This weekend's Good Food & Wine Show brought together some of the country's most-loved chefs, as well as Australia's George Calombaris and Matt Moran, where I had the opportunity to speak Greek with Calombaris on his new cookbook.

Following last week's Instagram post by The Kiffness addressed to Woolworths, suggesting that the retailer should be ashamed of itself for having skinny display mannequins, the retailer responded by saying that it's committed to take their concern into consideration when they next order mannequins, and claiming that the bodies are built to universal specifications.

And with everyone talking about Pokémon Go, Leigh Andrews explains how the phenomenon could benefit your business from an O2O (online-to-offline) perspective.

As #MandelaMonth drew to a close, I interviewed Sphiwe Reggie Skhosana on Africa's first Ronald McDonald House to open at the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital in Parktown later this year.

This month we're focusing on women in business, as featured in our #WomensMonth special section. Next up: the beloved Kate Schrire of The Creamery Ice Cream Company...

Jessica Tennant, Retail Editor (@Biz_Retail)
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