasingly mission critical. One faulty kiosk at an all-night drive-through could mean hours of revenue lost. A broken payment terminal in a... read more →

November 5, 2025
Featured, Retail News

Oct 01

Team Trade Link steps up to deliver the near-impossible

For 30 years, Trade Link has been a recognised specialist in retail IT systems, trusted to modernise and keep mission-critical systems running flawlessly. But while those in the know have long been aware of the team’s capabilities, the pace and scale of a recent implementation has elevated their status in... read more →

October 1, 2025
Retail News

Jul 30

Big or small, SA’s small grocers depend on Team Trade Link services

When Trade Link’s field services managers visit their small town retail customers across South Africa, they aren’t just paying a courtesy call. They’re ensuring that a business they genuinely care about is kept up and running as efficiently as possible. Business owners know this, which is why Trade Link staffers... read more →

July 30, 2025
Retail News

Jun 20

Making IT happen: how Trade Link gears up to enable SA retail strategies

A lot goes on behind the scenes when major South African retailers modernise or migrate their IT systems. For key implementation partners like Trade Link, planning and preparation can start years before the project begins. Trade Link, a specialist in retail IT systems, supports over 50% of leading FMCG retailers... read more →

June 20, 2025
Retail News

May 12

How POS became the beating heart of modern retail

Point-of-sale systems have evolved from simple cash registers just 30 years ago to the core of the modern retail financial ecosystem. POS systems have become the retailer’s last mile, allowing data collection, mobile virtual network operator and banking strategies to be deployed and managed over vast consumer bases, delivering competitive... read more →

May 12, 2025
Retail News

Jan 15

A partner who speaks retail

Retail has a very specific language; the landscape is complex and brings together many different disciplines across the business. Retailers require partners who understand more than software and technology, they require partners who understand retail. The Trade Link Professional Services team is made up of a group of professionals with... read more →

January 15, 2024
Retail News

Oct 25

Why do leading retailers choose Trade Link as their project partner?

The Trade Link Project Management Office has an enormous amount of experience, having managed large innovation projects with our retail customers for 29 years, this includes multi-country tier 1 retailers to independent retailers with a single store. Our PMO manages the end-to-end project portfolio management for our customers. Aligning with... read more →

October 25, 2023
Retail News

Sep 06

Retailers remain the market influencers on consumer payment behaviour

Today, retailers face an ever-shrinking economy where consumers are demanding more value and increased convenience. In South Africa, the innovation landscape in retail has changed dramatically for both tier 1 as well as SME retail. Payment innovation has been at the forefront of change, South African Retailers, Banks, PSPs, and... read more →

September 6, 2023
Retail News

Aug 03

Trade Link, an incredible South African success story

Founded by Ashley Lattimer in mid-1994 with just six people, the vision for Trade Link was to introduce point of sale software with scanning of products into the South African retail market. Converting an existing business, Positron, a cash-register entity based in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, Trade Link was set out... read more →

August 3, 2023
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