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In this episode of Ghost Wrap, I recapped five important stories on the local market:

• Purple Group may be loss-making, but the revenue resilience in a near-impossible year is a strong tick in the box for this story.
• Spar has hopefully signed off on the worst year that the company will ever experience, with several own goals and the suspension of dividends.
• Pepkor has a reputation as a defensive retailer, but that doesn’t seem appropriate based on the underlying businesses.
• Bidvest gave the market a fright with its recent commentary about pricing pressure, leading to a sharp correction in the share price.
• Attacq is an excellent reminder that the old adage of “location, location, location” applies to REITs as well.