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Medical professionals choose Business OUTsurance

Many doctors, dentists, and other medical professionals haved moved their business insurance to OUTsurance since they introduced their specialised business insurance product for medical professionals in mid-2011. 8 Feb 2012 13:00

Global consumer confidence increases 1 point in Q4 2011

NEW YORK, US: Global consumer confidence increased one index point last quarter to 89, while Europe led confidence declines in 24 of the region's 27 measured markets, according to fourth quarter 2011 global consumer confidence findings from Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy. 8 Feb 2012 12:14

DStv Media Sales to sell SuperSport Sponsorships

DStv Media Sales has announced the addition of the SuperSport Sponsorship division to its family. In the past, SuperSport Sponsorship sales were managed out of SuperSport, but this will change on 1 April 2012. 6 Feb 2012 13:38

How Woolworths lost its mojo

[Walter Pike] There was a time, those of us of a certain age will remember, when Woolworths was held up in marketing classes as a brand that had been built entirely on word of mouth. That has now changed. 2 Feb 2012 12:37

New chief sales and marketing officer at Neotel

Noel Studti has been appointed as chief sales and marketing officer at Neotel from 1 February 2012. He joins the leadership team from the Innovation Group where held the position of chief sales officer. 2 Feb 2012 11:38

[2012 trends] Will someone (Eskom, maybe) please pull the plug?

[Sue Disler] That was my first reaction when Bizcommunity's editor Simone Puterman requested an article predicting 12 trends for 2012. A "trend" is defined as "a general tendency, movement, or direction". In my honest opinion, what most people will be purporting as trend is merely (if you analyse it properly), new and improved technology and ideas. 31 Jan 2012 12:06

365 Digital appointed digital sales house for IOL

In December 2011, IOL appointed 365 Digital as its exclusive digital sales house, to represent all its digital properties, including the iol.co.za portal, all its mobile properties and the newspaper website portfolio (Cape Argus, Cape Times, Daily News, The Mercury, Pretoria News, The Post, Tios, Isolezwe, Sunday Independent, Sunday Tribune, The Star) from January 2012 onwards. 27 Jan 2012 07:21

[2012 trends] Email marketing trends shaping the year ahead

[Warren Moss] Despite what the doomsday predictions say, email will not become irrelevant due to the rise of social media. As one of the most cost-effective and efficient eMarketing service offerings, email marketing is expected to continue to be a crucial part of the digital marketing mix in 2012. 20 Jan 2012 13:52

[2012 trends] GFC's impact on media-marketing arena

[Karen Phelan] There are a number of trends forecast for 2012 that will have an impact on all facets of the media-marketing arena. 18 Jan 2012 15:59

Ormerod to head up Avusa Media's ad revenue as GM

Trevor Ormerod, who re-joined Avusa in October 2011 as group commercial executive, has been made Avusa Media's new GM: Advertising Revenue, taking over strategic direction and leadership of the media group's advertising sales teams. 16 Jan 2012 09:53

Retail rewind - a year in review 2011

[Zeenat Moorad] The approval of the Wal-Mart/Massmart deal will go down as the highlight of the retail sector in 2011. 6 Jan 2012 08:19

'Per capita spending bolsters trading performance'

[Zeenat Moorad] Despite an on-going drop in the number of shoppers frequenting shopping centres, the per capita spending pattern continues to bolster and support the trading performance of centres in general, according to a report released by the South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) and Investment Property Databank (IPD). 30 Dec 2011 07:56

Spending gains momentum as Xmas deadline nears

[Zeenat Moorad] The latest cash withdrawal statistics released by Spark ATM Systems, one of SA's premier independent ATM deployers, on Tuesday revealed that festive season spending for December was fast gathering momentum and could reach its peak this coming week as more consumers head to the tills as the Christmas shopping deadline nears. 23 Dec 2011 07:27