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Bizcommunity.com launches Biz Trends 2015It's that time of the year again and Bizcommunity is launching Biz Trends 2015 - a comprehensive, curated, thought-leadership perspective on trends and consumer insights for 2015 for the media, marketing and advertising communications industries in South Africa and the continent. Woolworths is in the news again, and again it's not good news. This follows a claim by a customer who says he found a dead frog in an Italian salad he bought from Woolies. The retailer is reputed to have stringent quality control measures, but it seems somehow, this frog made it through the control... and croaked. As much as one can understand and appreciate the dismay anyone would feel finding a frog in their salad there has been quite a bit of support for the retailer. Leigh Andrews attended AfricaCom 2014 and found that many household products we take for granted and use every day are about to become a whole lot smarter...In addition, we also have Danette Breitenbach reporting on Eddie Mbalo, Interim CEO, who believes South Africa's content providing industry is in a crisis and this is why TopTV ended up the way it did. He reckons we are in an environment where the dominant player shuts you down... He says "It is no use putting in money unless the regulatory environment changes." Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | Today's top stories |
| [Issued by Bizcommunity.com] Bizcommunity.com has teamed up with specialist industry editor and columnist, Louise Marsland, to bring you a comprehensive, curated, thought-leadership perspective on trends and consumer insights for 2015 for the media, marketing and advertising communications industries in South Africa and the continent. read more>>
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NEWSWATCH: Woolworths is in the news because of a frog a customer claims to have found in his Woolies salad, reports Times Live, which also reports Siyaya TV is finally open for business... Read more >> | Leigh Andrews Ever wish you could locate your car in a packed parking lot by checking on your phone? With the Internet of Things, everyday household products are about to become a whole lot smarter... Read more >> | Danette Breitenbach Eddie Mbalo, Interim CEO, On Digital Media/StarSat, believes South Africa's content providing industry is in a crisis and this is why TopTV ended up the way it did... Read more >> |
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 | Madelise Grobler Many will tell you that when it comes to marketing, what matters is what others are saying about your company. The starting point of this, however, is what your company is saying about itself... read more>> | | |
 | Sure to make some serious viral waves in the coming weeks, Enviro Loo, a leading sanitation solution provider, has launched its "Not Kak Ideas" digital campaign... read more>> | | |
 | Paul Roberts, Issued by Why Satisfy Summer is upon us and I for one am looking forward to chilling by the pool or heading out to the beach. Whilst my thoughts are firmly set on winding down, retailers & e-tailers, of course, are heading in the opposite direction... read more>> | | |
 | What if brands bought media that could make a real difference - like feeding thousands of hungry school children healthy meals every single day? It's in answer to this question asked by Hellocomputer that Social Feed was born... read more>> | | |
 | The closing date for this year's IAB Bookmarks is Friday, 21 November 2014 and, as the industry polishes its entries, here are 10 tips to improve the quality... read more>> | |  | Issued by Duo Marketing Email marketing is still the most widely used and a key driver of business value, but should be used in an increasingly sophisticated way, says DUO Marketing + Communications chief executive, Judith Middleton... read more>> | |  | Issued by Why Satisfy Learn how Tesco has made sure it stays ahead of the social customer care rush and how award-winning South African agency, Gorilla Creative Media, has put its clients in the pound seat this festive season... read more>> | | |
 | Chris Moerdyk I received an email from a colleague this week asking me to sign a petition against local cellular networks taking 50% profit from revenue generated by SMS text messaging in aid of charity... read more>> | | |
 | The IAB SA and EndCode will host a discussion in both Johannesburg and Cape Town focusing on online content regulation and how it affects the industry... read more>> | | |
 | 21 ICONS South Africa has featured its sixteenth icon of its second season: Jill Farrant, a scientist and professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of Cape Town... read more>> | | |
 | Issued by Picture Tree Fausto Becatti's video for Shadowclub's "Dirt and the Rubble" is a deeply moving mash-up of analogue film and digital footage and scenes drawn from the director's personal archive as well as freshly shot images... read more>> | | |
 | Issued by Zinto Activation Group Zinto recruits promising youngsters who desperately want to acquire skills, and as the company creates brand excitement via the arts, they are able to give talented individuals an opportunity to grow and develop whilst being a part of a business team... read more>> | | |
 | The introduction of the first and only new small-urban/rural update for 2014 to SAARF's RAMS for October has seen a number of changes coming through for radio listening... read more>> | | |
 | Lynette Hundermark As the market intensifies in the build-up to the festive season, retailers in particular, are needing to communicate more intuitively and intelligently to connected consumers... read more>> | | |
 | Issued by Openfield Klipdrift has signed a three-year deal as a Nedbank Golf Challenge single-hole sponsor from 2014 due to take place at the prestigious Gary Player Golf Club in Sun City... read more>> | | |  | SAN FRANCISCO, US: US spies on mobile phones from the sky: report... read more>> | |  | GREEN BANK, US: In this rural speck of hyper-connected America, it's easier to hear a cow moo than a cell phone ring... read more>> | |  | HELSINKI, FINLAND: The world's leading maker of magazine paper, Finland's UPM-Kymmene, announced 550 job losses in Europe on Thursday in an industry hard hit by readers moving to digital publications. read more>> | | | More International | |
|  | Sulaiman Philip Like most of the world, South Africa's economy faces challenges. This much was agreed upon at the latest panel discussion hosted by the South African Civil Society Information Service... read more>> | |  | The need to encourage greater private sector investment is one of the major challenges facing the economy, says Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene... read more>> | |  | The SA National Editors Forum (Sanef) has dispatched a letter to the spokesperson of Parliament, Luzuko Jacobs, protesting against the soft censorship that is creeping into the broadcasting of proceedings... read more>> | |  | Two months since the tragic collapse of a guesthouse in Lagos, Nigeria, the bodies of 74 of the deceased have arrived home to a poignant and emotional reception ceremony. read more>> | | | More Government news | |
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