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| Issued by Bizcommunity.com An increasing number of our core advertising, marketing and media audience and other professional subscribers are discovering that navigating editorial offerings across Bizcommunity's 18 multi-industry portals makes good sense... read |
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| Sindy Peters Green Worx Cleaning Solutions recently became the first bio enzyme company in South Africa to be certified as compliant with the Certified Quality System ISO 14001 : 2015 standard... read | | | Leigh Andrews Some brands are taking event activations to the next level by creating beautifully conceptualised spaces as a new touchpoint to enhance consumer experiences. Here's how Pernod Ricard has done so, while keeping sustainability top of mind... read | |
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| Colleen Goko Stretched consumers with reduced disposable income are not unique to SA's retail sector, says Raam Ratnam, S&P Global Rating's senior director for corporate ratings for retail companies. But pressure on credit spend is a significant local risk... read |
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| Colleen Goko Shoprite's top man, Whitey Basson, took home a little more than R100m in the year to June 30 2016 - an amount double his earnings in 2015 - after delivering what the group called excellent results during the period... read |
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| Hanna Ziady Despite rumblings from SA's tax authority suggesting that the opposite could be true, Nedbank Private Wealth believes its offer to SABMiller shareholders - which would delay capital gains tax (CGT) liabilities on profit earned in the Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) takeover - is provided for in the Income Tax Act... read |
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| The legal battle between Lewis and activist shareholder Dave Woollam appears to have moved back to the Financial Services Board (FSB) where its directorate of market abuse, hours after clearing Woollam of insider trading charges, informed him he was once again under their spotlight... read |
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| World Food Day, on 16 October every year, is an international day of action against hunger, with people from around the world coming together to declare their commitment to eradicate hunger in our lifetime... read |
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| RCL Foods is calling on South Africans to #DOMORE and donate a meal through its Facebook campaign. It will donate a meal to a needy person this World Food Day for every 'like' its CSI Facebook page receives... read |
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| Wynand Smit With new or greater demands, the business offering and its supporting processes must be developed to retain and attract more customers... read |
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| Johan Botha Some might reason I am a bit of an "appsoholic" as I just cannot help myself when new apps are released. I have little self-control and just have to experience them! So the download begins... read |
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| Mareli Smit In celebration of Global CX Day today, 5 October 2016, it is perhaps time to look at customer experience with a different lens on... read |
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| Chantel Botha As 5 October approaches, customer experience professionals worldwide are preparing for a celebration of acknowledgement, knowledge sharing and showcasing of customer experience stories from around the globe... read |
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| Issued by Nona Creative Nona Holdings, Shopstar and Kamers have joined forces to give e-commerce the push it needs in helping SA businesses develop more holistically... read |
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| David Liu Europe's PSD2 is referred to the biggest development in banking history, one wonders why South Africa hasn't already followed suit... read |
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| Adele Shevel Why would an Australian who is nearing retirement age come all the way to SA to be CEO of Edcon, a company that could have gone bust? read |
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| Adele Shevel The untold story of just how close Bernie Brookes got to being the man to turn out the lights at SA's largest clothing retailer, Edcon, is the stuff of nightmares... read |
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| Global food markets will likely remain "generally well balanced" for the year ahead with prices for most internationally traded agricultural commodities relatively low and stable... read |
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| At the recent Michelangelo International Wine and Spirits Awards, Wilderer Distillery received two gold medals and a silver medal... read |
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| The extensive trademarks and patents protecting two South African botanical treasures, Rooibos and Honeybush, caught the attention of the international community... read |
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| Robert Laing Rhodes Food Group intends acquiring instant food maker Pakco, whose brands include Bisto gravy and Trotters jelly, in exchange for shares valued at R200m... read |
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| DENNY® has launched South Africa's first mushroom burger patties, DENNY® Mushroom Burgers... read |
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| Media and other influencers joined Angus McIntosh at the Spier Biodynamic Farm last week to see what free-range chickens actually look like, in support of the petition to get McDonals to commit to... read |
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| Ntsakisi Maswanganyi Numbers coming out on manufacturing activity suggest the sector was not a big contributor to third-quarter growth... read |
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| Madeleine van Niekerk The Barclays purchasing managers' index kicks off the economic data releases on Monday, with economists forecasting that its reading is likely to confirm the weak pace of activity in the manufacturing sector... read |
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| Facebook on Thursday worked to ramp up enthusiasm for its virtual reality line, unveiling new gear including a lower-end wireless headset prototype... read |
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| Recent currency devaluations on the continent could create an opportunity for African manufacturers according to African investment experts, RisCura... read |
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| Marc Hasenfuss An unexpectedly flat performance from plastic packaging specialist Bowler Metcalf's 43%-owned soft-drink bottling subsidiary, SoftBev, has resulted in an outpouring of speculation... read |
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| Stafford Thomas After four years in intensive care, Astrapak is on the mend... read |
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| The new Jabulani bottle from Amarula has won a Gold Travel Retail Excellence Award at this year's Drinks International Travel Retail Awards held in Cannes earlier this week... read |
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| The Competition Commission is closely watching businesses in the food sector whose prices may have risen as a result of the drought... read |
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| Clover recently launched the second Manhattan Ice Tea Shop Like a New Yorker (#SLNY2) competition... read |
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| Primedia Lifestyle took home 13 of these prestigious awards, including one Gold, six Silver and six Bronze out of the overall 33 awards (approximately 40%), across multiple categories... read |
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| Moyagabo Maake The National Credit Regulator (NCR) is finalising its response to a lawsuit brought by three retail groups in June challenging its new affordability assessment regulations, which retailers claim caused millions of rand in lost sales... read |
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| Paul van Nierop Business is moving into a period of higher market disruption - with economic upheaval, political uncertainty, and industry innovation all challenging the ability to sustain market positions... read |
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| Marius Visser, executive: Business Solutions at Metacom explains how business decision makers can benefit from Wi-Fi solutions and suggests things to think about when implementing one... read |
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| WASHINGTON - US online giant Amazon on Wednesday launched a new "Prime Reading" programme for US members of its subscription programme, allowing unlimited reading of a rotating selection of e-books... read |
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| SAN FRANCISCO - Amazon on Monday banned reviews of products received free or at generous discounts, unless authors have been deemed trustworthy by the online retail giant... read |
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| It seems the best time to inject more skills and knowledge into your career is when making the shift to middle or senior management... read |
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Cash Crusaders Franchising is recruiting a copy writer with excellent writing skills in product marketing, training material and online marketing. Independent worker with good time management skills required! Read more >>
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