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LOGISTICS & TRANSPORT

#CommerceMonth: ACSA elements for e-commerce success

[Cari Coetzee] ACSA hopped on the e-commerce bandwagon (or should we say flight) and took Duty Free Shopping online, with their own portal. We spoke to Shethal Badal about ACSA's e-commerce journey...

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IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Use a Facebook chatbot to transform customer experience

[Mark Geschke] At their F8 Developers Conference this year, Facebook revealed an ambitious 10-year vision which sees them connecting the world, leveraging artificial intelligence...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

[Orchids & Onions] Salt-of-the-earth ad is real deal

[Brendan Seery] Good advertising catch lines are works of art, in my opinion. The best of them define a brand for years, if not decades...

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AUTOMOTIVE

Astra is a performing star

[Henrie Geyser] The Opel Astra, 2016 European Car of the Year, has arrived in SA with a cabinet filled with prestigious international awards and a fleet of eight models ready to equal (and probably beat) not only the best...

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AUTOMOTIVE

#CommerceMonth: Q&A with Gumtree Auto's Jeff Osborne

Jeff Osborne

[Lauren Hartzenberg] As head of automotive for Gumtree SA and an authoritative voice in the media, we called on Jeff Osborne to provide insight into today's digital consumer...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Shifts in strategy for 2016 and beyond (Part Two)

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[Mike dos Santos] As organisations grow more decentralised in nature, planning will no longer happen in isolation and our strategies will need to become ever more adaptable and geared towards the present and immediate future...

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

#CommerceMonth: Q&A with Cape Union Mart Group

[Ruth Cooper] We chat to Georgia Barry e-commerce manager of iconic South African retail brand Cape Union Mart. Gathering insights into their three sub brands; Poetry, Old Khaki and the recently launched Tread+Miller as well as trends in the local online retail spheres.

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

#WeeklyWineWrap: South African producer takes giant solar power leap

[Anna-Bet Stemmet] Last week was quite an eventful one in the world of wine and we are happy to bring you some good news from around the globe.

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Angie Lawrence

[Advertising]

In October 2015, the Paediatric ICU (PICU) at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital embarked upon a R100m-plus expansion and upgrade. The building will cost R75m and ICU equipment a further R25m. Faced with a chronic shortage of paediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds in Africa, the project will improve intensive care services for critically ill and injured children. The 22-bed PICU is the largest ICU for children in Africa, but simply cannot meet current demands. The hospital turned to advertising agency M&C Saatchi Abel to drive awareness and donations around the life-saving initiative.

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IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

How domain name and web hosting impact SEO

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[Ivan Dimitrijevic] When starting an online store or e-commerce business, online exposure is one of your top priorities. You want to have good rankings, good traffic and positive conversion...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

This cat could make more money from one tweet than you do at your day job

[Chiara Di Rago] With 320 million active users and 1 billion+ unique visitors each month, Twitter falls second only to Facebook which is the most popular social network currently...

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Angie Lawrence

[Production]

Discovery Insure and +27 Advertising accelerate their new 'Love your Car' campaign with a playful commercial, produced by bouffant and directed by Petar Spiljevic.

Discovery Insure "Hitchhiker" directed by Petar Spiljevic from Bouffant on Vimeo.

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TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY

Love is in the Air

[Brian Berkman] Sometimes the ultimate luxury is simply being alone with your loved one. At Pavilions, Phuket and their sister properties in the Himalayas and Bali their marketing differentiator is...

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Ruth Cooper

Cell C Johannesburg Polo Classic

Last week Thursday 14 April The Cell C Johannesburg Polo Classic, in Association with Lamborghini, Presented by Julius Baer had a media launch at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton which included key media, A-List celebrities and VIP stakeholders.

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FINANCE & INSURANCE

Engineering the risk

[Alvin Carver] Large engineering projects are characterised by substantial irreversible commitments, skewed reward structures when succesful, and high probabilities of failure...

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Ruth Cooper

[Music]

Shortstraw release a remix of their song, House, by Pascal & Pearce.

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TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY

Bleisure BLISS with a view

[Cari Coetzee] Reminiscent of that famous yellow brick road, there is a big yellow door in Sunset Beach, Cape Town that will lead you to a magical land of bliss...

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