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Games CEOs play This week saw Ralph Lauren step down as chief executive of the international holding company, with his successor Stefan Larson taking the mallet. Locally, Woolworths Holdings announced the appointment of John Dixon as CEO of David Jones, to replace Iain Nairn from Janurary 2016. Marius Muller, CEO of Pareto, explains the R1.1bn makeover of The Pavilion shopping centre in Durban as announced at the SA Council of Shopping Centres' (SACSC) 19th Annual Congress. Research undertaken by Clur Research International shows that creative, niche, differentiated store types are generally preferred to replicated options, and smaller, focused formats favoured over large, cumbersome ones. And making a 'loud' difference, the Shoprite Group's Decade of the Deaf Project, in partnership with eDeaf and the Wholesale and Retail SETA, has provided more than 400 deaf and hearing-impaired people throughout the country with the opportunity for gainful employment. The goal is to create jobs for 1,000 deaf learners altogether within the next few years. Jessica Taylor, Retail Editor (@Biz_Retail)
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The Spectrum Award of the South African Council of Shopping Centres' Footprint Marketing Awards, has been won by Cape Town's Tyger Valley Centre. The Awards recognise exceptional shopping centre marketing, innovation and creative achievements, with economic success... Read | The Pavilion shopping centre in Durban is to get a R1.1 billion makeover and expansion designed to reposition the centre, significantly increasing its leisure and retail offering, as announced by Pareto, the owner of The Pavilion, at the SA Council of Shopping Centres' 19th Annual Congress... Read | More than 400 deaf and hearing-impaired people nationwide have found an opportunity for gainful employment within the Shoprite Group, thanks to the retailer's Decade of the Deaf Project in partnership with Employ and Empower Deaf (eDeaf) over the past six years... Read | South Africa now has the sixth-highest number of shopping centres of any country in the world, boasting almost 2,000 shopping centres with a floor area covering 23,000,000m²... Read | Woolworths Holdings has announced the appointment of John Dixon as CEO of David Jones. He replaces Iain Nairn, who resigned for personal reasons... Read | The Foschini Group has announced that it has acquired the South African franchise rights of Australian fashion accessories brand Colette. Founded by SA-born Colette Hayman and her husband Mark in 2010, the brand epitomises fast fashion, offering a range of fun, stylish and affordable accessories, handbags and jewellery... Read | According to the 2015 Food and Beverage Consumer Survey, 24% of consumers indicated that the food and beverage offerings available within a shopping centre are fairly important when deciding which shopping centre to visit, a further 35% considered this to be very important with an additional 26% considering this extremely important... Read | The traditional shopping centre model is being turned on its head, according to indicators emerging from research covering 2-million square metres of retail space across SA... Read | NEWSWATCH: Stefan Larsson, a former H&M executive and president of Gap's Old Navy brand, is succeeding Ralph Lauren as chief executive at the New York office... Read | An installation of more than 7,500m² of solar panels on the rooftops of eight key buildings in Cape Town's 123ha V&A Waterfront has begun as the property expands its emphasis on going green... Read | Anton Vukic Information is power, the saying goes. That has proven to be true of the modern retail environment where the power rests with consumers - and where retailers are no longer able to push product to an uneducated public... Read | Joan Muller Shopping centres delivered better returns for commercial real estate investors in the first half of the year than offices and industrial buildings, in spite of ongoing pressure on consumer spending... Read |
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 | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi Fewer companies were liquidated in the first eight months of this year compared with the same period last year, partly reflecting a willingness by executives to seek help before companies are forced to close shop... read | | |
 | The Markex show has been completely revamped, evolving into a fresher, more focused event for 2016. Taking place from 6 to 7 July at the Sandton Convention Centre, Joburg, it will be a targeted promotional product event aimed specifically at resellers of promotional products and corporate buyers... read | | |
 | Issued by Ackermans South African value retailer Ackermans opened its 500th store, in Adderley Street, Cape Town, on 23 September. The shop is located in the basement of the Union Castle Building, which is clearly visible from the street... read | | |
 | Bulleit Bourbon was introduced to South Africans for the first time at the World Class House earlier this month, in a tasting session led by the brand's founder, Tom Bulleit... read | |  | Van Ryn's has won a Double Gold for its Collector's Reserve 20 year old and a Gold for its Distillers Reserve 12 year old at the Michelangelo International Wine & Spirit Awards, which give local and international brands the opportunity to be judged by an international panel of drinks experts. read | |  | Shaun Harris Behind Clover Industries' remarkably strong financial results for the year to June released last week, lies a strategy it has often employed before... read | | |
 | Food and wine lovers are encouraged to keep an eye out at their local Makro and Pick n Pay stores for limited edition Marvelous Wine tubes. To celebrate the launch, Marvelous Wines and Nomu are running a competition in which one lucky winner will be given the opportunity to be Chef for a Day at the Cellars-Hohenhort Hotel... read | | |
 | Rhodes Food group has added muffins, croissants, cookies and pizza to the list of convenience foods it will distribute after snapping up global food manufacturer General Mills' South African operations... read | |  | Nadia Rawjee I attended a great session recently on the cost of complexity in manufacturing, hosted by GIBBS and presented by Andre de Ruyter, the CEO of Nampak... read | | |
 | CAPE TOWN - Two of the JSE's specialist packaging companies - Bowler Metcalf (Bowcalf) and Astrapak - appear to be firmly on the comeback trail... read | |  | GZ Industries (GZI), the West African producer of aluminium beverage cans, and Golden Era Group, the South African independent packaging company, have announced a R1-billion joint venture, called Gayatri GZI Beverage Cans... read | |  | Sikonathi Mantshantsha When packaging company Astrapak reports its results for the six months through August, it will tell its shareholders it has made a profit of up to 17c basic earnings per share as it has concluded the first phase of its turnaround strategy... read | |  | Issued by Pyrotec Packaging can be an incredibly powerful tool for making an impact at the point of purchase. This is especially true in the luxury brand space, where consumers are looking to treat themselves or a loved one to something out of the ordinary... read | | |
 | Engen recently embarked on a digital and augmented reality campaign, setting a new standard for how the business plans to engage and interact with its customers going forward... read | |  | On the latest Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Stephen McIntyre and Dale Imerman... read | |  | Mogorosi Mashilo The first thing that comes to mind when we think "promotional give away" is branded t-shirts. However, that branding is usually not seen outside of the bathroom or bedroom, where the consumer will usually wear it... read | | |
 | Fifi Peters Botswana-based discount retailer Choppies has no intention of applying the brakes to the rapid roll-out of its stores, even though economic growth in the countries it targets is slowing and consumer purchasing power is declining... read | |  | A host of leading local and international brands debuted at Melrose Arch this month - and the centre has confirmed that this is the first wave of a retail transformation that will feature a selection of hand-picked brands joining Melrose Arch's favourites... read | | |
 | Postbox Courier, a courier service aimed specifically at South Africans who shop online, or businesses importing or purchasing goods from the US, Europe or Asia, has been launched... read | | |  | SAN FRANCISCO - Amazon began advertising its plan Tuesday to recruit on-demand delivery workers, in a move that challenges startups in the sizzling sector... read | | | More International | |
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 | Godfrey Madanhire Interviewing to fill a position in your small or even large enterprise, is a task where reading between the lines is important... read | |  | Naseem Javed "...When the tsunami of free technologies makes organisations look increasingly outdated, the same tsunamis can quadruple exports, innovative excellence and catapult into image supremacy... this makes technocalamity a new global age phenomena..." - Mentorian. read | |
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