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In a global survey of over 400 retail industry CEOs, 83% of respondents worldwide believe that their retail supply chains are currently "not optimal" for today's changing retail environment. Read more >> | Retailer Woolworths on Tuesday, 24 June 2014, announced its intention to take over Country Road‚ a company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Read more >> | When you see an email pop up in your inbox, alerting you to the 70%-off online sale starting in five minutes, you quickly log in and add that lavish pair of shoes and designer handbag to your virtual cart before the deal ends. Click, they are yours but there is a price to pay. Read more >> |
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 | Crystallum, Peter-Allan Finlayson move to GabriëlskloofPeter-Allan Finlayson has been appointed as the new winemaker at Gabriëlskloof from 1 July 2014. He will be making his own brand, Crystallum and the Gabriëlskloof wines on the estate. He is excited about the new challenge, and looks forward to be continuing the tradition of Finlayson family winemaking with his father-in-law and owner of Gabriëlskloof, Bernhard Heyns, and his wife Nicolene, who is also involved in the business.
|  | Issued by REBR Pharmaceutics REBR Pharmaceutics has brought to market a cost-effective, quality alternative to what is currently available with the launch of its new Faithful Studded Quality Latex Condoms. Read more >>
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 | Nick Hedley Basil Read's credit rating was left unchanged last week, though its rating agency warned that the loss of several experienced executives raised the construction company's risk profile. Read more >>
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 | Thabiso Mochiko Internet and media group Naspers delivered flat earnings because of the increased investment in e-commerce businesses and digital terrestrial TV‚ the company has reported. Read more >>
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 | 'Blurred Lines', the latest trend report from Flux Trends, looks at the complex characteristics of the hybrid customer: a customer that is going to be with us for the foreseeable future. Read more >>
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 | Total income generated by the food and beverage industry in South Africa increased in nominal terms (current prices) by 6.4% year-on-year (y/y) in April‚ data from Statistics South Africa shows. Read more >>
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 | The volume of goods transported by land (payload) increased by 6.5% in April compared with the same period last year according to figures released by Statistics SA. Read more >>
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 | Asha Speckman Dawood Seedat, the former finance boss of the Financial Services Board (FSB) now implicated in a web of bribery and corruption, claims he is the victim of threats and intimidation by cash-and-carry tycoon Edrees Hathurani. Read more >>
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|  | PARIS, FRANCE: Agence France-Presse has for the first time named a woman to head its global operations after News Director Philippe Massonnet announced he was stepping down. Read more >>
|  | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google says that its Glass wearable device is now available in Britain to early adopters willing to spend £1000 for a chance to dabble with the Internet-linked eyewear. Read more >>
|  | NEW YORK, USA: Business software specialist Oracle confirmed it will buy rival Micros Systems for $5.3bn in a deal that will expand its 'big data' efforts in the hotel and restaurant sectors. Read more >>
|  | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Yahoo has increased its move to mobile, using Aviate to control or navigate an Android smartphone's home screens with its new application tuned to where people are. Read more >>
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More International
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|  | Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Senzeni Zokwana was caught off guard when black commercial farmers took him up on his offer for open communication with his office, bombarding him with questions and complaints. Read more >>
|  | In a ground breaking initiative, the Western Cape Government, State Information Technology Agency (SITA) and Neotel, have concluded an agreement to provide broadband services to over 2,000 government sites across the Western Cape over the next 2-3 years, initially with 10Mbps speeds per site and then upgrading to 100mbps, 1Gbps and some at 10Gbps. Read more >>
|  | Tshwane has established laboratories to stimulate innovation and encourage young people to take up careers in science and engineering. Read more >>
|  | More than R7bn will be spent on conditional grants for provinces to support about 435,000 subsistence and 54,500 smallholder farmers. Read more >>
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More Government news
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|  | Brian Berkman It takes a special kind of visionary to turn a decrepit piece of real estate into a boutique hotel that is recommended by trendy and upscale group Mr and Mrs Smith. Read more >>
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