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 | As predicted by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA earlier this year, vehicle sales are beginning to slow down. Read more >>
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 | IORMA, the International Omni Retailing Markets Association, has announced its new office in Johannesburg will serve as a hub for businesses wanting to understand local and global consumer trends for Africa. Read more >>
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 | Sandton-based Margaret Fry was inducted into the Commanderie de Bordeaux en Afrique du Sud, the South African chapter of the worldwide association of over 5000 wine lovers, constituted into 79 chapters in 26 countries, who promote the wines and quality values of Bordeaux. Read more >>
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 | Gillian Jones Insurance company MMI Holdings had overhauled its business structure to help change it from a product-driven organisation to one more responsive to client needs, Chief Executive Nicolaas Kruger said. Read more >>
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 | The combined effect of the fuel price increase, the electricity price increase in Johannesburg and the increased ticket price by Metrorail in the Western Cape, which all kicks in early this July, is expected to have a severe impact on already hard-pressed consumers. Read more >>
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 | Evan Pickworth The JSE said it is investigating trading activity in pharmaceutical stock Aspen, which took place ahead of last week's investor conference call and led to a major dip in the share price. Read more >>
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 | Using cellphones to make purchases at markets, restaurants and convenience stores is growing in popularity, particularly through SnapScan. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Foshizi Banks and retailers may be ignoring the informal sector to their detriment. This is according to Lebo Motshegoa, MD of Foshizi... Read more >>
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 | Ernest Mabuza Former Vodacom Chief Executive Alan Knott-Craig's claim to have invented the "Please Call Me" product while chatting to a colleague at work was deemed implausible... Read more >>
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 | Ultimate Sports Nutrition (USN) has announced a worldwide relaunch of its logo and product look to reinforce the company's focus on research and superior quality products. This has come off the back of extensive global growth and is necessary to strengthen and consolidate the brand. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Garmin Garmin Southern Africa expands its automotive range of products by announcing the Garmin Dash Cam series, your eye witness that never blinks! Read more >>
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 | In the past 50 years, Cape Town has seen a large number of churches, synagogues and other places of worship sold and put to use in novel ways... Read more >>
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 | East Rand Galleria in Boksburg is being renamed East Point and receiving a major R411m reconfiguration and renovation from owners, SA Corporate Real Estate Fund. Read more >>
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 | People who get angry when drivers park illegally in disabled parking bays can now have those cars removed by calling 086 167 2226. Read more >>
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 | Nick Hedley Global hotel chain Marriott International - which has entered the South African market via a buyout of Protea - expects strong long-term demand growth in the domestic tourism and hospitality sector. Read more >>
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 | Joan Muller Though concern lingers about Emira Property Fund's exposure to the older, B-grade office market, the sizable discount of the sector at which the stock is trading doesn't seem entirely justified. Read more >>
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 | From China to Cape Town, Brussels to Bangladesh, Florida to France, Mexico to Melbourne, The Street Store - the world's first pop-up clothing store for the homeless... Read more >>
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 | As part of Unilever's goal of improving the livelihoods of consumers who use its products, the fast moving consumer goods company has partnered with the Wildlands Conservation Trust to provide 'green-preneurs' with access to nutrition and hygiene packs. Read more >>
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 | Laine Barnard For decades, consumers depended on marketers to help them decide whether a product was a good purchase or not. If the product delivered on the marketing message, the... Read more >>
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 | John Harvey South Africans are following global trends when it comes to buying cars online, including younger motorists increasingly using their cellphones to browse for the most suitable vehicle. Read more >>
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 | Paul Adepoju The partnership between MTN and Jumia will be an explosive cocktail with numerous opportunities to build synergies, according to Nicola Martin, co-CEO of... Read more >>
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 | James Hurford We've all seen it happen - the stumbling over words, the awful hesitations and lost lines... Read more >>
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 | Teresa Jenkins An event - good or bad - is viewed as a reflection of your professionalism and how your company does business. Don't leave it to chance. Read more >>
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 | Zeenat Moorad If the maxim "a well tailored suit is to women what lingerie is to men" then Africa's dapper executives might appreciate the first of three planned outlets on the continent by... Read more >>
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 | Award-winning Johannesburg designer, Marianne Fassler has joined the line-up at the upcoming Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town (MBFWCT) 2014 at the CTICC from 24-26 July. She will present her latest collection at 5pm on 24 July for South Africa's premier Spring/Summer sartorial event. Read more >>
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 | Rwandan fashion label Mille Collines' CEO tells Dinfin Mulupi from How we made it in Africa about Rwanda's growing retail sector and why she believes "the hunger for African products... Read more >>
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 | The South African Customer Satisfaction Index (SAcsi) released its results in fast food and full service restaurants yesterday, 2 July 2014, which indicate that South Africans rate fast food restaurants higher in service than full service restaurants. Read more >>
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 | Pick n Pay's 41%-owned Zimbabwean retailer, TM Supermarkets, will open more stores in the next financial year (2015), Meikles Limited group chairman John Moxon... Read more >>
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 | Kauai has embarked at an initiative in schools that educates children, parents and teachers about the benefits of healthy eating. The franchise, called Kauai@School, offers children a healthy, balanced diet, which provides food rich in essential vitamins, minerals and key nutrients essential for healthy growth and development. Read more >>
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 | Jan de Beer In the franchising system, even though the franchisee needs to take a hands-on management style, the team of managers at the store play a crucial role in supporting the business. Management plays a pivotal part in the success of a brand, which is why finding the right leader to manage a store is so important. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Nissan South Africa Imagine a future where driving has zero impact on the environment. Now imagine achieving that today. With the Nissan Leaf now available in South Africa, zero emissions are a reality... Read more >>
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 | Anglo American's Chairman's Fund has formed a partnership with NGO, Soil for Life, to increase food security in the Western Cape. Read more >>
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 | The 2014 Bollinger Exceptional Wine Service Award competition has selected seven semi-finalist sommeliers. Read more >>
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 | David Furlonger The strike by members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) will be the largest strike in almost five years and is expected to disrupt production at about 10,500 companies in the manufacturing sector. Read more >>
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 | Nick Hedley The arrival of Uber cabs in SA's major cities is one of many new services aimed at improving public transport and the growth of some of these services reflects the demand for reliable and affordable transport systems. Read more >>
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 | Nick Hedley Aveng fsays it expects headline earnings per share and adjusted earnings per share - excluding the impairment of goodwill - for the year to June to be about 10% lower than last year. Read more >>
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 | Dawn CEO Derek Tod on the group selling a 51% stake in its local manufacturing businesses to Grohe for R880m in cash‚ in this interview conducted on July 2. (Video) Read more >>
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 | Mark Allix Grohe‚ said to be Europe's largest single-brand manufacturer and supplier of sanitary fittings‚ will buy 51% of JSE-listed building materials and fixtures group Distribution and Warehousing Network's (Dawn) Watertech subsidiary for R880m in cash. Read more >>
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 | Nearly a quarter of a million members of South Africa's largest union in South Africa have downed tools, beginning an indefinite strike that threatens to bring the engineering sector to a halt. Read more >>
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 | New vehicle sales slipped for the sixth consecutive month in June as the tough economic environment cut into consumer spending. Read more >>
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 | On 15 July 2014, the Ask Afrika Group will release the survey results for the 2014/15 ICON Brands Awards, which identifies the top 31 South African brands... Read more >>
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 | On the last Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding chatted to Jarred Cinman and Josephine Buys from IAB South Africa. [twitterfall] Read more >>
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 | BMW has come under fire for placing a controversial Mini Cooper billboard advertisement near the spot where jailed hip-hop star Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye and a friend ploughed into a group of Soweto schoolchildren while drag racing in Mini Coopers. Read more >>
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 | Pete Case, Issued by Gloo Imagine for a moment what an electronics and appliance retailer might look like in the not-too-distant future... A customer walks into a bricks and mortar branch to check out a... Read more >>
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 | Alan Sher Cloud computing may be sweeping the world for its advantages of reduced hardware investment, lower maintenance, ease of provisioning and reduced costs, but the connectivity has to be very good, or it does not work. Read more >>
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 | Junk Mail Classifieds has designed a pet advertising policy that is being tabled to the broader online classifieds as a best practice. Read more >>
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 | The Cape Winemakers Guild continues its efforts to drive transformation in the wine industry and has awarded another four bursaries to oenology and cellar technology students at Elsenburg Agricultural College, as part of the Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Development Trust. Read more >>
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 | SEVASTOPOL, CRIMEA: A Russian burger chain is replacing McDonald's in Crimea. Read more >>
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 | LONDON - More than 70,000 people have already asked Google to delete links about them under Europe's "right to be forgotten" ruling, with some of the world biggest news sites the first to be hit. Read more >>
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 | KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - The Afghan government on Sunday rejected a proposal to ban Facebook during an ongoing deadlock over the presidential election, despite fears that social media postings have fanned ethnic hatred. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Extensive Twitter use can lead to conflicts and have other damaging effects on marriages and romantic relationships according to an American study. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: The future of an open Internet faces threats from government crackdowns, and "balkanization" resulting from growing concerns over broad electronic surveillance, a survey of experts showed. Read more >>
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 | LONDON, UK - Google has restricted access to a BBC blog posting and several British newspaper stories under a legal ruling granting people a right to be "forgotten" in search engines. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Putting a chef's hat on its Watson supercomputer, IBM and the magazine Bon Appetit unveiled a new initiative that seeks to use Big Data for gastronomy. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Twitter announced it will buy mobile advertising firm Tap Commerce to bolster money-making tools at the popular one-to-many messaging service. Read more >>
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 | Hando Sinisalu and Ann Kruuk CANNES, FRANCE: European research company Best Marketing International has monitored the Gold and Grand Prix winners of 35 local, regional, and global digital marketing awards from all corners of the World (including Cannes Lions) between January and June 2014. (video) Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Facebook said that the World Cup has kicked up more action at the leading social network than any other event in history. Read more >>
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 | The Presidency claims that the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) was informed of an inquiry into his fitness to hold office before he saw it in the media.. Read more >>
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 | PRETORIA: South African Airways (SAA) says it will comply with new regulations relating to children who travel to and from South Africa. Read more >>
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 | It is costing taxpayers an average of R84m a month to keep the Gautrain running. Read more >>
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 | Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria is on its way to becoming a Wi-Fi hotspot and is the first hospital in Africa to offer patients free Internet access. Read more >>
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 | PRETORIA: Trade and Industry Minister, Rob Davies, has approved the newly revised guidelines for the Automotive Investment Scheme (AIS) as well as the People-carrier Automotive Investment Scheme (P-AIS). Read more >>
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 | Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said the South African Revenue Service (SARS) is committed to closing the net on tax dodgers, but labour unrest and slow economic growth were obstacles. Read more >>
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 | The annual earnings threshold has been increased from R193,805.00 to R205,433.30 on 1 July 2014. This has been announced by the Minister of Labour, Mildred Oliphant, acting in accordance with S6(3) of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA). Read more >>
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 | Thabiso Mochiko Trade union Solidarity plans to take Telkom to the Labour Court over claims that the fixed-line provider will use race as one of the criteria for retrenching managers. Read more >>
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 | About 220,000 National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) workers in the steel and metal sector are downing tools in a nationwide strike that starts today. Read more >>
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 | Ilse van den Berg Chances are, if you're a local, or are familiar with Muizenberg (to a further extent than knowing about the fantastic family beach, colourful wooden houses, surfers, and effective shark alarm), you'll know the legendary Empire Café in York Road. Read more >>
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 | Nina Timm My mum will do anything and no effort is spared to bring her family and, yes, sometimes complete strangers, together around her table. She taught me that nothing is too much effort, if you can do, bake or be something for someone, just do it! Read more >>
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Markham, one of South Africa's leading menswear retailers is looking for a talented, fashionable, youthful, energetic, confident, and fun individual to apply as a regional visual manager. Read more >>Junior financial analyst required for leading pet nutrition brand. Read more >>
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Jack Warner "It's funny how the harder I work, the more successful I become." Jerry Rice "Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't." Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel "Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion." J.R.R. Tolkien "It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish." Unknown "Successful people know the difference between patience and procrastination." |
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