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 | Moyagabo Maake The lending arm of Africa's largest retailer sees a decline in credit sales for the first time since listing... read |
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 | The Puratos Group, a Belgian based company is to become an equal shareholder in Bidcorp Food's Bakery Solutions Division (BBS)... read |
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 | Andries Mahlangu The rally was sparked by Steinhoff's report of 20.3% growth in its constant currency quarterly retail sales... read |
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 | Colleen Goko Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste shot down speculation that the company could be looking for acquisitions in South America but danced around the question concerning a long-rumoured tie-up with Shoprite... read |
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 | Colleen Goko Steinhoff could be ready to list its South African operations separately as a retail entity, says Cratos Wealth portfolio manager Ron Klipin... read |
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 | The acquisition of Sovereign Foods would not be a financial burden for Country Bird Holdings (CBH), CEO Marthinus Stander said in response to charges by Sovereign that his company was using the acquisition to get out of financial difficulty... read |
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 | Dave Chambers Cape Town's upmarket suburb of Constantia is poised to get a new shopping centre and two traffic circles... read |
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 | Highgate Mall, to be renamed Home of Africa, is set to become a home and décor mall, creating over 2000 jobs and housing 250 international and local brands after the revamp... read |
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 | Value for money is always going to be a key motivator when it comes to shopper behaviour. Nevertheless, to keep customers loyal over time, their overall emotional connection with your shopping centre is vital... read |
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 | Alistair Anderson Liberty Two Degrees, the highly anticipated new property listing, plans to make significant acquisitions as early as the first quarter of 2017 as it looks to provide strong returns in a slow economy... read |
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 | VA International Architects are nearing completion of the mammoth two-year, R420m upgrade of the Greenacres Shopping Centre... read |
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 | Alistair Anderson Rockcastle Global Real Estate has concluded the preliminary agreements to acquire the shopping centres known as Focus Park Zielona Góra and Focus Mall Piotrków Trybunalski in Poland... read |
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 | Wynand Smit Verint Systems has noted in its 2016 research an increase of 52% in customers preferring customised service. This year, eight out of ten customers prefer it when service is personalised to them. It is apparent that market preferences are developing at a rapid rate and companies need to develop in time with their consumers... read |
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 | Angie White In a first for South Africa, the new smart forfour is being introduced directly onto the pages of Africa's largest online retailer, Zando... read |
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 | Zando reported an increase of orders by the factor of 11, compared to an average day in 2016 on Black Friday, 25 November. This is a record for Zando's Black Friday sales, especially as most purchases were made through the online retailer's mobile app... read |
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 | Colleen Goko The retailer takes on game-changers with its 'deliver 2 me' service for online fashion purchases... read |
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 | The judges for the Wine Label Design Awards 2017 have been selected... read |
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 | The 2016 winners of the Mohair Trophy for the excellent quality of their mohair production have been selected. They are F E Colborne & Sons, which won the Mohair Trophy for the tenth time since the establishment of the Trophy, while P H Viljoen and Neil Colborne won second and third place respectively... read |
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 | Meagan Duckitt Unknown Union has recently launched a fresh new African inspired street-ware collection as well as a new fashion store and gallery space in the heart of Cape Town's CBD. I attended the launch last Thursday night, 30 November. read |
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 | The proposed Draft Liquor Amendment Bill of 2016 is set to complicate South Africa's liquor regulatory environment even more... read |
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 | Following an article in the Business Times on a franchise group that allegedly failed to provide franchisees with disclosure documents as prescribed by the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), the Franchise Association reminds franchisors of the related provisions in the CPA... read |
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 | Colleen Goko Grand Parade Investments plans to open 50 stores over the next five years to feed the growing market in artisanal ice cream... read |
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 | As the local chicken industry tightens its belt due to an increase in the dumping of imported chicken on the South African market, workers face retrenchments instead of Christmas bonuses... read |
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 | The Wallonia export investment agency, AWEX, is active encouraging South African businesses expanding into Europe to make the southern Belgian region of Wallonia their home base... read |
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 | Mike Sharman By the time December sneaks up on us, the average consumer is on the verge of Festive Fatigue. Branded content becomes white noise, and shelf liners and POS collateral of all shapes and sizes morphs into a solitary red blur of a fat man in a suit with a jolly grin, sans differentiation... read |
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 | Robert Laing The volume of goods produced by South African factories fell 2.7% in October from the same month in 2015, Statistics SA reported on Thursday... read |
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 | Michelle Gumede Adcock Ingram Critical Care (AICC) gained commercial rights to the Pharma-Q range of products in SA last Friday... read |
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 | According to a report by TimesLive, South African startup Onyx Connect is set to become the first to manufacture smartphones in Africa... read |
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 | Tamar Kahn Econex says demand for sugar-sweetened drinks is inelastic, consumption will not fall as sharply as the policy paper predicts, and there will consequently be a smaller health impact... read |
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 | Tamar Kahn Reducing the energy content of sugar-sweetened drinks would be a more effective way to combat obesity than implementing a sugar tax, according to research commissioned by beverage industry association BevSA... read |
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 | Issued by Nielsen The 2016 Nielsen Mobile Shopping, Banking and Payment Survey - which polled online consumers across 63 countries - shows South Africans outpacing global nations in terms of online mobile adoption... read |
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 | Issued by Docs.Zone In order to write an article which has the best search ranking possible, you need to write your articles in a certain way. For this, you can follow the various tips which have been suggested by the experts... read |
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 | Britain will ban junk food ads aimed at children from both print and social media from next year, the advertising rules watchdog said on Thursday, a move welcomed by campaigners against child obesity... read |
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 | Gareth Pearson Mass personalisation is not just a buzzword or international trend making waves overseas. It's here and already making its presence felt in the local consumer market. Here's what you need to know... read |
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 | Bandile Ndzishe The highly competitive December holiday marketing has no place for the pliant and weak marketers. It is a war room affair... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Tony de Barros, sales and marketing director for Lamelle Research Laboratories, which started in his garage and is now one of the leading skincare companies in SA... read |
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 | Pericles Anetos Tile and sanitary ware manufacturer Italtile' s sales grew 14.7% to R2.9bn for the first five months to end-November, it said in a sales update on Monday morning... read |
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 | Hein Kern Consumers are eager to spend and retailers are keen for the windfall of the holidays but when people are more spendthrift, criminals are more alert. This is particularly true for cybercriminals, cashing in on the holiday spirit... read |
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 | Tom Jackson South African startup Fastvan is to roll out a new app on Android and iOS in January that allows users to send hundreds of parcels in minutes... read |
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 | As production of cocoa has failed to keep pace with world demand, prices have steadily been rising for several years. Mondelez International is taking steps to help cocoa farmers boost production... read |
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 | Van Schaik Bookstore has announced it will launch a lock screen replacement android app that has been integrated with the Van Schaik Rewards loyalty programme... read |
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 | Ericsson Consumer Lab has produced its sixth edition of its annual trend report The 10 Hot Consumer Trends for 2017 and beyond... read |
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 | STOCKHOLM - Swedish furniture giant Ikea on Wednesday announced a record annual net profit for its fiscal year 2015-2016, on strong sales of kitchen equipment and dining rooms... read |
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 | PARIS - Nutella maker Ferrero said on Monday it had bought Belgium's Delacre for an undisclosed sum as it seeks to spread from chocolates to biscuits... read |
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 | Bruce van Wyk Africa is rising. According to the latest figures in the 2016 African Economic Outlook report, annual GDP growth rose to above 5% between 2001 and 2014... read |
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 | Amandine Robin Often, the orientations to innovation are determined by the skills existing in a factory at a given time. Typically, the company owns a technical know-how and uses it to improve or transform its products... read |
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