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MARKETING & MEDIA

Groupon South Africa is dead: here's what will happen to your orders

[Andy Walker] Back in September 2015, Memeburn reported that ecommerce platform Groupon began shedding global offices in an effort to "make the business more efficient". And while South Africa wasn't a country affected back then, it is now...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Congrats #SaltBae, you're 2017's first awesome meme

Image © Memeburn

[Andy Walker] There were some huge stories this week on the internet. If people weren't talking about Barack Obama and Joe Biden's adorable bromance, or Donald Trump and Mike Acosta's verbal ping-pong, they were probably talking about this Turkish chef...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Effective Measure on the future of SA's digital advertising landscape

Greg Mason

[Leigh Andrews] Greg Mason took on the reigns as regional lead for sub-Saharan Africa at Effective Measure on 3 January. With two weeks in the role under his belt, I checked in to find out his plans over the coming months as well as a few digital and programmatic trends to expect from 2017...

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

#OnTheBigScreen: Heroes and monsters

[Daniel Dercksen] There are four films released this week: Patriot's Day, A Monster Calls, The Birth Of A Nation and Monster Trucks.

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Snapchat vs Instagram stories

[Anne Dolinschek] The debate surrounding Snapchat and Instagram Stories started when Instagram launched their stories in August last year. As expected, social media users were confused...

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AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY

#BizTrends2017: Building confidence in South African wines

Lizelle Gerber

[Cari Coetzee] We catch up with Lizelle Gerber, winemaker at Boschendal, to find out what will keep the wine flowing this year...

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HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT

Five New Year's resolutions for employers in 2017

[Johan Botes] After the festive season break, gyms and health clubs overflow with bodies keen on making good on New Year's resolutions pledged over a glass of bubbly...

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ESG & SUSTAINABILITY

#BizTrends2017: The evolving role of CSI

[Sindy Peters] We interviewed Kusile Mtunzi-Hairwadzi, general manager of the MTN SA Foundation to get her take on CSI in South Africa in 2017 and how the role of the CSI manager may evolve this year.

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Design thinking and empathy generation

[Robert Bloom and Katherine Train] Empathy generation is pivotal to the design thinking process, and an essential capacity to ensure successful execution across all phases of the design thinking framework.

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Producing winning sound: SA's radio advertising success plays on

Team Produce Sound in celebratory mode.

[Leigh Andrews] Johannesburg-based Produce Sound's owner Louis Enslin shares the good news about the state of SA's audio advertising...

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Ruth Cooper

[The Brave Ideas Podcast]

On the 1st of December, we celebrated #wundermanday by inviting representatives from the different Wunderman Companies in South Africa (Aqua, Base2, Cerebra and Applogix) and discussing what it means to 'come together'.

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Ruth Cooper

[The Brave Ideas Podcast]

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

L'Ormarins Queens Plate: fashion report

[Meagan Duckitt] On Saturday 7 January L'Ormarins hosted their annual horse racing event at the Kenilworth racecourse.

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RETAIL

#BizTrends2017: Local franchise trends for 2017

[Dumisani Bengu] South Africa's economy is under significant pressure and does not promise a great deal of progress for business or consumers – with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicting only 0.8% growth...

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Ruth Cooper

Corona SunSets Festival 2016

The Corona SunSets Festival took place on Friday 16th December and Bungalow, Clifton. The entertainment lineup included Sam Feldt, Nora En Pure, Duke Dumont, Timo ODV, Kyle Watson, Cara Frew, Strange Loving, Chunda Munki & Vimo, Crazy White Boy, Good Luck, Tresor, Sketchy Bongo, Aewon Wolf, dj low, Kyle Deutsch and Shekinah.

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