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Catterbox
#TRENDING: Best new products this year
[Louise Marsland] I think I've discovered my Best New Product of the Year for 2016 already: a cat collar that makes your cat 'talk' back... read


Brand News
Uber to launch payment experiment in SA this week
Uber to launch payment experiment in SA this week
Uber, the smartphone app that connects riders to drivers, is to launch a cash payment experiment in South Africa on Thursday, 26 May, 2016... read
Commercial Property
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Rebosis bolsters exposure to top retail assets through R6bn transaction

Alistair Anderson

Rebosis Property Fund, the JSE's first listed, black-managed real-estate investment trust (reit), on Monday, 23 May, announced a watershed R6bn transaction that will substantially increase the group's exposure to high-quality retail assets, and significantly bolster its scale and liquidity... read
CSI
Project Flamingo Golf Day
Project Flamingo Golf Day

Issued by The Clarion Group

Clarion Retail, as a supplier to Woolworths, was delighted to be involved in the recent Project Flamingo Golf Day held at Steenberg Golf Course to raise funds for breast cancer awareness... read
E-commerce
Top South African payment gateways support the launch of SID 2.0
Top South African payment gateways support the launch of SID 2.0

Issued by SID Instant EFT

Leading South African payment gateways have partnered with secure online payment service SID Instant EFT to release the new and improved SID 2.0 to e-commerce businesses across the country... read



FMCG
Feathers fly in chicken war
Feathers fly in chicken war

Katharine Child

Consumers could be paying more for meat as local farmers push for higher taxes on imported frozen chicken... read
Coca-Cola cuts output in Venezuela due to sugar shortage
Coca-Cola cuts output in Venezuela due to sugar shortage
The Coca-Cola Company said Monday that it was forced to cut back production of its popular sodas in Venezuela due to the shortage of sugar in the politically riven country. read
Manufacturing
Major Mauritian delegation to Source Africa
Major Mauritian delegation to Source Africa
More than 1,500 professional decision makers are expected to arrive at Cape Town's CTICC on 8 and 9 June, 2016, for Source Africa, which will feature more than 180 exhibitors interested in expanding their exports... read
Packaging
Is your on-pack communication authentic enough?
Is your on-pack communication authentic enough?

Issued by Pyrotec

In a retail landscape saturated with marketing messages, many consumers are tuning out communication that is impersonal and sales-focused in favour of brand voices that are open, honest and real... read
Retailers
Verimark FY profits dips as weaker rand weighs
Technology
Google piecing together a modular phone
Google piecing together a modular phone
Google showed off a modular Android-powered smartphone it said is on track to hit the market next year. Word that Project Ara was moving ahead, and not shelved as some had speculated... read
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#InTouch2016: Digital opportunity in the automotive arena

Lauren Hartzenberg

Michael Frans, head of business operations: automotive at T-Systems South Africa... read
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