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Digital ups retail relevancyIt's been widely documented, technology allows business to better understand their customers and deliver products, services and communication in line with what the customer wants. It could be argued that the new age of retail is very much digital first. Dion Chang and Sue Morris from Flux Trends state that technology is paving the way to a retail future that we have not even begun to imagine yet. Read their forecasts of the most prominent digital innovations to hit the industry. Spoiler alert: 2017 is the year of the drone! Using the power of digital to improve its customer rewards offering, consumer goods giant Unilever has launched Wuhu, a mobile coupon and rewards site where shoppers get vouchers (and data!) delivered to their phone entitling them to savings on a particular product. Getting technical, Acceleration's Colleen Rose explains how beacon technology can blend digital with the physical and deliver a truly data-driven customer experience. In light of #YouthMonth and because we all to need read a feel-good story at the start of a week, don't forget to read how Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa's Bizniz in a Box initiative is helping to turn the tide against youth unemployment by training young people to set up and manage thriving businesses in their communities. Lauren Hartzenberg
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|  | Unilever South Africa has relaunched its Unilever Deals with a new name, social media support and Vodacom as a strategic partner... read |
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Seven South African designers are working with American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), to design a ‘Seed to Seat' project at 100% Design South Africa... Read | Already, South African retailers and shopping centres have openly embraced the technological boom but more is on the cards... Read | According to a survey by dunnhumby, 57% of respondents said they spend the same amount for Father's Day as they do on Mother's Day... Read | Colleen Goko Consumer goods companies have been through the mill due to a slowdown in consumer spending... Read | Colleen Rose You know what shoppers are doing online - but do you know what they are doing in-store? Consumers are increasingly using digital technology... Read | Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) rolled out its Bizniz in a Box initiative in 2016 as part of the company's Youth Empowerment Programme... Read |
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 | Ilse van den Berg In the #StartupStory spotlight this week is FlexPay: a product created in response to the high demand in the market for purchasing goods via piecemeal payments... read | | |
 | Lauren Hartzenberg Lovers of McIlhenny Company's Tabasco products huddled within the cosy confines of Villa 47 in Bree Street for the brand's first local Flavour Lab event... read | |  | Leigh Andrews My highlight of the 2017 Good Food & Wine Show, held at the beginning of the month at the CTICC was the life-size grey elephant cake with tiny calf lumbering alongside her. But there was so much more to see, hear, touch, taste and smell... read | |  | Futurist, strategist, author and academic, Graeme Codrington, addressed the Western Cape Chapter of the SACSC... read | | |
 | Cigarette group British American Tobacco (BAT) says it expects robust volume growth and further market share gains in the half-year to June... read | |  | Having acquired Safe Eggs, Nulaid will relaunch the pasteurised brand under the Nulaid label... read | |  | BMI Research has released its recent research on the malt beer and flavoured alcoholic beverages, both of which show a decline in 2016... read | | |
 | Corner shops, markets and street traders are still the traditional way most Senegalese do their shopping, but micro-businesses are turning to digital means of tracking clients... read | | |
 | Stories, both books and film, have a way of predicting the future - from The Simpsons predicting Donald Trump's presidency to I, Robot's driverless cars... read | |  | The inaugural Africa-ASEAN Business Expo (AABE) 2017 launches 6-8 November at the Sandton Convention Centre to establish a new trading launch pad... read | | |
 | Issued by Pyrotec For retailers and brand owners, cross-merchandising plays an important role in increasing sales and ultimately increasing revenue. Here's why... read | | |
 | Issued by Pyrotec Markem-Imaje, a global leader in marking and printing solutions, has introduced Code with Confidence, a simple, tailored, comprehensive range of services solutions for customers worldwide... read | | |
 | Robert Laing Seven beef suppliers were raided by the Competition Commission on Wednesday morning in an investigation into price fixing... read | | |
 | Food Lover's Market and its sister brand, FreshStop, launched the Goodness Gang in South Africa and Namibia this week, after a successful campaign in the Western Cape... read | | |
 | Sunita Menon Retail sales grew faster than economists expected in April, the first month of the second quarter, Statistics SA reported on Wednesday... read | | |
 | Morag Saunders South African retailers have long lagged their counterparts in the U.S. and Europe in terms of embracing new digital channels to improve business operations and marketing... read | | |
 | Witlof, also know as Belgian Endive, costs more to produce than many other leafy vegetables. A Witlof grower is now importing roots directly from The Netherlands to increase production at a purpose-built hydroponic facility in Ceres... read | |  | Kamogelo Mmutlana, Issued by Barloworld Logistics Perishable food products make up a large and important part of the country's supply chain. It is critical to ensure that effective and specialised temperature-controlled solutions are in place... read | | |
 | The TomTom Touch Cardio is the new addition to the company's range of popular wearables... read | | |  | NEW YORK, US: General Electric on Monday announced the departure of chief executive Jeff Immelt, who had made the risky bet of refocusing the American conglomerate on its industrial roots... read | |  | Using globalisation's potential with the precision of master designers making fashion, France's luxury companies are generating jobs again... read | | | More International | |
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 | Recognising and celebrating the significant role of Wi-Fi in connecting global communities and driving socio-economic development, is World Wi-Fi Day on Tuesday, 20 June 2017. read | |
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