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Customer loyalty on the cards and up for grabs

In an era when competition among businesses for a share of consumer spending has never been fiercer, the battle for customer loyalty has taken on a new urgency...

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South African customers are the online oddity

Chad Fichardt

South African companies understand the principles required for digital profit mastery; however, we have to work out how to use the masses of data collected in a meaningful way...

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Local textile industry gets new player

Mace Promotions, an international supplier of promotional merchandise, focuses on job creation and growing the local textile industry through collaborative partnerships within Ekurhuleni...

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CRM
Survey finds medical is there but not the aid
South African consumers feel that there expectations are not met by current medical aid schemes. This is according to the latest South African Customer Satisfaction Index... read more>>
E-commerce
Future Digital Awards for Mobile Commerce - entries now open
Every year, Juniper Research in the UK, recognises the most innovative and dynamic players across the mobile commerce sector... read more>>
Exhibitions & Events
Launch of Fairlady Women of the Future search
Fairlady magazine launched its first Women of the Future Awards, looking for South African female entrepreneurs who are set to be the women of the future in business. Entries close on 15 June 2015... read more>>
Health & Safety
Rentokil South Africa launches a new pest control website

Issued by Rentokil Initial

To provide both customers and casual website visitors alike with expert information and ensure they get the best possible experience online, Rentokil South Africa has launched an entirely new-look pest control website to the public... read more>>
Retail Marketing
[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 130: This is Me, EFC Africa and Zwipit
On the last Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Cairo Howarth, Keiren Jacobson, Mark Chirnside and Felix Martins... read more>>
Retailers
Botswana's Choppies to list on JSE

Sikonathi Mantshantsha

The JSE will get another African boost when Botswana grocery retailer Choppies Enterprises lists on the main board at the end of this month... read more>>
Business
She Leads Africa launches 2015 Entrepreneur Showcase
LAGOS, NIGERIA: She Leads Africa has announced the launch of its second annual Entrepreneur Showcase for the most talented female entrepreneurs across Africa... read more>>
Government news
SAA's unfair competitive advantage

Tralone Khoza

The plot between Comair and SAA thickens as Comair takes the legal battle against the government's bailouts of SAA to court... read more>>
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