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For whom the tills toll... for fast foods

Research: Nearly 90% of local newspaper readers bought fast food in the past three months...

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Eskom the food spoiler

If Woolworths' cold chain is broken for eight consecutive minutes, the retailer considers the products waste and dumps them. For Pick n Pay the "down time" is seven minutes...

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More turn to formal banking services

Research: When choosing to open bank accounts, 41% of Media24 local titles readers say their newspaper influenced them...

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Cold Chain
Load shedding losses can be moderated with effective risk management planning
The recent bout of nationwide power outages has once again highlighted the need for South African business owners to not only reconsider South Africa's electricity supply, but also to safeguard their businesses financially... read more>>
Commercial Property
Baywest 40% over jobs targets
The R1.7-billion Baywest Mall in Port Elizabeth has exceeded job creation targets during its construction phase by more than 40%... read more>>
E-commerce
No chargebacks for merchants with i-Pay

Issued by i-Pay

Fraud has always been a major concern for online store owners, until now. The team behind i-Pay believes e-commerce sites should focus on what matters, like logistical issues and getting the best products at the best price... read more>>
Franchising
Liquor City offers business lifeline to independent liquor retailers
South Africa's largest independent liquor group is running an advertising campaign to attract potential franchisees, while actively seeking franchise enquiries from small-scale retailers... read more>>
Research
Wholesale trade sales down 2.4% y/y in October
Wholesale trade sales slipped 2.4% year on year (y/y) in October‚ Statistics SA data showed on Thursday, 11 December 2014... read more>>
Retail Marketing
[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 116: The future of public relations
On the last Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Kevin Welman, Managing Director of FleishmanHillard... read more>>
Retailers
Orange retail store set for 2015 launch
Following the success of the Orange Online Store, introduced to South Africa earlier this year, telecommunications services provider Orange will launch its first branded retail store in South Africa... read more>>
Shopfitting
Krost Shelving and Racking - heroes in the storage solutions industry

Issued by Krost Shelving and Racking

With Krost Shelving and Racking, you can grow your storage space without growing your budget through their racking, shelving, lockers and mezzanine flooring solutions... read more>>
International
Guardian newspaper editor to step down
LONDON, UK: The editor-in-chief of The Guardian newspaper, who led its expansion from a traditional British broadsheet to a digital-first international operation, said on Wednesday that he will step down next year... read more>>
EU quizzes Google rivals in stalled anti-trust case
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: The EU's new anti-trust regulators have asked Google's rivals for fresh information before taking forward a sensitive four-year probe into the US Internet giant's activities, competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Thursday... read more>>
Google News abandons Spain in paid content row
MADRID, SPAIN: Spain's government on Thursday defied Google's vow to shut down its Spanish online news service in protest at being made to pay for content, in its latest legal clash in Europe... read more>>
Sony says sorry to Obama, amid leaked emails storm
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Government
'Out of the box' thinking necessary to address SA problems
The South African government and the private sector should collaborate to address the country's problems and aim to find solutions that lend themselves to public-private partnerships... read more>>
Chamber of Mines expresses concern about electricity crisis
The Chamber of Mines has expressed its concern about the uncertainty of electricity supply to the country. read more>>
Daniel Matjila appointed CEO of PIC
More Government news
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