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Rachel Thompson Consumers around the world are putting more value on experiences than they do on possessions, and South Africans are no different...read |
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Dave Chambers After 200 years of making beer, Newlands Brewery in Cape Town is going into the water business...read | 
Mark Allix Former Shoprite Holdings CEO Whitey Basson says he vouches for the honesty of his friend and fellow Shoprite shareholder of many years, former Steinhoff chairman Christo Wiese...read | 
We recently saw a global clothing retailer unwittingly become the target of consumer fury locally, as a result of their sizing...read |
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 | Lindy Lee Budgets are tight, with rising electricity and petrol prices driving many households to tighten their purse strings. In response, the retail industry is becoming increasingly competitive... read | |  | Efi Dahan More and more, consumers in sub-Saharan Africa are looking beyond their boarders to get the products and services they need... read | |  | Ina Lopion Township shopping centres are bucking the trend and outperforming other types of retail centres... read | |  | Dave Nemeth When it comes to trends in any area it is important to understand that one of the biggest drivers is the consumer. There has always been the belief that interior trends follow on from fashion, but this is no longer the case. read | |  | Wynand Smit In South Africa, technology implementation is largely reactive - we're a nation of cautious adopters - yet there are many innovations likely to gain a stronger foothold in 2018 in the financial sector... read | |
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 | Issued By Nielsen The latest Nielsen South African Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) for Q3, 2017 reflects a five-point increase from the previous quarter to 83 points, the highest level since Quarter 3, 2016... read |
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 | Daniel Schwartzkopff The manufacturing industry's role in the South African economy has seen a long and sustained decline... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Nigerian online furniture retailer Skarabrand has sold more than 1,000 items and delivered to 11 cities since its launch in 2015... read |
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 | Issued By IMC Conference Dan Matthews, technical architect at Episerver and one of the speakers at the upcoming Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) Conference, shares his insights on e-commerce and inbound marketing... read |
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 | Megan Bowman The digital age poses challenges for all brands in every sector, and yet for the luxury market, the conundrum is a particularly tricky one... read |
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 | Issued By OLX Leading classifieds platform OLX is on a mission to encourage South Africans to make and save money in order to be economically free this January... read |
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 | E-commerce has changed the way the world conducts business, and the rise in technology has made it easier to interact with customers quickly and across borders... read |
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 | The Threads Accelerator, a fashion SME programme presented by marketing agency Nonzero and Standard Bank, has entered its second stage... read |
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 | Issued By The Lion Match Company The Lion Match Company, whose iconic golden lion is synonymous with safety matches in South Africa, has launched a new match... read |
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 | Shaneev Boodoo Like so many other sectors, the South African beverage market has not escaped the effects of the country's economic slowdown... read |
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 | Marc Hasenfuss Rooibos ice tea maker Bos Brands aims to double its retail market share in SA after announcing a sales and distribution deal with JSE-listed Rhodes Food Group... read |
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 | Whitey Basson is back in the driving seat months after his exit from Shoprite, accepting an offer to become an independent nonexecutive director of JSE-listed dairy group Clover. read |
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 | Kevin Hedderwick has resigned as a nonexecutive director of Famous Brands with immediate effect, the owner of Steers, Wimpy and other fast food franchises said in a statement... read |
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 | Plan B Dessertery, a KwaZulu-Natal brand introduced by the founders of Wakaberry, has opened its doors in The Zone @ Rosebank in Johannesburg... read |
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 | Despite 2017 being a tough year for business and consumers, South Africa has remained a desirable destination for global brands looking to expand... read |
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 | Rebecca Walker Reczek, Daniel Zane and Julie Irwin Imagine a shopper, Sarah, who is concerned about child labour and knows about groups like the Fair Wear Foundation that certify which brands sell ethically produced clothing... read |
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 | The Coca-Cola Company has announced a commitment to become more environmentally friendly by reshaping its approach to packaging... read |
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 | Soccer player David Beckham has partnered with L'Oréal for the launch of his first global grooming brand, House 99. read |
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 | Growth theory postulates that as economies develop, their consumers' protein intake tends to increase substituting the starch. Looking at beef consumption, we find a similar consumption pattern... read |
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 | Issued By Pyrotec In theory, augmented reality (AR) could allow product owners and marketers to add a virtual layer of communication and promotional messaging to their brand packaging... read |
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 | The Competition Commission's probe into the supply of school uniforms has so far established that various schools had made exclusive supply deals with stockists... read |
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 | Neo Goba Just as many South Africans were recovering from the drama caused by the Economic Freedom Fighters over the weekend, the red berets yet again stormed one of the biggest malls in the country... read |
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 | STOCKHOLM - A racism scandal at H&M is the latest indication of management problems at the Swedish clothing giant, once the darling of shoppers but now struggling to make the switch to e-commerce, analysts say. read |
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 | Massmart recorded muted growth for the year to December as it battled a weaker economy and stronger rand... read |
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 | Michelle Gumede Mr Price outperformed other retailers in the three months to December, recording 8.3% growth in sales... read |
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 | Robert Laing Retail group TFG - whose brands include Foschini, Markham and @home - enjoyed Christmas sales in 2017 that were 31% higher than the previous year's... read |
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 | Robert Laing Woolworths share price fell as much as 9% to R57.64 on Monday morning after said its interim headline earnings per share were expected to fall as much as 17.5%... read |
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 | Michelle Gumede Shoprite's non-South African supermarket division recorded negative growth for the six months to December, owing to the effect of lower commodity prices... read |
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 | Sunita Menon Black Friday boosted November 2017's retail sales to 8.2% - double the annual growth expected by economists... read |
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 | Scott Nadler and Jeremy Soboil Customers have tremendous power in the business-to-business (B2B) sustainability world. Just by asking questions of their suppliers, customers send powerful signals about what matters... read |
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 | High-end gadgetry showcased at this week's Consumer Electronics Show offered ways that smart devices can improve the lives of animals and their human friends... read |
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