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How are you innovating? Woolworths Holdings announced another appointment this week. Gail Kelly will join the board as a non-executive director effective from next month. Comments Susman: "As our group grows to become a major southern hemisphere retailer of scale, it is a real honour to have a world-class mind such as Gail's to help us navigate the fast-moving environment of global retail." Danette Breitenbach attended a media briefing by Jaco Prinsloo, Marieke Witjes and Bart van Dijk, consultants of A.T. Kearney Johannesburg and authors of the second African Retail Development Index (ARDI) titled Retail in Africa: still the next big thing, which serves to emphasise that investing in Africa is a long-term game, and that the continent has to be viewed as a set of different countries (of which Gabon is ranked the new number one). Beyond Retail 2015 took place on Friday. The focus of the fifth consecutive event was on reinventing retail and how business models need to harness the innovation the industry demands. Similarly, Douglas Kruger shares six reasons why business innovation is critical, in the second installation of his 'Relentlessly Relevant' series. "South African consumers no longer care about legacy. They only care about and respond to one thing, and that is: How are you innovating into my reality today?" Jessica Taylor, Retail Editor (@Biz_Retail)
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 | The eighth annual Men's Health Menswear Collection fashion show will unfold in the heart of Joburg's industrial district, showcasing the latest ready-to-wear designer style from some of the world's biggest style brands on Thursday... read more>> | | |
 | The mid-year hump is over and it's all downhill to the sunny season in South Africa. The media were allowed a taste of summer as we were bussed off to the Franschhoek wine valley to celebrate the nominees in this year's Klink Awards... read more>> | |  | Albany Bakeries is giving away R25-million worth of airtime as part of its Albany Fresh 10 competition. The competition is a winter promotion Albany developed for its consumers when they purchase any of Albany's breads... read more>> | |  | Avondale, one of South Africa's organic and biodynamic wine farms, has won three top awards at the second Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships... read more>> | | |
 | Marc Hasenfuss Spur Corporation has issued a "deliver or depart" ultimatum to its loss-making UK restaurants... read more>> | |  | KFC has opened its 800th restaurant in Musina, Limpopo, and now has more than one-third of market share in the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) category in South Africa... read more>> | | |
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 | Richard Rattue One of the more potentially contentious issues contained within the 'fair customer treatment/RDR' review has been that of product supplier responsibility... read more>> | | |
 | Issued by Nielsen Overall, South African confidence is more pessimistic than its sub-Saharan African counterparts although Nielsen SA MD Craig Henry points out that consumer confidence does not correlate to ability to spend or affluence, in fact more the inverse... read more>> | | |
 | On the latest Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Bradley Stern, Adidas Director Brand Activations... read more>> | |  | Issued by Moving Tactics Moving Tactics has secured the rights to resell the internationally acclaimed X2O Media software for the South African and Africa markets... read more>> | | |
 | AT Kearney's 2015 African Retail Development Index (ARDI) reconfirms the potential of many nations throughout Africa. Not just oft-discussed markets like Nigeria and Ghana, but also small, dynamic markets such as... read more>> | |  | Zeenat Moorad Despite mediocre earnings growth, valuations of local retail counters remain high as foreign buyers snap up shares in their pursuit of attractive yields... read more>> | | |
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 | Paying homage to Pretoria's world-renowned purple-hued beauty, a huge wall of individually cut and intricately folded jacaranda flowers, detailed jacaranda leaves and hand-sculpted proteas has gone up in front of a redevelopment section in Menlyn Park Shopping Centre... read more>> | | |  | BEIJING - Growth in China's industrial production and retail sales accelerated in August, government data showed on Sunday, but the figures will do little to ease international concern about the world's second-largest economy... read more>> | |  | LONDON, UK: British supermarket chain Morrisons said Wednesday it was selling off its convenience stores, acknowledging the "M local" shops would be unable reach sufficient scale to become profitable... read more>> | |  | SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook pages moved closer to replacing small business websites Tuesday, announcing features designed to make it easier for shops to hawk their wares... read more>> | |  | SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Tuesday expanded its shopping home delivery service into the midwestern portion of the United States, covering an additional 25 million people... read more>> | |  | FRANKFURT - Adidas, the German maker of sportswear and equipment, said Tuesday it has agreed to continue its sponsorship of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) until 2026... read more>> | |  | LONDON - Troubled British retailer Tesco agreed Monday to sell South Korean unit Homeplus to a consortium led by private equity firm MBK Partners for more than £4.0 billion (5.5 billion euros, $6 billion)... read more>> | | | More International | |
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