Walking through Sandton City's MRP store, Tshiamo January, 27, browsed the new spring/summer collection. "I love colour, and they've got bright colours," she said while holding up a floral wrap dress, her pick from the displays on the shop floor. January has shopped at MRP for what she described as "forever" and has seen it morph into what it is today. "There's so much more open space, you know where to find things like shoes and you can see what you want to buy ... and it's cheaper than Cotton On," she said. It's hard to believe that just two years ago the darling of the retail sector had its worst year, reporting zero growth in its MRP apparel division. Since the same period last year, Mr Price Group's share price has gained more than 30%. Atiyyah Vawda, a retail analyst at Avior Capital Markets, said this had partly to do with the group's improved product offering, "after compromising on quality and changing the sourcing system, which resulted in underperformance". Vawda said the...
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