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Nigeria's ambitions of luxury

Nigeria, where most of the people live on less than US$2 a day, is the fastest growing markets in the world for French champagne and digital TVs and could be the next big growth frontier for luxury goods...

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Attention retention, do shopping centres still have it?

November through to February means increased time in the malls either for shopping, entertainment or simply catching up with friends and family over a meal or coffee for many consumers...

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Silly season social marketing insights

Kirsty Sharman

It's obvious that the brick and mortar world is racing away on the festive season bandwagon already, but what are the trends in online marketing around the silly season?...

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Brand News
Introducing the much anticipated Garmin Forerunner 920XT

Issued by Garmin

Garmin Southern Africa has announced the Forerunner 920XT, a multisport GPS watch that can record detailed metrics for swimming, biking and running... read more>>
FMCG
Quinine cordial released for trade market
Hendrick's Gin has releases a new quinine cordial for bartenders. Combining lavender and orange distillates with extracts of orange blossom, wormwood and holy thistle, Quinetum's core ingredient of cinchona succirubra bark is balanced for a more rounded and workable liquid... read more>>
Merchandising
Edgars moving in the right direction for 1D fans
In addition to being an official One Direction (1D) World partner, Edgars is launching the 'Edgars 1D World', the ultimate fan experience leading up to the local leg of the One Direction tour in early 2015... read more>>
Regulatory
Conversely speaking...

Waldo Steyn

Converse, the Nike-owned footwear manufacturer, has recently sued 31 different retailers for trade mark infringement. In each case, Converse alleges that the retailer is selling footwear that infringes trade mark registrations that it has for the appearance of its famous Chuck Taylor shoes.... read more>>
Retailers
Uproar over Israel dominates Woolies AGM
The traditionally staid Woolworths AGM on Wednesday at some points resembled the chaotic scenes that unfolded in Parliament recently, as activists against trade with Israel tried to hammer home their viewpoint... read more>>
International
Microsoft says it pays Chinese taxes after cryptic media report
BEIJING, CHINA: Software giant Microsoft said Wednesday that it pays Chinese taxes "consistent" with a China-US bilateral agreement, following a cryptic media report that a foreign company with similarities to it agreed to settle a multi-million dollar bill for back taxes... read more>>
Wanted: Paintball test dummy
LONDON, UK: WANTED: Paintball tester to stand in the line of fire: salary R689,000... read more>>
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Government
PetroSA boss fired
The board of the Central Energy Fund (CEF) yesterday rescinded the appointment of Tshepo Kgadima as chairman of state oil company PetroSA... read more>>
SME's have strong advice for the new minister of Small Business Development
South Africa's SMEs are ready to be called to action in support of growth and job creation - but they say they need a more enabling environment from government... read more>>
SA prepares to mark anniversary of Madiba's passing
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has called on all sectors of society to use the first anniversary of the passing of former President Nelson Mandela to keep his memory alive and to promote social cohesion... read more>>
State wastes, misspends R62bn
Irregular spending of public money by national and provincial government departments climbed from R27bn in the year to March 2013 to more than R62bn in the year to March... read more>>
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