RETAIL Taking entrepreneurship up a notch[Gareth Pearson] World Entrepreneurship Day takes place tomorrow, 21 August 2014, and is a time for South Africans to review how we facilitate, nurture and encourage entrepreneurship. | |
HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT [BizCareers] Interview woes - what to do before and after[Juliette Attwell] In this week's column, we look at what can you do to really nail that interview and what to do afterwards... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Rocket Creative Design & Display - The Creative Executioner - Rocket Creative Design & DisplayRecent products by the Rocket Creative crew | |
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Blood flows in The Purge: Anarchy[Daniel Dercksen] Crime gets a violent make-over in The Purge: Anarchy. In 2013, the country responded to the provocative concept that on one night every year, any and all crime is made legal. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Why you need credibility to be successful[James Hurford] Your ideas are accepted as believable only to the degree that you are credible. If you have credibility, people will place their trust in you... | |
RETAIL It's time to wine[Jason (Frich) Frichol] One of my greatest frustrations is shopping for wine. I, like most winers, have my favourites but I'm also a variety seeker. And in a self-service environment, I can go to a number of stores/channels in close proximity that stock my favourites. But as a variety-seeking wine shopper, no one store is speaking to me. | |
RETAIL Unilever sells ice cream to Eskimos[Jason (Frich) Frichol] Recently I stumbled upon one of the best ideas I've seen in store this year that drives a new consumption occasion... Magnum ice cream hot chocolate. But as exciting as this new idea is, I need to question why the execution fell short? | |
PROPERTY & REAL ESTATE New bill to fast-track property registration welcomed[Mark Brickles] The news that an electronic deeds registration bill will be introduced to decrease turnaround time and the registration of property is fantastic news. | |
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Sin City: A Dame To Kill For[Daniel Dercksen] Co- directors Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez reunite to bring Miller's visually stunning Sin City graphic novels back to the screen in 3D in Sin City: A Dame To Kill For. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Social media optimisation - what you need to know[Stephen Sandmann] South Africa's top brands invest heavily in social media. Research conducted by Fuseware and World Wide Worx this year revealed... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Retailers! One size does not fit all[Mike Saunders] We live in the age of individuality. No longer is it popular to be following the norm, and looking like everyone else. Consumers want to stand out and have their... | |
TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY [10 Things I Love About...] Stellenbosch[Brian Berkman] Following a knockout stay at the historic and charming Coopmanshuijs Hotel in the heart of Stellenbosch, Contributing Editor Brian Berkman asked vivacious general manager Ilzebet Oosthuizen for her 10 Things She Loves About Stellenbosch... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA There's no such thing as a strategic plan[Sid Peimer] So what's your marketing plan, or for that matter, what's your marketing strategy? | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Honing PR skills in the construction industry[James White] The marketing of the construction industry varies from other industries in major ways. Where some companies can focus exclusively on inbound marketing... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA SA must put pressure on Swaziland to open society[Anton Harber] I think SA should recall its ambassador to Swaziland and threaten to close our borders with the country. I am not joking... | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Millennials are moving the market[Louise Burgers] Is it fair to say that marketers and brands don't understand the youth market and need to work a lot harder to collaborate on the right content? Or... | |
LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT Thrilling Rover[Daniel Dercksen] If there's one ending that will hit you like a ton of bricks, it's that of the first-rate Australian thriller The Rover. This is storytelling at its best, taking you on a disturbing journey into the Australian Outback, 10 years after a great Western economic collapse, and delivering an ending that poignantly reflects on the human condition today and is as relevant and universal as ever. | |
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS How to tie in EBay to your e-commerce strategySource: Magento Commerce | |
MARKETING & MEDIA There's no such thing as a 10-page website[Chemory Gunko] Come to think of it, there's no such thing as a 1-page website... or for that matter a R1000 website either. I do marketing for a living and the... | |
TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY A guest house fit for a Sir[Evan-Lee Courie] Approximately 20km from Cape Town City Centre, you'll find The Sir David, a four-star Boutique Guest House, just metres away from the Small Bay Beach in Bloubergstrand. |