Retail South Africa daily newsletter - 28 Jul 2016

28 Jul 2016

Today's top stories


	Speaking Greek with MasterChef Australia's George Calombaris [Jessica Tennant] MasterChef Australia co-judge, chef and restaurateur George Calombaris is back in South Africa for the Johannesburg Good Food & Wine Show... read

Agriculture

Tru-Cape's successful harvest tempered by currency volatility

Despite challenges in terms of fruit size and quality, Tru-Cape says with all apple and pear trees picked, it has been a busy and successful harvest... read

Banking & Finance

Dischem gets RAC nod for likely listing

Marc Hasenfuss

Investment firm RECM and Calibre (RAC) - headed by investment personalities Piet Viljoen, Jan van Niekerk and Theuns de Bruyn - has made rosy returns on its holding in healthcare retailer Dischem, which is reportedly being prepped for a JSE listing... read

CRM

CEM Summit leads the way for the African customer experience industry

Issued by Kinetic Events

Since inception, the first of its kind Customer Experience Management Summit has more than doubled in size and is now the largest CEM conference in Africa... read

Fashion, Clothing & Textiles

Bigger Rextru stake eludes Golding and Roberts

Marc Hasenfuss

Empowerment pioneer Marcel Golding and well-heeled investor Hugh Roberts have failed to sew up a significantly bigger stake in fashion retailer Rex Trueform (RexTru)... read

FMCG

Krone launches Night Nectar Demi-Sec Rosé

Krone launches Night Nectar Demi-Sec Rosé, a bottle-fermented and lees-matured sparkling wine, blending traditional Champagne varieties of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir... read

Retailers

Makro store in Midrand, Johannesburg.
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Massmart lease hearing unnecessary, retailers inform Competition Tribunal

Colleen Goko

Massmart's planned hearing at the Competition Tribunal began with a hitch on Tuesday, after the parties it sought to bring action against asked the tribunal not to listen to the matter... read

International

Big electronics makers to merge in $15bn deal

Electronic component maker Analog Devices announced a deal on Tuesday to buy rival Linear Technology for $15 billion... read

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Business

How soon will conference venues follow travel agencies?

Peter Carruthers

I earn my living from talking to people. Between 1995 and 2007 I booked 500 small events at hotels and conference venues in SA, each three hours long with 50 seats... read

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New events to diarise

Cavendish Square Winter Sale
Cavendish Square - 28 Jul 2016 to 30 Jul 2016, Cape Town

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

Professional sales
The Peer Training Group - 11 Aug 2016, Cape Town

Cashless Payment Summit
Vukani Communications - 18 Aug 2016 to 19 Aug 2016, Johannesburg

Advanced programme in event management
Enterprises University of Pretoria - 25 Aug 2016 to 11 Nov 2016, Pretoria

GIBS Employee engagement for better performance
GIBS - 30 Aug 2016, Johannesburg

Key Steps to Assertive Communication and Conflict Management
Key Steps Corporate Training - 1 Sep 2016 to 2 Sep 2016, Johannesburg

Cape HOMEMAKERS Expo 2016
Cape Homemakers Expo - 15 Sep 2016 to 18 Sep 2016, Cape Town

Fundamentals of customer service
Sobethu (Pty) LTD - 19 Sep 2016 to 20 Sep 2016, Johannesburg

Handling conflict in the workplace
Sobethu (Pty) LTD - 13 Oct 2016 to 14 Oct 2016, Johannesburg

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