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#BrandManagerMonth: Mokebe Thulo on marketing to millennials
[Jessica Taylor] Face-to-face engagement is the way to speak to our young people, says Mokebe Thulo, portfolio manager of HDI Youth Marketeers, who recently spoke on the Sunday Times Generation Next study at the Future-Ready Marketing Conference on Thursday, 10 March at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg... read


Green Sustainability
Green cleaning myths: probiotics, bacteria, enzymes and microbes

Clinton Smith

Ignorance, as they say, is bliss - except when it involves 'green' practices that are merely harming the environment in a different way, or having no effect at all. As the popularity of eco-friendly products continues to rise, manufactures and distributors are attempting to differentiate their products through the use of inaccurate statements, skewed facts and downright myths... read
Regulatory
Grocery inquiry to cover concerns of township SMEs

Linda Ensor

The grocery retail sector inquiry launched last year by the Competition Commission was very significant and could address issues of food prices and market access, the economic development minister said on Tuesday... read
Retail Marketing
Demo Plinth displays - simple, yet sophisticated

Issued by Rocket Creative

Display solutions need not be ultracomplex nor expensive to deliver the necessary functionality and aesthetics required by brands to promote within retail... read
Retailers
Choppy mining waters stymie Choppies

Fifi Peters

Botswana-based retailer Choppies has missed targets to break even in SA this year due to the rapid deterioration in consumer spend in the country's mining areas, where most of its stores are located... read
Sales
HomeChoice's digital sales up 30%

Fifi Peters

Middle-class working women pressed for time were increasingly browsing through digital aisles to do their shopping, results from online retailer HomeChoice showed on Tuesday... read
International
Amazon seeks patent for buying items with a look
SAN FRANCISCO - Online retail colossus Amazon is seeking a US patent on using selfies - instead of passwords - for shopping when using smartphones... read
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Business
Top tips from corporate experts: how to innovate

Juliet Prowse

Innovative companies manage to anticipate trends and meet future market demand while at the same time responding to current market drivers... read
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New events to diarise
Product recall crisis management
The Reputation Go-to Guy - 12 Apr 2016, Johannesburg


Selling skills
BDCE Pty Ltd - 12 Apr 2016, Pretoria | 25 Apr 2016, Durban | 25 Apr 2016, Bloemfontein


Short course in fleet management
Enterprises at University of Pretoria - 13 Apr 2016 to 15 Apr 2016, Pretoria


Financial Mail AdForum - Retail Advertising in a Spin
Times Media Events - 15 Apr 2016, Johannesburg


Africa strategic sourcing and sustainability in procurement and supply chain management
Global Invest Group - 20 Apr 2016 to 21 Apr 2016, Johannesburg


FMCG Insights and Conference in association with Sowetan
Times Media Events - 10 May 2016, Johannesburg


Brandlove customer experience foundation course
Brandlove - 26 May 2016 to 27 May 2016, Cape Town | 21 Jul 2016 to 22 Jul 2016, Johannesburg


Brandlove customer journey design course
Brandlove - 16 Jun 2016 to 17 Jun 2016, Cape Town | 7 Jul 2016 to 8 Jul 2016, Johannesburg


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


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


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