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Welcome to the festive seasonDecember signals the start of the festive season, but we also bid farewell to two jam-packed months of entrepreneurship features. To conclude the content focus, I sat down with Ntombenhle Khathwane from local natural haircare brand, AfroBotanics, who shared with me the highs, lows and learnings of her small business journey, from manufacturing in her garage to occupying prime retail shelf space. I also chat with So Interactive's Letitia Lerm in this week's top story, about the #TheArtOfFusion brand campaign conceptualised by the agency for popular seafood restaurant chain Ocean Basket. Lerm elaborates on the power of food porn, the creative process behind the campaign, and the relationship that's been fostered between So Interactive and long-time client Ocean Basket. In other top news, consumer goods giant, Tiger Brands, reports to have a "clearer" acquisition strategy for its expansion into Africa and says it would place more emphasis on due diligence than in the past. And Vincent Magwenya considers an Africanised, cross-industry version of Black Friday that drives economic value for the continent. Lastly, Retail Capital is giving SMEs an opportunity to win a makeover to build their brand with an investment of R250,000. So if you play in this space, or know a company that could do with a business boost, click through for details. Lauren Hartzenberg
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Lauren Hartzenberg In six years South African natural haircare brand, AfroBotanics, went from being manufactured in founder Ntombenhle Khathwane's garage to a fully equipped factory in Midrand...read | 
Tiger Brands was looking for acquisitions outside SA and would place more emphasis on due diligence than in the past, management said on Monday...read | 
Vincent Magwenya Black Friday has come and gone, with popular consumer products ranging from food items and electronic devices to furniture items flying off the shelves at bargain prices.read |
| | |  | As with other retailers at this stage in the uncompromising economic environment, the results of Spar Group reflect "the weak state of consumer buying power and confidence"... read | | |  | Retail Capital is giving SMEs an opportunity to win a makeover to build their brand with an investment of R250,000... read | | |  | Boris Dzhingarov Issued By Monetary Library As a business owner, you want your processes and systems to run smoothly. If you experience the following blips in your business, finding the source will restore integrity and trust with your customers and your team... read | |  | Issued By Vetta Research shows that companies who are customer centric are 60% more successful than non-customer centric companies. However, customers and the ways in which businesses interact with them are evolving... read | | |  | In SA, instances of femicide are five times the global average and one in five women are assaulted by their partner. #NoExcuse has been launched, with Carling Black Label and Takuwami Riime! as the inaugural supporters, to... read | |  | In an effort to give back this festive season, Starbucks will be donating a portion of its holiday beverage sales non-profit organisations... read | | |  | Fast fashion online retailer, Superbalist, has reported that Black Friday 2017 has gone down in history as its biggest trading day so far... read | |  | Global discounts website, Picodi.com, says Black Friday went beyond expectations this year. The company says consumers' activity increased on average by 624%... read | |  | A shopper was shocked to find that the price of a product had increased on Black Friday when he visited digital retailer Takealot.com... read | | |  | Held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 24-26 October, the Propak Cape expo attracted just under 6,000 visitors... read | | | View gallery | | |  | The winners of the 2017 Diners Club Winemaker and Young Winemaker of the Year Awards have been announced... read | |  | Robert Laing Long4Life's share price rose as much as 4% to R4.70 on Tuesday after announcing its latest acquisition, Stellenbosch-based soft-drink maker Chill Beverages... read | |  | The South African wine market is saturated with thousands of brands, so launching a new wine might be risky - but for Orange River Cellars, where there is a will, there is a way... read | |  | South African gourmet tea company, Toni Glass Collection, has launched a premium range of sugar-free tonic waters infused with a blend of botanicals... read | |  | Issued By Clorets South Africa Clorets has always been the fresh breath expert, but now, thanks to Clorets 40 Minutes which includes Actizol with extra Chlorophyll, you'll enjoy 40 minutes long lasting fresh minty breath... read | |  | Swiss food giant Nestle announced Sunday that it would close its factory in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo... read | |  | Robert Laing Strikes, a shrinking market and aggressive competition in the snacks and treats sector were among the reasons Tiger Brands gave for flat sales... read | | |  | Tony Curran More than 95% of people still eat meat and don't like being told that it is wrong and bad for the planet to do so... read | | |  | Issued By Moving Tactics Moving Tactics recently partnered with Clicks to implement a bespoke high-impact multi-channel digital signage network... read | | |  | Issued By Pyrotec It's difficult to imagine life without machine-readable product codes, but this concept has only been in commercial use since the 1970s... read | | |  | Xavier Rousset, Octavio Escobar and Régis Chenavaz It stands to reason that the weather can affect the sales of certain products. More rainfall generally means that consumers purchase less sunscreen... read | | |  | Linah Maigurira When it comes to drawing people into their stores this festive season, retailers may face increased competition, but they also have a wider array of tools... read | |  | Leigh Andrews This extended #EntrepreneurMonth, we go behind the selfie go behind the selfie with Andrew Brand, CEO of Ninety9c, awarded #FMAdFocus2017's 'partnership of the year' for their work with Checkers... read | | |  | Woolworths chairman Simon Susman told shareholders at Tuesday's annual general meeting that the board was confident of the group's Australian strategy... read | |  | Marc Hasenfuss Kaap Agri, which listed on the JSE earlier in 2017, believes it can still achieve double-digit growth in the financial year ahead despite the prolonged drought slowing business activity in the Western Cape... read | |  | Shoprite's most innovative and reliable suppliers were honoured recently at the retailer's 2017 Supplier of the Year Awards... read | | | |  | Britain's biggest cigarette wholesaler, Palmer & Harvey (P&H), collapsed into administration on Tuesday, with around 2,500 staff facing redundancy... read | | | | Sun Tzu "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." Gabriel Garcia Marquez "What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it." George Orwell "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." Milton Berle "We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight." Goldie Hawn "Mindfulness can help people of any age. That's because we become what we think." |
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