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#Homesewn efficiency and franchising excellenceIn today's top story, the first instalment in our #Homesewn series, you'll learn how Cape Town-born outdoor apparel brand K-Way has not only made vast improvements to its production efficiency but has also played a part in addressing South Africa's unemployment crisis. I interview Bobby Fairlamb, the company's manufacturing team leader, who spearheaded K-Way's application of the lean manufacturing system, which has been instrumental in the factory's award-winning success. Speaking of local success stories, the Franchise Association of South Africa honoured the best in South African franchising at its recent Awards for Excellence in Franchising. The annual event is the industry's way of acknowledging the franchisors and franchisees climbing the ladder of success, highlighting them as examples to those that are still growing their brands. Click through to the winners list!In other top news this week, New Orleans-born Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen outlet will open its first South African doors in Sandton City this week, muscling in on territory dominated by KFC and Chicken Licken. Meanwhile in fashion retail, Foschini has been referred to the National Consumer Tribunal for charging consumers a club fee on credit agreements and H&M has announced plans to open another six stores in SA before the end of 2017 as it extends its reach in the country. Here's to an inspiring week! Lauren Hartzenberg
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|  | [Lauren Hartzenberg] South Africa's clothing and textile industry has seen some trying times. In the past 15 years, jobs in the local sector have decreased from 200,000 to 19,000... read |
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Colleen Goko Swedish retailer H&M plans to open another six stores in SA before the end of 2017 as it extends its reach in the country... Read | [Issued by Bizcommunity.com] The Peninsula School Feeding Association (PSFA)'s 49th Blisters for Bread Charity Family Fun Walk in association with Lucky Star will take place on Sunday, 27 August... Read | As part of its annual Franchise Business Festival, the Franchise Association of South Africa (FASA) held its Awards for Excellence in Franchising... Read | Clothing retailer The Foschini Group (TFG) is the latest of a number of retailers to come under the spotlight of the National Credit Regulator for allegedly charging a club fee... Read | Moyagabo Maake Long4Life, an investment firm founded by businessman Brian Joffe, has made a nonbinding offer for Holdsport in a surprise move into the sports market. Read | South African franchisee, Siyaghopa Trading Group, will be opening its first Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen quick service restaurant in Johannesburg... Read |
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 | Sindy Peters After running successful pilots in both Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, Edgars recently launched its UNiTE Orange Day campaign in the Western Cape... read | |  | A new online cause-based pop-up platform, the Forgood Pop-Up Store, allows shoppers to directly support reputable causes when purchasing from its curated selection... read | |
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 | South African financial technology company, Sureswipe, has announced a new integrated payment and POS solution that boasts 2-second transaction speed... read | |
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 | Johan Coetzee The Grocery Retail Market Inquiry (GRMI) is a crucial step towards finding much-needed clarity on the ongoing problems with long-term exclusive lease agreement provisions between landlords and supermarkets... read | | |
 | This Mandela Day, Pick n Pay and FoodForward SA have partnered for a national food drive with a goal to provide one million meals... read | | |
 | Caroline Henshaw With Myanmar emerging as a manufacturing hub for mass-produced clothes, a crop of young designers are using homegrown fashion to preserve the country's sartorial heritage... read | | |
 | Fundisiwe Maseko With mobile penetration reaching close to 70% on the continent, technology will continue to open doors and provide new opportunities for e-commerce in Africa... read | | |
 | Issued by Scan Display Virtual reality and augmented reality are sophisticated technologies that have the potential to change the way we do many things, especially in the field of marketing. Scan Display decided to test them out at Madex 2017... read | |  | The China Homelife Fair and co-located China Machinex will offer a meeting ground for business opportunities... read | |  | The fourth annual Manufacturing Indaba, held on 27-28 June 2017 in Ekurhuleni, brought together key industry players... read | | |
 | TFG, the retailer that owns Foschini, @Home and Totalsports is in talks to acquire British womenswear brand Hobbs, a UK press report says. read | |  | Thembela Ntongana Blessing Lunga makes shoes in his two-roomed shack. He learned how to make them from a man he stayed with in Johannesburg... read | |  | The first Timothy Oulton Gallery in Africa has been launched by Weylandts inside its Fourways store... read | |  | Nike reached an agreement to sell a limited number of items directly on Amazon, executives said on Thursday, in a sign of the growing importance of the e-commerce platform... read | | |
 | Robert Laing Food producer Clover's share price fell 4% to R16.30 on Thursday morning after it announced it had completed moving control of its milk trading arm... read | |  | All Gold has introduced a simple-to-store squeeze bottle for a range of its jams, new flavours and Lite options in its Connoisseurs range... read | |  | BMi Research has released its reports on the ready to drink (RTD) energy and sports drinks market for 2016... read | | |
 | Bongani Shweni Sonic launches hybrid burgers that could potentially be a game changer in the fast food chain industry... read | |  | Colleen Goko A new chicken has come to roost in the richest square mile in Africa. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is set to open its doors in Sandton next week, but feathers are set to fly... read | | |
 | Gold Brands Investments says the 2017 financial year will be remembered as one in which companies with exposure to the consumer goods sector suffered significant headwinds... read | |  | Famous global franchises are coming to South Africa en masse and it is as good for our taste buds, as it is for local entrepreneurs seeking new business ventures... read | | |
 | Anika Kozlowski Canada has never been a driving force in fashion. As a nation, our culture and identity are often reduced to stereotypes involving plaid, nature and hockey... read | | |
 | Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), Africa's largest Coca-Cola bottler has acquired Equator Bottlers, the third largest Coca-Cola bottler in Kenya... read | |  | Issued by Pyrotec Serialised coding enables one to track and trace each individual product and component along the entire supply chain. There are many more reasons to implement serialisation... read | | |
 | The big-name supermarkets should be compelled to stock products produced by "smallholders" and new shopping mall developments should be made to allocate 25% of floor space... read | |  | The Grocery Retail Sector Market Inquiry, initiated by the Competition Commission, has received input from the Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation... read | |  | Linda Ensor The National Credit Regulator has referred clothing retailer Foschini to the National Consumer Tribunal for charging consumers a club fee on credit agreements... read | | |
 | Primedia Outdoor has developed a system that combines GIS technology with population data and consumer insights to isolate consumer ‘convergence nodes'... read | |  | Collaboration with online retail partners, such as Travelstart, SA Florist and Cybercellar, has been pivotal to TFG's e-commerce success... read | | |
 | Colleen Goko Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the restaurant and retail sector should be funded despite the recession as these businesses will be engines for growth... read | |  | Christo Wiese, Shoprite's chairman and its largest shareholder, seems flabbergasted by the outcry over the retail giant's imminent R1.83bn payment to former CEO Whitey Basson... read | | |
 | Issued by Enterprises University of Pretoria Retail management training and excellence were celebrated at the fifth annual W&RSETA Retail Management Development Programme (RMDP) certificate ceremony... read | |  | The third batch of Nigerian entrepreneurs has graduated from GE Lagos Garage Training Programme, which provided participants the opportunity to interact with manufacturing technologies... read | | |
 | Sometimes the entrepreneurial traits of a startup founder are not conducive to running a large-to-global business. Just ask Travis Kalanick... read | |
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| Tom Ford "Fashion is much more collaborative than one might think. You have to have an idea and vision, and you have to communicate that vision to a team of people, and you have to create an environment that allows those people to give the best that they can give." Tom Ford "Your name is a funny thing. It stands for what you're about, and everything I do is really about pride." Frida Kahlo "I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality." John Malkovich "Fashion is chaotic, and it can be an aggravation, too, but it is at its best when it allows you to express yourself." Rei Kawakubo "I want to create a market where people from all walks of life can encounter each other in an atmosphere of beautiful chaos, the coming together of kindred souls." |
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