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Valassis, one of the largest coupon distributors/processors in the world, has conducted a 2014 shopper marketing study that found that 96% of millennials (born between 1986 and 2000) use coupons. The fact that they were born into uncertain economic times has perhaps made them a bit thriftier than other generations. Read more >> | No. 1 Silo, the 18,500m² corporate head office of Allan Gray at the V&A Waterfront, has been named as the overall winner of the annual South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) Innovative Excellence in Property Development Award, announced in Cape Town on 11 June 2014. Cradlestone Mall in Krugersdorp won the SAPOA Innovative Excellence in Retail Property Development Award. Read more >> | |
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 | Insurance company Liberty plans to capture more uninsured young people by issuing free cover for a year in the hope that the clients will understand the importance of insurance. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Grind Mobile Coffee Grind Mobile Experience was once again on the ground at Markex in the Sandton Convention Centre last week, bringing a new product to the market. Read more >>
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 | Broll has been awarded the property management contract for 52 of the 61 properties in the Investec Property Fund portfolio as from 1 July 2014. The total portfolio, valued at R6 billion, is spread across South Africa. Read more >>
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 | SAITEX and Africa's Big Seven (AB7) are ready to welcome visitors from 52 nations at one of the biggest food & beverage and business opportunities expo on the African continent. Read more >>
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 | There is a gap in the market for IT service providers to meet the growing need to implement dedicated green IT budgets, strategies and solutions. Read more >>
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 | Arthur Goldstuck Few technology topics generate as much noise as wearables, mostly to do with brands known for their consumer products, such as Samsung, Sony and Apple. Read more >>
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|  | OTTAWA, CANADA: Canadian smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry announced the release of new "enhanced security" for its popular BBM messaging service, aiming to win back corporate users with high security needs such as banks. Read more >>
|  | MUMBAI, INDIA: Thousands of Indians have joined an online campaign aiming to clean Facebook of content they consider offensive, raising fears they are trying to "morally police" the social networking site. Read more >>
|  | PARIS, FRANCE: Domino's Pizza refused to cave in to a €30,000 extortion demand by hackers who claimed they had stolen the personal data of 600,000 of its customers. Read more >>
|  | WASHINGTON, USA: Facebook released a new instant messaging app that enables users to send photos or video to selected friends who will only be able to see or view them once they send an image back. Read more >>
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More International
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|  | The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry welcomed President Zuma's commitment to a growth rate of 5% by 2019 and improved service delivery but has concerns about how this is to be achieved. Read more >>
|  | The University of Cape Town is the only South African university in the Top 10 universities in the Brics economic bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Read more >>
|  | Several of Zuma's Cabinet colleagues comment on the president's State of The Nation Address to the nation last night. Read more >>
|  | The fall in the FNB/BER building confidence index indicates that conditions in the building industry have deteriorated further. The index fell by 11 points to 41 in the second quarter. Read more >>
|  | Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa's youth must be placed at the centre of economic transformation, which is the focus of the new term of government. Read more >>
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| NOSHCON 2014NOSA - 9 Sep 2014 to 12 Sep 2014 Central Drakensberg |
| Source AfricaSource Africa - 18 Jun 2014 to 20 Jun 2014 Cape Town | |
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