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Special tech start-up secrets: social media and gamification FTW!
[Leigh Andrews] Looking for an example of something game changing for the realm of e-commerce in Africa? Look no further than the i-Pay Payment Solution, an innovative tech business. CEO Thomas Pays talks us through the importance of self-belief and slight insanity when launching any business... read more>>

Folding box board is changed forever

Dries Badenhorst

Sappi Speciality Papers have announced the introduction of 'Atelier', a new concept in folding box board (FBB) that broadens Sappi's offering in both width and depth of virgin-coated fibre boards for the packaging market...

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ARDI finds promising new markets for global retailers

AT Kearney's 2015 African Retail Development Index (ARDI) reconfirms the potential of many nations throughout Africa. Not just oft-discussed markets like Nigeria and Ghana, but also small, dynamic markets such as...

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K-Way wins Productivity SA award

K-Way has won the Corporate Sector category for the Western Cape at Productivity SA's recent regional awards in Cape Town and will go through to the national awards next month...

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Latest consumer confidence index reveals South Africans' fixation with their finances
[Issued by Nielsen]

Overall, South African confidence is more pessimistic than its sub-Saharan African counterparts although Nielsen SA MD Craig Henry points out that consumer confidence does not correlate to ability to spend or affluence, in fact more the inverse...

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FMCG
Avondale wins international awards
Avondale, one of South Africa's organic and biodynamic wine farms, has won three top awards at the second Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships... read more>>
Franchising
KFC opens 800th SA restaurant
KFC has opened its 800th restaurant in Musina, Limpopo, and now has more than one-third of market share in the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) category in South Africa... read more>>
Packaging
Get your brand noticed with Do-It Hang Tabs and Display Strips from Pyrotec PackMedia

Issued by Pyrotec

Combining the following four tips with the use of Do-It's Hang Tabs and Display Strips from Pyrotec PackMedia will assist you in giving your brand the best possible chance of attracting the attention of your customers... read more>>
Retailers
Highs, lows for retail, gloom for shoppers

Zeenat Moorad

Despite mediocre earnings growth, valuations of local retail counters remain high as foreign buyers snap up shares in their pursuit of attractive yields... read more>>
International
Tesco sells South Korean unit for more than 4bn
LONDON - Troubled British retailer Tesco agreed Monday to sell South Korean unit Homeplus to a consortium led by private equity firm MBK Partners for more than £4.0 billion (5.5 billion euros, $6 billion)... read more>>
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