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Octodec urged to dispose of Killarney Mall
[Alistair Anderson] Now may be the time for central business district (CBD)-focused Octodec Investments to sell Killarney Mall, an asset that remains a dud in its R12.3bn property portfolio... read
Commercial Property
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R950m mall to open in Springs on 16 March 2017
Springs Mall, a R950m joint venture investment by Blue Crane Eco Mall, Flanagan & Gerard Property Development & Investment, REIT Vukile Property Fund and Murinda Investments, will open on 16 March 2017... read
CSI
Woolworths marks its 85th anniversary with educational bursaries
Woolworths marks its 85th anniversary with educational bursaries
To celebrate 85 years of quality, Woolworths is giving back R1m to education. It is partnering with the MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet fundraising programme to provide 50 educational bursaries of R20,000 each... read
FMCG
#FreshOnTheShelf: McCain now offers sweet potato fries
#FreshOnTheShelf: McCain now offers sweet potato fries
McCain has launched its Sweet Potato Fries, considered a carbohydrate that tastes good and has health benefits... read
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MoU signed to ensure market access for fruit between SA, China
Willem Bestbier, the vice chairperson of Fruit SA and vice chairperson of the CIQA, Wang Xin signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening collaboration... read
Regulatory
Appointment of POPI Information Regulator could mean earlier implementation
Appointment of POPI Information Regulator could mean earlier implementation

Wynand Smit

The appointment of an Information Regulator on 26 Oct means that the Protection of Personal Information Act is coming into effect sooner rather than later. Wynand Smit notes that this will have a tremendous impact on the way companies do business in 2017, with regards to how they obtain, store and dispose of customer information... read
Research
'Housebrands' no longer the poorer cousin of retail attracting R38bn in spend
'Housebrands' no longer the poorer cousin of retail attracting R38bn in spend

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A new Nielsen State of Private Label in South Africa report reveals that in-house retail brands now account for R38.4bn of consumer spend at hypermarket/supermarket tills or R10 out of every R50 spent... read
Retailers
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Truworths' share price tumbles

Robert Laing

Truworths' share price tumbled 7% to R66.21 on Thursday morning after it said sales in its first 18 trading weeks declined by 1% to R4.4bn, excluding its acquisition of UK shoe chain Office... read
Technology
New Montagu Dried Fruit and Nuts fryer delivers a better roast
New Montagu Dried Fruit and Nuts fryer delivers a better roast
Montagu Dried Fruit and Nuts has installed a new, state-of-the-art frying system with top-of-the-range roasting and salting functionality... read
Business
South Africa: the best and the worst in Paris targets
South Africa: the best and the worst in Paris targets
The PwC Low Carbon Economy Index tracks the progress G20 countries have made to meet their carbon budgets and decarbonise their economies since 2000... read
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