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Online - embrace it, love it This past week has been all about e-commerce, with Bizcommunity's Leigh Andrews reporting from the eCommerce Africa conference. Check out the two crucial elements of mobile success, find out how digital disruption is really redefining retail, and engage with digitally literate shoppers. Also, Tracey Swart tells us to take advantage of the e-commerce boom, seeing as SACSC Omni-Channel Retailing study insists SA retailers must be online to be on sight this year. Valentine's Day is fast approaching, and with it falling on a Saturday, gives a great opportunity for experience gifting. However, if you are feeling at a bit of a loss over what to get your loved one this year, Takealot.com has offered a little help and listed its top 10 gift ideas. Finally, if you are in Cape Town this Thursday 12 February, join us at Cape Town's premier New York-style rooftop auditorium for The BizTrends Imbizo Event; selected contributors will present an overview of the 2015 trends from Bizcommunity's Definitive African Marketing and Media Trend Report. Click here to book. Shan Radcliffe, Group Head - Retail (@Biz_Retail)
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| | [Leigh Andrews] If a 'digitally literate shopper' sounds like a trend of the future, read this quickly as your business may already be behind the times... read more>>
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 | Leana Engelbrecht On 12 November 2014 and 12 December 2014, the Competition Tribunal approved two transactions relating to the attempts to raise capital for the struggling Ellerine group as part of the current business rescue process it is engaged in... read more>> | | |
 | Stephen Sandmann Being exposed to the sun's harmful rays is an everyday occurrence for your hotel waiters, who often serve and attend to guests by the hotel pool or on the beach... read more>> | | |
 | Many have experienced the inconveniences of sitting with an item that will never be used and are unaware that there are options to return or exchange items bought online. Superbalist.com has the solution... read more>> | | |
 | Banks, regulators, security experts and law enforcement authorities continue to explore various measures to protect businesses from fraudulent activities, which continue to multiply. However, there are tips that can assist businesses... read more>> | | |
 | Continued dry weather could lead to substantial increases in food prices over the next 12 months, the executive committee of Grain SA said in a statement. read more>> | | |  | LONDON, UK: WikiLeaks launched a website on Friday to condemn the costs to Britain of policing the group's founder Julian Assange... read more>> | |  | European digital marketing research firm Best Marketing International monitors almost 300 digital award competitions worldwide... read more>> | |  | CANNES, FRANCE: Lions Health, the global Festival celebrating creativity in healthcare, has announced the line-up of the 2015 juries. South African Andrew MacKenzie, ECD of Boomtown Strategic Brand Agency is one of the Health & Wellness Jury... read more>> | | | More International | |
|  | Orange and Ecobank launch money transfer service between Orange Money accounts and bank accounts in Africa... read more>> | | | More Africa | |
|  | The risk of load-shedding this week remains high, says Eskom... read more>> | |  | Edzai Conilias Zvobwo Mathematics' contribution to the country's innovation process has been overrated as it is only a part of the process... read more>> | |  | Umalusi has approved the release of the Benchmark Assessment Agency 2014 GETC AET Level 4 results... read more>> | |  | The New York Forum AFRICA (NYFA), will now take place on 29-31 August in Libreville, Gabon under the patronage of Ali Bongo Ondimba, president of the Gabonese Republic... read more>> | |  | The DA claims Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has signed a secretive SABC Memorandum of Incorporation (MoI) that strips the SABC Board of its statutory powers... read more>> | | | More Government news | |
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