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#SACSCCongress: The artisanal food revolution and the modern retail space

[Lauren Hartzenberg] Retail futurist Howard Saunders discusses some of the shifts in consumer mindset and retail brand innovation...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Who killed the iPod? Staying relevant to a restless generation

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[Wynand Smit] Who killed the iPod? The reality is that developing technology and the marketplace dictated the change. Video did not kill the radio star, it just changed the platform preferences...

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

Foodies meet #Brewfood - Beerhouse launches new menu and food trend

[Ruth Cooper] Remember a time before craft beer? Strange to think that only a few years back, your local beer options were pretty much Castle or Black Label. Now beers come artfully packaged and flavoured with anything from cinnamon to pineapple...

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TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY

Want to add a digit to your blogging income? Here's how

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[Phindiwe Nkosi] While social media and mass media is quick to position bloggers as social influencers and promote this profession to aspiring bloggers, the reality is that cutting it in the industry is downright difficult...

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IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

#InnovationMonth: Hit the 'sweet spot' and you'll get your investors

[Ilse Burger] The SA Innovation Summit was an explosion of, well, ideas and innovation. One talk that particularly intrigued me was one by Tmara (Target Market Adoption Risk Assessment)...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Taking a closer look at media monitoring, AVE and regulation - Part one

[Angie Lawrence] In this three-part series, I chat to ROI Africa MD Tonya Khoury about the ins and outs of media monitoring, how AVE fits into it all (and if it should), the need for regulation in the industry, and what this all means for Bizcommunity...

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TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY

#THINCAfrica: Developing Africa's hospitality professionals of the future

[Cari Coetzee] Associate Dean and Professor at ESL, Dr Achim Schmitt, participated in a panel discussion on HR and education issues in the hospitality industry at the THINC Africa conference...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

On a scale of Coca-Cola to Pepsi: How to make your brand pop on social media

[Babalwa Nyembezi] In a world where everyone is constantly scrolling down their screen, it's easy for brands' content to get lost in the clutter of posts on the timeline. Here's how to make content pop!...

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LOGISTICS & TRANSPORT

Want to improve profits in the trucking industry? Focus on safety

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[Morné Stoltz] Road freight's steady growth trajectory looks set to continue, but it is paralleled by a troubling rise in accidents involving trucks...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Influence of procurement departments on marketers

[Johanna McDowell] Agencies working - or hoping to work - on major corporate accounts in the advertising, marketing and communications industry can no longer ignore or misunderstand procurement departments and their importance in winning both government and corporate clients...

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HEALTHCARE

#InnovationMonth: How tech is transforming healthcare

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[Nicci Botha] Discovery Health has built its very successful Vitality programme, which is a blueprint for other rewards schemes, not only in healthcare, but other sectors too...

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Ruth Cooper

[Music]

The Kiffness ft. Raiven Hunter, Gemma Griffiths release the latest single and music video for Game of Love from The Kiffness' new album, Soul Safari. The music video was shot in Cape Town, during early August 2017 and was directed by Daniel Marcos and produced by Christy Marcos.

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AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY

#InnovationMonth: TheTreeApp making strides in SA tree identification

Val Thomas, founder and co-creator of TheTreeApp

[Cari Coetzee] We chat to the founder and co-creator of TheTreeApp, one of the most powerful tree identification apps on the market, Val Thomas...

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Ruth Cooper

[BizTakeouts Radio Show & Podcasts]

Hein Kaiser from Mix 93.8 FM chats to Amy Fridlund, Insights Curator and Brand and Communications for APAC and Kantar TNS, about gender intelligent designing and Christine Cuningham, Director of Sales and Marketing at Surveway, on customer services on his latest Marketing & Media show.

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