[TrendTalk] The retail experience trend

[Louise Burgers] Shopping trends herald the return of the 'mall rat' and more interactive retail shopping experiences to revitalise the tired mall shopping environment...

M&C Saatchi heads AdReview Creative Leaderboard

[Tony Koenderman] M&C Saatchi Abel came bursting out of the blocks to take the early lead in May in the 2015 Creative Championship, winning 168 points at The One Show, an American-based global competition, and the local Ads of the Month...

Extension for Compensation Fund returns gives SMEs some breathing space

[Madelein Taljaard (van der Watt)] The Department of Labour has extended the deadline for Return of Earnings for employers registered with the Compensation Fund to 31 May 2015. These returns are usually due by the end of March each year...

SA employers under pressure to prepare payrolls for 2015/6 budget

[Madelein Taljaard (van der Watt)] South African employers must act quickly to prepare their payroll systems and processes for the new tax brackets and calculations...

Bookmarks beginning to rival Loeries

[Tony Koenderman] The newly revamped Bookmark Awards, a platform for digital and internet advertising, made an impact in two important ways this year...

Can market research be trusted?

[Tony Koenderman] The failure of market research to get even close in predicting the result of the British general election is a disaster of global proportions...

Failed: South Africa needs to invest in STEM

[John Eigelaar] In October 2014, Adrian Schofield, Manager for Applied Research Unit of the Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) told Fin24 that a lack of improvement in South Africa's basic education system is putting the country at risk...

Why B2B online marketing is not dead

[Sibongile Lehloo] Is the concept of B2B online marketing dead, outdated and irrelevant? Most online marketers will respond with a resounding 'yes' but I must disagree...

Branding - Where is the love?

[Idelette Aucamp] How a small market in Cusco reminded me of the value that true human connection can hold for a brand...

34 hilarious tweets from Mmusi Maimane's #AskMmusi Twitter town hall

[Stuart Thomas] Opening yourself up to Twitter is a risky business at the best of times. But when you're a recently elected South African political leader dealing with one of the most cynical Twitter communities...

Whatever you post on social networks, stays on Google forever

[Mxolisi Justice Nzimande] Social media sites such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn are integrated into the lives of billions of people (roughly 1.6 billion)...

[African Utility Week] Delivering energy solutions for African economies

[Nicci Botha] The golden thread stitching together the keynote presentations on the second day of African Utility Week was undoubtedly the need to tap into Africa's vastly underutilised renewable energy resources to support the potential for economic growth and social upliftment...

[African Utility Week] Africa is open for business...

[Nicci Botha] Africa has the potential of becoming the energy powerhouse of the future and thereby going a long way to alleviating the poverty on the continent...

[African Utility Week] Eskom hopes to keep the lights on this winter

[Nicci Botha] Eskom hopes to maintain its unbroken record over the years of not having to implement loadshedding during the winter months...

Back to their roots

[Danette Breitenbach] Family is what the youth cannot live without. This is one of the key findings of the Sunday Times Generation Next Study. This was in response to the question about what things respondents cannot live without...

Mad Max returns with absolute fury!

[Daniel Dercksen] Absolutely awesome and totally sensational, Mad Max: Fury Road is an ultimate hard core apocalyptic epic with heart! This is what filmmaking is all about - a visceral experience that relentlessly grabs hold of you from the first frame until the climatic ending.

[Gartner Digital Business] Digital disruption: from virtual customers to real-world results

[Leigh Andrews] Crowdsourcing ideas and detailed journey mapping are essential in leveraging digital disruption to the best possible outcomes for your business - here's how...

Progressing the podcast bubble with the basics on Binary.fm

[Leigh Andrews] Tech genius Simon Dingle started podcasting in 2004 when the global community was small and there was barely even a word for what they were doing. Over a decade later, things are on a whole new level with the launch of Binary...