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| The winners of the eCommerce Awards, hosted by uAfrica.com, were announced earlier today at the eCommerce Conference 2014, which is taking place at Gallagher Estate, Midrand. read more>>
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 | Fixed line operator Neotel, which is involved in the provision of broadband services to the Western Cape, aims to spend up to R500m in the coming year to boost fibre and wireless infrastructure across SA. read more>> | | |
 | South African online retailer, takealot.com has taken responsibility for the thousands of shopping trolleys that have been put out of commission since 2011, due to the rise of e-commerce in South Africa. [video] read more>> | | |
 | Capitalising on the growth in the flavoured beer market, the latest beer extension is Castle Lite Lime. Flavoured beer is considered one of the fastest-growing sectors in the beer market globally, growing 7% by volume in 2013, according to Euromonitor International. read more>> | | |
 | Mark Allix The scrap metals industry has a complex and often adversarial relationship with the foundries industry and many countries impose duties to prevent exports of scrap metals, while also heavily subsiding their metals industries, despite World Trade Organisation rules. read more>> | | |
 | Issued by XON Retail Solutions Eksteen's DIY Superstore in Bloemfontein has implemented Pricer electronic shelf labels (ESL) from XON, the sole authorised African distributor... read more>> | | |
 | Panasonic Corporation announced that it will launch a range of audio products under the Technics brand name again, reviving its brand long synonymous with high-quality hi-fi sound to deliver rich, engaging sound. read more>> | | |
 | The Primedia company, Salon Media, which offers in-salon marketing, including mirror decals, activations, sampling and more recently, digital screens, has had research confirm that its digital screens enjoy 85% noting. read more>> | | |
 | Cotton On launched an Australian first in digital innovations, with augmented reality (AR) technology giving consumers the power to bring store windows to life by triggering interactive, digital window displays from their mobile device. read more>> | | |  | NEW YORK CITY, US: Alisun Armstrong Executive Director of the International AME Awards for Advertising & Marketing Effectiveness on what's inside AME. read more>> | |  | WASHINGTON, USA: US mobile payments firm Isis has officially changed its name to Softcard, completing the process of distancing itself from a militant Islamic group sometimes known by the same acronym. read more>> | |  | BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: The European Commission has fined Infineon, Philips and Samsung a total of €138m for forming a smartcard chip cartel in Europe in its latest anti-trust case against technology firms. read more>> | |  | BERLIN, GERMANY: South Korean company Samsung unveiled the next generation of its "phablet" and "smartwatch" gadgets at the IFA consumer electronics fair along with a virtual reality headset the Samsung VR. read more>> | | | More International | |
|  | A Committee of Investigation has been set up to look into complaints of impropriety against Johann van Loggerenberg, a senior official at the South African Revenue Service (Sars). read more>> | |  | More Matshediso Mooi Mpofana municipality in Mooi River has been dissolved and its seven councillors fired, Nomusa Dube-Ncube the MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) told media on Wednesday (3 September). read more>> | |  | Anton Ressel There is a song called 'Traffic in the Sky' by laid-back musician Jack Johnson that contains a lyric that has always stuck with me... read more>> | |  | The Small Enterprise Finance Agency (Sefa) has funded over 40,000 small and medium enterprises over the past year, says the organisation's Chief Executive, Thakhani Makhuva. read more>> | | | More Government news | |
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| | | rAge10 Oct 2014 to 12 Oct 2014 Johannesburg | |  The Cape's trendiest home, décor and lifestyle exhibition, the Cape Homemakers Expo, will be taking place in the Mother City. Read more >> | | |
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