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#DesignMonth: Fashion forward with Leah Misika
[Beverley Klein] Leah Misika is the founder and managing director of La Mode Fashion. She's a design creative whose love for fashion and background in retail management makes for a well-balanced integration of disciplines... read


SA's Traditional Trade sector thriving with R46bn in annual sales
[Issued by Nielsen]

Sales through South Africa's 134,000 Traditional Trade outlets currently amount to R46bn per annum, which equates to one of every five rands spent and one third of all consumer goods packages sold in South Africa... Read

How innovative companies should capitalise B2B e-commerce

Charlie Stewart

E-commerce in South Africa - while still just a slice of the overall retail pie - is growing as much as 35% per year. However, of this, the lion's share still operates in the B2C space, suggesting that B2B companies - those that use the web to sell goods and services to other businesses - have yet to cotton-on to its very lucrative potential... Read

Relying on imports to feed the nation

Sindy Peters

The World Meteorological Organisation has referred to the ongoing El NiƱo as the strongest experienced in 15 years. Responsible for heavy rains in South America and forest fires in Indonesia, it has resulted in far below-average rainfall, and very high temperatures in Southern Africa adversely affecting agriculture in the region... Read

Banking & Finance
Gold Brands Investments and Circle Food Group in R100 million deal
Gold Brands Investments has announced that it has concluded a R100 million deal with the Circle Food Group, prior to its listing on the JSE AltX... read
E-commerce
Africa set for GDP growth of 4.5 trillion by 2025
Urbanisation, mobility, infrastructure, natural resources, telecommunications investments and inter-regional trade are just a few of the untapped opportunities making Africa the last growth frontier... read
eCommerce Africa Confex returns in February to Cape Town
The second eCommerce Africa Confex takes place 17 - 18 February 2016 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. With eCommerce forecasted to grow by 40% annually... read
RSC partners RunwaySale in e-commerce venture
Most consumers are aspirational and, despite budget constraints, want to own high-end, premium brands. Having recognised this, as well as the growth in online retail shopping, the RSC Group recently partnered RunwaySale to allow its over a 500,000 RSC cardholders to shop online for the first time... read
Debunking common myths and misconceptions of online shopping
So, you're ready to take the plunge and try online fashion shopping, but you're still a little wary of parting with your credit card details and unsure whether you'll love your purchase without physically getting to touch and feel it? read
Manufacturing
The number of smart machines in manufacturing will double in the next three years

Antony Bourne

The use of smart machines in manufacturing is growing rapidly; by 2018, 50% of the fastest growing companies in the world will have fewer employees than smart machines, according to Gartner... read
Regulatory
Simba roars and 'copycat' comes up with crumbs
A small local potato crisp manufacturer has to change its logo and packaging after Simba Chips accused it of being a copycat... read
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New events to diarise
Made in the Cape
Cavendish Square - 5 Feb 2016 to 7 Feb 2016, Cape Town


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


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


Hands-on supply chain management
Enterprises at University of Pretoria - 29 Feb 2016 to 4 Mar 2016, Pretoria


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


Executive programme in supply chain management
Enterprises at University of Pretoria - 11 Apr 2016 to 3 Nov 2016, Pretoria


Mastering sales and marketing in the age of new social media
NES Consulting - 20 Apr 2016 to 22 Apr 2016, Johannesburg | 25 May 2016 to 27 May 2016, Cape Town


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


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South Africa Forex Expo
Savannah Services - 5 Feb 2016 to 6 Feb 2016, Johannesburg


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