The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and KPMG International have released new research indicating that retailers across the world are increasingly opting for traditional 'back-to-basics' strategies to drive growth; foregoing newer business trends.

Street posters of big media houses are being hijacked in Johannesburg's northern suburbs to maximise profit on the back of the media's big brands.

There is still no arrest in the murder of the Johannesburg Central Cluster Commander, Major General Tirhani Maswanganyi, whose body was found in the early hours of Tuesday.

To raise funds for the further development of the Ybike, its industrial design and product development company, Chrome Cherry Design Studio has used Thundafund, an online crowd funding café. Reportedly, it broke South African records by raising R29,250 of its required R100,000 start up funding in just one week.

Statistics SA last week revealed that growth in South Africa's retail sales slowed to 1.9% year-on-year in April, from a revised 2.7% in March, down from economist's 3.5% projections.

[Kenneth von Rauch] LOS ANGELES, US: This post highlights some aspects of parallax scrolling* that you need to keep in mind if you want to use the effect on your site or your client's.

Last night, Tuesday, 18 June 2013, saw the announcement of the winners of the Outdoor, Media, Mobile and Innovation Lions. South Africa had a total of 16 awards winners altogether in the Outdoor and Media categories.

[Bonnie Ramaila] I think racial undertones and subtle nuances of racial segregation in TV adverts seems rife, and I find them more disturbing than thoughtful, especially when a TV advert shows one product communicating the same message, yet represented by two different racial groups.