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 | Louise Marsland Latest shopper marketing trends and how retailers and brands need to target shoppers in this digital age, where disruption is transforming the retail landscape... read |
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 | Grocery and other retailers in South Africa are still dramatically underestimating the impact that the onslaught of digital is having on the industry... read |
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 | Issued by Atmosphere PR An estimated 2,000 people in Africa die from food safety-related illnesses every day, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO)... read |
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 | Palesa Vuyolwethu Tshandu As speculation gains traction that Walmart is selling off its anchor shareholding in African partner Massmart, industry pundits are concerned that finding an investor with enough funds to take over may prove difficult... read |
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 | Mark Allix The market capitalisation of the former Bidvest Group shot up more than 14% after the listing of Bid Corporation (Bidcorp) on the JSE on Monday, releasing "new energy" in the group's new food services business and in its mainly domestic industrial assets and Namibian operations... read |
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 | Graham van der Made Startups with e-commerce stores may want to consider EFT payments for their products. Transaction gateway company SID Instant EFT has announced a new version of its solution... read |
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 | Marc Hasenfuss Empowerment investment company Brimstone Investment Corporation clearly has no cravings for Starbucks and Dominos Pizza... read |
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 | The Shoprite Group is helping to fight hunger in vulnerable communities this winter by its surplus food donation programme and mobile soup kitchens... read |
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 | Wimpie van Rensburg More and more people are choosing to purchase their goods virtually, leading to online sales in Europe forecast to reach £174,81,32bn in 2016. During Retail Therapy Week, which took place last month, a high volume of people indulged in online shopping and retailers battled for the hearts and minds of customers... read |
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 | The local online shopping pool has increased drastically in size since 2014, with South African consumers taking advantage of this quick, easy way to scratch their retail itch... read |
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 | Graham van der Made Even though e-commerce only makes up one percent of retail sales in South Africa, it's still a big and booming industry. You may want to start selling your wares online, or have a great idea for a store. Question is, where do you even get started? read |
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 | Business of Design, the two-day conference held in both Joburg and Cape Town, will return in August with more lessons and inspiration from the country's top business experts and industry professionals... read |
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 | Nederburg has won two trophies, three gold and five silver medals at this year's Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show and has emerged as one of the top-three performers in the competition... read |
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 | Ann Crotty The Distell share price has surged 6% since the Competition Commission ruled that SABMiller had to sell its 27% stake in the cider and spirits group... read |
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 | The Plaisir de Merle Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 vintage has been singled out as one of the top three selected in this year's exclusive report on South African Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine received a rating of 93 out of 100 - third-highest in a flight of only 60 wines selected by the judging panel and announced this week... read |
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 | Food has entered a new phase and today's consumer is looking for something more... read |
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 | Neethlingshof in Stellenbosch has won the trophy for the Best Dessert Museum Class Wine and also the overall Best Museum Class Wine for its 2009 Neethlingshof Short Story Collection Maria Noble Late Harvest at this year's Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show... read |
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 | Marc Hasenfuss The new controlling shareholder of liquor group KWV Holdings will have its work cut out to fortify profits in the brandy sector... read |
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 | The Hemel-en-Aarde winery Bouchard Finlayson has won a host of awards and accolades for its vintages recently... read |
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 | A judging panel at the recent Global Spirits Masters blind tasting competition in the UK has stated that South African brandies shone "head and shoulders above entrants from other parts of the world" and awarded nine silver medals to South African brandies assessed and gold to the Oude Molen XO... read |
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 | Colleen Goko While Famous Brands' insatiable hunger for acquisitions has pushed revenue higher, its investment into logistics and manufacturing operations have been the major reason behind the company's 15 consecutive years of record results... read |
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 | Famous Brands is planning further expansion in the UK as the owner of fast-food chains including Debonairs Pizza and Steers seeks faster growth in the country, and increased revenue from currencies other than the rand... read |
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 | LVG Plants, a Woolworths horticulture supplier, has invested R25m in a solar water heating facility... read |
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 | The extension of Menlyn Park Shopping Centre in Pretoria has been awarded a four-star Green Star Retail Design rating by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) for the effort undertaken to develop its first building phase on environmentally friendly design and construction principles... read |
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 | Issued by Rentokil Initial Wednesday, 18 May, marked the official start of a partnership between Yabonga and Initial in the Western Cape. Yabonga is a Cape Town-based non-governmental organisation supporting people living with HIV... read |
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 | Marc Hasenfuss Gaming and leisure giant Sun International looks set to place a bet in the Brazilian casino market, and is also watching developments in Mexico closely... read |
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 | With the South African Reserve Bank having revised its economic growth outlook to 0.6% from 0.8% for the year, it is evident that the economy will continue to contract. For SMEs, this means that doing business will be even harder as profit margins are squeezed and consumers start cutting back on spending... read |
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 | Claire Bisseker The manufacturing sector in SA has come back down to earth, having failed to sustain the surge in April beyond a single month... read |
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 | Issued by Pyrotec Do-It Corporation has been manufacturing hang tabs, display strips and point-of-sale display solutions since 1973. They have grown into the largest hang tab manufacturer in the world... read |
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 | A recent survey by The Foschini Group has revealed how age and gender influence shopping habits, what retailers need to do to encourage more sales and how to convert those who are not convinced by the claimed advantages of online shopping... read |
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![[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 176: Marketing Mix Shopper Path to Purchase 2016](https://biz-file.com/c/1606/345566.jpg) | On the latest episode of Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show host Warren Harding spoke to Dana Buys... read |
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 | After 13 years together, fast-food chain Chicken Licken has decided to leave agency Net#work BBDO, reports Marklives.com... read |
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 | Issued by Rocket Creative Design & Display Rocket Creative Design & Display successfully prototyped and recently launched their innovative new ChargerLITE product merchandising unit... read |
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 | Issued by ACDOCOSA ACDOCO South Africa, Africa's first shopper-centric specialist Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brand-custodian distributor, has appointed Seshnie Naidoo as Financial Head... read |
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 | Adele Shevel Richard Brasher, the soft-spoken Englishman recruited shortly after he left UK retail giant Tesco after clashing with the top brass over strategy, seems to have had much more luck in muscling Pick n Pay back onto the right path... read |
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 | Eight years ago, Woolworths introduced its sustainable seafood policy and since then has become South Africa's first retailer to sign the WWF-SASSI Retail Charter... read |
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 | Colleen Goko Mr Price Group reported a 17.1% increase in full-year earnings, reaping the rewards of its focus on cash sales in an environment that is becoming credit unfriendly... read |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO - Seducing hyper-connected "Millennials" poses an increasing challenge for luxury brands, which find their markets slowing as young, sceptical consumers force them to rethink strategies... read |
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 | WASHINGTON - Walmart announced plans Friday to team up with Uber and Lyft on a pilot grocery delivery program, in a fresh challenge by the US retail giant to Amazon... read |
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 | Hansie Smit I've been in 12 boardrooms none of which had en suite bathroom; all of which terrified me. The best way to counter that fear, I've found, was to let my mind wander at will to create the impression - to me at least - that I'm anywhere but in a boardroom... read |
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 | John Sanei Japan is promising that they will host the most technologically advanced games in the history of the world. This is how they are planning to do it... read |
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 | Ruth Cooper A stay in one of the air stream trailers at Old Mac Daddy in Elgin has been on my bucket list since they opened. read |
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