 | MARKETING & MEDIA  [Elodie Burls] Spare a thought for modern marketers, their job has never been more difficult...
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 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Daniel Dercksen] The life of a beloved priest is ravaged in the masterful Calvary. If there's one opening of a film you will never forget it's a mysterious man's confession to a notoriously good-hearted local priest, Father James, telling him that he should settle all his affairs as the confessor plans to murder him on Sunday, setting off a tense pre-murder mystery. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Sid Peimer] Andrew Pole loved data, and while some of his research was questionable, the research he did for a major UK retailer to work out which customers were pregnant had a surprise result... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Nick Durrant] It would seem that Feng Shui is not only limited to interior design and Chinese culture, but its design principles are now being considered for improving the user's experience (UX) on online platforms... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Dylan Balkind] A deep sadness fills me as I write this Dear Jonathan to the advertising industry, announcing my withdrawal as host of the Loerie Awards 2014 in Cape Town... (video) |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Zimaseka Njomi] I found myself somewhat puzzled by a question posed to me by a young graduate recently. She sent me an e-mail, and told me she admires me. Wow. Really? Why? |
 | HEALTHCARE  [Neil Kirby] There is rising concern as to the safeguarding of healthcare information, following the hacking of medical data of 4.5 million healthcare patients in the US, made possible by the Heartbleed bug.
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[John Harvey] South African businesses have always been quick on the uptake when it comes to corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes, but the question is often asked... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Dawie Botes] During this last decade or so with mobile banking, we've seen a major shift in focus with regards to how banking customers interact with their banks... |
 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Brian Berkman] The Grace Hotel, Rosebank, the high bar for bespoke luxury and personalised service in Johannesburg, that shut its doors earlier this year, has successfully been acquired by Southern Sun Hotels. |
 | IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS  [Sven Woxholt] Information security is top of mind for SMEs as they rely more and more on digital services and applications to get their work done. Many are turning towards cloud services to reduce IT infrastructure costs and to turn patching applications, securing data and running servers into someone else's problem.
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 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Joseph Neusu] Word-of-mouth marketing is an age old marketing technique that has stood the test of time to remain the most effective form of marketing... |
 | AUTOMOTIVE
[Henrie Geyser] The Volkswagen Polo Vivo, South Africa's best-selling passenger car with close on 150,000 sales to its name since introduced four years ago, has had a midlife makeover with some pretty new cosmetic and interior touches. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Dorin Bambus] Gorilla's long-time client and marketing partner, Pond's, is one of 17 nominees shortlisted for a Smarties South Africa award, and the only submission to be shortlisted in the Messaging category... |
 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Ruth Cooper] How three young white boys from Cape Town's southern suburbs, seemingly out of nowhere, managed to make a hit that resonated with a continent, crossing over racial, cultural and geographic lines is something of a mystery. |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Louise Burgers] Marketing has changed in this digital era, but outside of the colourful new open plan marketing divisions, does anyone else understand the paradigm shift of 'authenticity' and 'truth' that is now needed? |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Grant Shippey] When you are putting together a media plan for your new campaign, do you use a 'spray and pray' approach, or do you spend time making educated and informed decisions? |
 | RETAIL
[Jason (Frich) Frichol] I've bought all my instant coffee for a year. I'm not a bargain hunter, a fickle switcher nor pantry-filler. I'm a cross-shopper. A cross-shopper that does keep his eye on the most expensive goods that frequents his basket. |
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[James Hurford] Like it or not people judge you by the way you look. Your facial expressions, the clothes you wear, how well groomed you are and your body language... |
