Ciclope Festival announce its shortlist, includes six SA entries
The Ciclope Festival, an event fully dedicated to the “craft” in moving image, has announced its shortlist of global finalists for its 2017 awards ceremony. This year's shortlist includes six South African entries.
2 days ago
W24 survey shows one in five women have been sexually abused as the #metoo trend sweeps social media
W24, South Africa's biggest website for women, recently conducted their sixth and biggest Female Nation Survey ever, with just under 16,000 South African women polled, and the findings are compelling.
24.com 2 days ago
The power of consumer insights (combined with woke strategy and creative)
Never has it been so evident to acknowledge and value the power of consumer insights in 2017. The world is in a constant state of flux, continuous evolution and so too are we as consumers in how we do things, what we stand for and how we share experiences. Therefore, marketing is a shot in the dark without great insights and I would like to believe that any seasoned marketer knows this.
Thomas Sepheka 2 days ago
Football brings Italy together in Brent Harris' new ad
Egg Films' Brent Harris directed For The Love Of Sport, Sky Sports' epic new football ad, produced by Jon Ronbeck with Mapi Brambilla and Paolo Zaninello from AKITA Film in Italy.
Egg Films 2 days ago
Leading international experts present at FIBO Business Summit Africa
The world's leading international event for fitness, wellness and health, FIBO, comes to South Africa 7-8 November at Emperors Palace to host a launch - the first FIBO Business Summit Africa.
Reed Exhibitions 2 days ago
#LoeriesRankings2017 with... TBWA\Raad
Just when you thought the Loeries buzz was over, the Loeries' rankings are in! I chatted to some of this year's top-ranked creatives post-celebrations. We kick off with the ever-disruptive TBWA\Raad team, based in Dubai in the UAE.
Leigh Andrews 2 days ago
#BODJHB: Chris Weylandt on the basics of retail
In the afternoon on day two of the Johannesburg version of Business of Design, Chris Weylandt, founder and CEO of Weylandts, the contemporary furniture and décor chain store, explained his tactics to competing or rather leading in the retail game.
Jessica Tennant 2 days ago
#EntrepreneurMonth: Supporting disadvantaged artists through the Grassroots Art Project
Poor working conditions, minimum access to beneficial networks and lack of skills and resources for promotion are just a few of the challenges that disadvantaged artists face when aiming to make viable careers from their creativity.
Ruth Cooper 2 days ago
Heart FM launches Heart Cape Town Music Festival
Heart FM is set to host one of the biggest music festivals in the Western Cape on 10 February 2018 at the Newlands Cricket Stadium. The Heart Cape Town Music Festival will see 22 top South African acts on one stage including hip-hop superstar AKA and the legendary Mango Groove to name but a few.
Heart FM 2 days ago
Frank talk: Rethinking value in agency-client relationships
Frankly, the current way of working between marketing agencies and clients is in a state of flux and we are not sure what's coming next. We have seen this before, but this time it's different. We know that for marketing agencies, adding value is no longer a price nor capability consideration - those are basics that should always be right. It's now about genuinely understanding the way people are consuming information and adopting a structure that enables this understanding. Agencies who are in that state of mind are the perfect partners, poised to help clients get ‘fluent in tomorrow' and win for the future.
Lynn Madeley, Havas Johannesburg 3 days ago
Supermarket surge on the cards for Cote d'Ivoire
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Nielsen 18 Oct 2017
Top five South African consumer trends - Euromonitor
Global market intelligence company, Euromonitor International, has just released the latest results of the 2017 Global Consumer Trends survey.
17 Oct 2017
Scan Display's solution to Cape Town water shortages
Cape Town's population has grown by 55% since 1995, while dam storage has only grown by 15% in the same period, reports the news agency, GroundUp. So while Cape Town has previously experienced lower levels of rainfall compared to the past two years, the pressure the city is under to supply water is greater than ever before. Add to this the likelihood that climate change is impacting rainfall patterns, and increased water scarcity is most likely going to be the new normal in this region.
Scan Display 16 Oct 2017