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Trends that will disrupt customer service in 2016
According to Interactive Intelligence there are five trends that will disrupt customer service in 2016. A massive 89% of companies plan to compete... read


Banking & Finance
Ellies sees 92.2% improvement in H1 headline loss per share
Brand News
Tops at Spar rebrands
The liquor outlet of Spar, Tops at Spar, has rebranded its logo to align with other brands in the Spar group mother brands, Superspar, Spar and Kwikspar... read
E-commerce
SA Florist goes for the 'WoW' factor
Delivering a world-class customer experience is the key ingredient to becoming a leader in e-commerce. This is especially the case in smaller economies like South Africa where customers are more valuable and need to be treated with great care, according to SA Florist founder Nicholas Wallander... read
FMCG
Fairtrade sweetens SA sugar industry
South Africa's first Fairtrade certified crop of cane sugar became available in December 2015. Fairtrade is not a charity or an aid system, but rather an innovative business model... read
Logistics
Volume of goods transported in November down 1.5%
Packaging
Serving seniors

Issued by Pyrotec

While many packaging design briefs are often targeted at the discretionary income of millennials, the senior demographic should not be forgotten or overlooked - if they can't open it or read it, they won't buy it... read
Retailers
Airport traps are gold mines for owners

Zeenat Moorad

There exists a slice of retail heaven between passport control and the boarding gate: travellers are the perfect captive audience for duty-free stores with their jumbo Toblerone chocolate bars and mega-sized bottles of spirits... read
Edcon staff fail in court bid to be reinstated

Ernest Mabuza

Thousands of workers retrenched by the Edcon group in 2013 and 2014 have had their hopes of reinstatement dashed by the Constitutional Court... read
Sales
Lewis revenue affected by new affordability assessment regulations
Income from food and beverage up 6% y/y in November
Technology
Miele introduces new coffee makers to SA market
Miele has announced that it has brought two new counter-top coffee makers to South Africa. The brand new CM7 models are able to prepare up to 20 different beverages, including various types of tea. The top-of-the-line model, the CM7500, even descales automatically... read
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New events to diarise
Sales and negotiation
Profit Re-Engineering - 17 Feb 2016 to 18 Feb 2016, Johannesburg | 22 Feb 2016 to 23 Feb 2016, Durban | 25 Feb 2016 to 26 Feb 2016, Cape Town


Brandlove customer experience foundation course
Brandlove - 25 Feb 2016 to 26 Feb 2016, Sandton | 26 May 2016 to 27 May 2016, Cape Town


Mobile Loyalty Programmes Summit
Mogorosi Communications Consultancy - 25 Feb 2016 to 26 Feb 2016, Johannesburg


GIBS corporate renewal/business turnaround
GIBS - 8 Mar 2016 to 9 Mar 2016, Johannesburg


Brandlove customer journey design course
Brandlove - 10 Mar 2016 to 11 Mar 2016, Sandton | 16 Jun 2016 to 17 Jun 2016, Cape Town


Short course in customer experience practice
Enterprises University of Pretoria - 16 Mar 2016 to 18 Mar 2016, Pretoria


Retail Fraud - Cape Town
Retail Knowledge - 17 Mar 2016, Cape Town


Advanced programme in supply chain management
Enterprises at University of Pretoria - 30 May 2016 to 30 Sep 2016, Pretoria


African Stomach Trade Industry Conference 2016
Ntsiki Business and IT International (Paty) Ltd. - 5 Aug 2016, Cape Town


Commercial Equipment Africa Exhibition 2016
Guangdong Grandeur International Exhibition Group - 5 Aug 2016 to 7 Aug 2016, Johannesburg


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Summer Sidewalk Sale
Killarney Mall - 29 Jan 2016 to 7 Feb 2016, Johannesburg


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