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Trading and trending Trade sales data for June are in, with retail sales remaining unchanged year-on-year, while wholesale trade and food and beverage income have increased. Coming up this week is the annual SASCS Congress, which starts on Wednesday at the CTICC. Trends are on the agenda with CBRE's Peter Gold discussing what consumers expect from shopping centres and retailers, and Broll launching its Retail Consumer Survey 2014. International trendspotters Lady Kinvara Balfour and Magnus Lindkvist are also on the speaker line-up. Don't forget to listen to the Biz Takeouts podcast with Groupon SA CEO, Emilian Popa! Have a great week! Shan Radcliffe, Group Head - Retail (@Biz_Retail)
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London-based Lady Kinvara Balfour and Zurich-based Magnus Lindkvist, both international trendspotters, are scheduled to speak at the 18th Annual Congress of the SA Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) at the CTICC from 20-22 August 2014. Read more >> | Total income generated by the food and beverages industry in South Africa increased in nominal terms (current prices) by 4.2% year on year (y/y) in June‚ data from Statistics South Africa showed on Monday, 18 August 2014. Read more >> | Ethel Nyembe, head of transactional products and services: Business Banking at Standard Bank says that corporate losses due to cybercrime are estimated to be more than R1-billion in the last three years and that it is growing exponentially due to increasing sophistication of thieves. Read more >> |
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 | Having taken over the management of the mixed-use DeVille Centre in Durbanville, Spire Property Management has instituted revitalisation programmes, beginning with an increase in free parking time, which has seen an immediate increase in tenant turnover. read more>> | |  | Joan Muller Des de Beer and his team's ability to make money for Resilient shareholders is underscored by the 20,9% increase in income payouts achieved for the year to June. read more>> | | |
 | David Furlonger A five-year initiative to create a sustainable industry to recycle millions of scrapped tyres every year, is making progress and attracting international interest. read more>> | |  | The Cavendish Square in Cape Town has recently been awarded the 2013 City of Cape Town, SAPOA & ESKOM Energy Efficiency Forum Award in the single building category, for its progressive initiatives in creating an energy efficient, sustainable shopping centre. read more>> | | |
 | Charlotte Mathews The imminent revival of the Integrated Energy Planning (IEP) process, which allows the public to give its views on what SA's future energy mix should be, provides an opportunity to move well beyond conservative and fatalistic thinking. read more>> | | |
 | Colleen Goko Furniture retailer Lewis Group shares suffered a knock on Friday, 15 August 2014, after CEO Johan Enslin said trading for the four months to the end of last month was "extremely challenging". read more>> | | |
 | Issued by XON Retail Solutions XON Retail Solutions has enjoyed phenomenal success in the past financial year by gaining a 25% revenue growth over the previous year, which demonstrates robust commitment from retailers to improve... read more>> | | |  | TOKYO, JAPAN: Hello Kitty has been sent on her first space mission, as Japan's global icon of cute celebrates its 40th birthday in extraterrestrial fashion. read more>> | |  | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Samsung is buying a US home automation start-up SmartThings, as the South Korean electronics company seeks to expand beyond the increasingly saturated smartphone market. read more>> | |  | NEW DELHI, INDIA: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said a "digital India" could compete with the world and hailed its information technology professionals for banishing the country's image as a land of "snake charmers and black magic". read more>> | | | More International | |
|  | Linda Ensor The annual financial results released by state-owned arms manufacturer Denel show that the company has returned to profitability on a sustainable basis‚ group Chief Executive Riaz Saloojee says. read more>> | |  | A rural agricultural cooperative, which uses animal fat to make bars of soap won the 2014 North West Female Entrepreneur Award. read more>> | |  | The deaths of 34 people in Marikana was a tragedy and should be marked as a day of reflection and recommitment to peace and tolerance in the country, says President Jacob Zuma. read more>> | |  | Chris Bathembu Southern African leaders have made renewed calls for regional economic integration and cross-border infrastructure development as the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit got underway. read more>> | | | More Government news | |
|  | Ilse van den Berg Mandela Rhodes Place, part of the Three Cities hotel group, is situated opposite the St George's Cathedral in the buzzing heart of the Mother City. Not the average 'hotel feel', Mandela Rhodes Place was born out of the restoration and integration of four historic buildings around a contemporary tower block. read more>> | |  | Brian Berkman Table Mountain, Karoo windmills, diamonds from Kimberly and wave-pounded shores of Cape Town are some of the themes of artwork on The Blue Train - the self-anointed window to the soul of South Africa. read more>> | |  | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Megane has been flying the Renault colours for a number of years so it comes as no surprise that the French car maker served up some of the same potent abracadabra it has brought to Formula 1 racing when it recently unveiled its latest flagship three-model range destined for local shores. read more>> | |
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