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Would you tuck your customers into bed one night?

Aki Kalliatakis

With Valentine's Day coming up and thoughts of love in the air, it strikes me that it's a good time for us to prove how much we love our customers...

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Engaging with connected consumers - Part 2

Danette Breitenbach

It took 14 years to sell 40 million laptops, but only four years to sell 40 million tablets...

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The packaging problem

Chemory Gunko

It's pretty difficult to read my pieces and not notice that I'm an activist at heart... I was born a rebel without a cause actually, and have simply found causes to champion along the way...

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Retail Trends
Sears Holdings Corporation has confirmed their speaking slot at Retail World Africa 2015!

Issued by Retail World

Ankur Gupta, Senior Director Data at Sears Holdings Corporation, is the genius behind the success of loyal and returning Sears customers through innovations in personalising the customer journey by using Big Data... read more>>
Retail
SME development critical to state of the nation
As the country prepares to hear President Zuma's State of the Nation address today, 12 February 2015, key questions remain around the country's progress in sustainably developing the SME sector... read more>>
Health & Safety
The experts at Rentokil share their advice for a pest-free Valentine's Day

Issued by Rentokil Initial

According to Mario Pluke, Technical Manager at Rentokil, there are numerous things we do on a daily basis that show pests just how much we want them in our homes and lives... read more>>
Retail Marketing
Lay's launches World Cup Cricket campaign
Lay's launched its 'You've Gotta Love Cricket' campaign in January 2015 specifically to highlight that it is as an official partner of the 2015 International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup... read more>>
Retail Services
M4JAM extends its offerings
M4JAM (Money for Jam), which provides brands, businesses and NGOs with unbiased, real-time data insights from customers across South Africa, has added a new 'Earn' button that makes it easier for brands to engage and jobbers to complete jobs... read more>>
Retailers
David Jones buoys Woolworths' interim sales

Colleen Goko

High-end retailer Woolworths (WHL) saw its interim group sales soar by more than 55% to R30.3bn as sales figures from its recent Australian acquisition David Jones were included for the first time... read more>>
Sales
Four common marketing mistakes SMEs make

Sophie Baker

You could be inadvertently setting yourself up to fail with your newly-developed marketing plan... read more>>
International
Amina Al Rustamani is Advertising Person of the Year at Dubai Lynx
DUBAI, UAE: Dr Amina Al Rustamani, Group CEO of Tecom Investments, will be recognised as the Dubai Lynx Advertising Person of the Year. She is widely recognised as one of the Arab world's most influential business people... read more>>
Vietnam forces anti-graft news website offline
HANOI, VIETNAM: The website of an outspoken Vietnamese newspaper has had its licence revoked after publishing articles that 'abuse freedom and democratic rights', authorities said this week.... read more>>
Change of internet regulator must happen before US 2016 polls
SINGAPORE: Plans to transfer control of Internet overseer ICANN from US hands to a globally representative body could be jeopardised... read more>>
Newsweek Twitter feed hijacked by pro-IS hacker
WASHINGTON, US: Newsweek's Twitter feed was briefly hijacked on Tuesday by hackers who displayed messages supporting the Islamic State group... read more>>
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Africa
DR Congo's small firms bear the brunt of mobile services block
KINSHASA, DRC: Sales are down and business is slow - small entrepreneurs in the Democratic Republic of Congo are bearing the brunt of an official clampdown on mobile Internet services and text messages... read more>>
More Africa
Government news
SABC board vacancy: Wanted: independent, suitably qualified candidates
The Portfolio Committee on Communications will soon be interviewing nominees to fill a number of board positions for the SABC, MDDA and ICASA Council... read more>>
Road closures ahead of SONA
There will be road closures and parking restrictions in areas surrounding Parliament for today's State of the Nation Address (SONA), Lt Gen Solomon Makgale, said yesterday... read more>>
Government launches high-tech mobile app
More Government news
Travel news
Lufthansa to fly to Panama for the first time
Lufthansa is further expanding its route network to South America. From 16 November 2015, the airline will offer year-round flights to Panama City for the first time, subject to government approval... read more>>
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Jobs offered


New events to diarise
Fleet management course
TransAuto Academy - 16 Feb 2015 to 19 Feb 2015, Cresta Randburg

Africa Energy Indaba 2015
Siyenza - 16 Feb 2015 to 20 Feb 2015, Johannesburg

Working World Exhibition
Inkanyezi Event Organisers - 4 Mar 2015 to 6 Mar 2015, Port Elizabeth

Retail World Africa 2015
Terrapinn Ltd - 10 Mar 2015 to 11 Mar 2015, Johannesburg

FFF: Non-renewable resources in Southern Africa
RCA Conference Organisers - 12 Mar 2015, Johannesburg

5th Annual EnviroMining Conference
Intelligence Transfer Centre - 18 Mar 2015 to 19 Mar 2015, Gauteng

Fossil Fuel Foundation: Electricity Conference
RCA Conference Organisers - 25 Mar 2015, Johannesburg

TITIIC 2015
Scatterlings Conference & Events - 20 May 2015 to 22 May 2015, Pretoria

Africa's Big Seven
Exhibition Management Services (Pty) Ltd - 21 Jun 2015 to 23 Jun 2015, Midrand

The East Rand Wedding Show
East Rand Wedding Show - 25 Jul 2015 to 26 Jul 2015, Johannesburg

Upcoming events
Taylor Smash Party
Rothoma Deejays - 14 Feb 2015 to 15 Feb 2015, Soweto

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