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Brait plans to offload Consol and Primedia
[Phakamisa Ndzamela] JSE-listed investment firm Brait is looking to sell its interests in glass maker Consol and media group Primedia, marking the end of the private equity portfolio that held the assets... read



Design Month
#DesignMonth: Three key retail design directions for SA in 2016

Brandon Williams

To stay relevant, retailers should reinvent their brick-and-mortar locations brand identity every three to five years... read
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Banking & Finance
PayGate enters into partnership with TransAfrica
Payment service provider PayGate has entered into a partnership with Trans Africa Solutions, an African secure payment solutions company whose patented Smart Code product, SCode, allows barcoded invoices to be settled in cash at retailers and Post Offices throughout South Africa... read
CSI
Prof Elain Vlok on Clover's self-sustaining CSI model

Jessica Taylor

The annual Clover Mama Afrika Smarties Week, Clover's flagship CSI programme, took place in Johannesburg last week, from Sunday, 31 January to Friday, 5 February, including an awards evening for rewarding the mamas' previous years' work and commitment to their respective communities... read
Research
South Africans hoard up to R35,000 of unused goods in their homes, survey finds
Virtually all South Africans have items in their homes they aren't actively using - 99% of us, in fact, according to a survey done by Gumtree South Africa. The informal study asked respondents about the items that end up unused in their homes, including small appliances, sporting goods, baby and children's items and furniture... read
Number of loyalty cards linked to mobile doubles, study finds
More than three billion loyalty cards will operate as mobile only, or be integrated into mobile apps by 2020, up from 1.4 billion last year according to a new study from Juniper Research... read
Supply Chain
Brands Africa chooses Cquential
Brands Africa has chosen Cquential's warehouse management solution to run its extensive warehouse facility... read
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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


Course in customer experience management
Enterprises University of Pretoria - 8 Mar 2016 to 11 Mar 2016, Kyalami, Johannesburg


Brandlove customer experience foundation course
Brandlove - 10 Mar 2016 to 11 Mar 2016, Sandton | 26 May 2016 to 27 May 2016, Cape Town


Loyalty and Rewards Conference 2016
Trade Conferences International - 16 Mar 2016 to 17 Mar 2016, Johannesburg


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


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


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


Brandlove customer journey design course
Brandlove - 16 Jun 2016 to 17 Jun 2016, Cape Town | 21 Jul 2016 to 22 Jul 2016, Sandton


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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