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Mitigating the effects of Day ZeroAs Day Zero looms in Cape Town, many businesses have pledged their support to help mitigate the impact of the water crisis. Among them are bottled water companies, who will no doubt experience an uptick in sales as concerned consumers stock up. Aquellé been working with NGO Water Shortage South Africa to donate just under 30,000 litres of bottled water to the elderly and infirm, and is said to be assessing where and how they can help further. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages (CCPB) in partnership with the Coca-Cola Foundation and participating suppliers are in the process of finalising the details to provide millions of litres of relief water. CCPB also says it has implemented a discount structure with its retail customers on the BonAqua 1.5 litre water. In other top news, Antony Bourne from IFS details the game-changing trends for the manufacturing industry in 2018, and Morne Cronje from FNB Business shares his top franchising trends to look out for. H&M has found itself in the spotlight once again after it recalled a line of children's socks after complaints from shoppers that a pattern on them appeared to resemble the word Allah written in Arabic. There's been a call from food safety experts for a designated food control agency as the Listeriosis outbreak continues to claim lives. Lastly, the growth in Africa's consumer goods and retail sectors is being driven by the expanding middle class as well as the continued development of the African technology and telecommunications industries. Have an inspiring week! Lauren Hartzenberg
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Antony Bourne When you think 'IoT', is your first thought newly affordable, available sensors being added to products after they've been manufactured? If it is, well I believe 2018 will change that...read |
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In Africa and the Middle East, the value of mergers and acquisitions transactions is expected to rise to $6.4 billion in 2018 and will continue to rise in 2019, to $6.6 billion...read | 
NEWSWATCH: Swedish clothing retailer H&M has recalled a line of children's socks after complaints from shoppers that a pattern on them appeared to resemble the word Allah written in Arabic...read | 
2017 has been a very tough year for businesses and consumers. However, according to Morne Cronje, head of franchising at FNB Business, the franchise sector continues to perform well...read |
| | |  | Linda Ensor Director and chairman of Steinhoff's audit committee, former ABSA CEO, Steve Booysen on Wednesday recounted the dramatic discovery on 5 December of the alleged accounting irregularities... read | | |  | Consumers spend more over the festive period - not because of improved circumstances but mostly because of factors such as better marketing and relatively low interest rates... read | |  | Alistair Anderson Hyprop Investments has taken steps to regain its status as one of the most reliable dividend-paying and capital growth-generating listed real estate investments in 2018... read | | |  | In an effort to help mitigate the impact of Day Zero, Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages in partnership with the Coca-Cola Foundation and participating suppliers are in the process of finalising the details to provide millions of litres of relief water... read | |  | In an effort to assist the drought-stricken Western Cape ahead of Day Zero, South African bottled water brand Aquellé is donating just under 30,000 litres of bottled water to the elderly... read | | |  | Textile company Mungo, founded 35 years ago by master weaver Stuart Holding, opened a new mill in November at the historic homestead of Old Nick Village in Plettenberg Bay... read | | |  | Boris Dzhingarov Issued By Monetary Library As technology continues to grow in power and popularity, it's becoming increasingly easier for e-commerce vendors to break past international borders to build truly global businesses... read | | |  | The historic French fashion label Paul Poiret has been resurrected and will show its first collection in nearly nine decades at Paris fashion week next month... read | |  | Issued By Saddler Belts & Leathercraft Based in Durban, Saddler belts is a leading producer of genuine leather belts. After 27 years of successful trading, they have now registered their "Saddler" brand... read | | |  | Food and consumer products giant Unilever on Thursday posted soaring 2017 profits of €6.5 billion ($8.05 billion), after a year of "major change" when it spurned a Kraft Heinz takeover bid... read | |  | Acdoco SA, a consumer packaged goods brand-custodian and distributor, has been appointed as the exclusive South African distributor for global oral care brand, Jordan. read | |  | Soda maker Dr Pepper Snapple Group is merging with coffee specialist Keurig Green Mountain, the companies announced Monday, creating a beverage giant with about $11 billion in annual sales... read | | |  | Despite owning 11 fast food outlets in four towns in the Eastern Cape, Sicelo Mntonga still regards himself as an emerging entrepreneur... read | |  | SA food delivery service, OrderIn, has teamed up with ride-hailing app Taxify, in a deal that is expected to expand the reach and offering of both companies... read | |  | Robert Laing Restaurant group Spur's share price fell 7% to R26.01 on Monday morning after it warned shareholders of a decline in interim sales... read | | |  | Michelle Gumede AltX-listed salon franchisor Imbalie Beauty intends to raise nearly 40% of its market capitalisation to bolster its business amid rising competition... read | | |  | With over 720 laboratory-confirmed cases of food poisoning caused by Listeria in 2017, South Africa is in dire need of a food control agency which can better manage the threat... read | | |  | The long-awaited Free Trade Area (FTA) that aims to increase intra-regional trade within the continent, will be launched in March this year in Kigali... read | | |  | South African wine and beer producers as well as design studios are invited to enter the fourth annual Wine Label Design Awards and the inaugural Beer Label Design Awards... read | | |  | Owen Skae The global retail group Steinhoff is reeling under allegations of accounting fraud. Since the allegations surfaced last year the CEO of the multi-billion dollar business, Markus Jooste, has fallen on his sword... read | | |  | A French supermarket chain's decision to slash the price of Nutella by 70% has sparked frenzy, with shoppers across the country jostling to squirrel away as many jars of the nutty spread as possible... read | | |  | As retailers target new avenues to increase personalisation of the customer experience, global retailer spending on AI is predicted to reach $7.3 billion per annum by 2022... read | | | |  | Xoliswa Hlongwane is about to take over as uShaka Marine World's chief financial officer (CFO). She shares her insights on working in the public sector... read | | | | Ben Hecht "The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can't have both." Clarence Day "We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided." Ad Reinhardt "Art is Art. Everything else is everything else." Saint Teresa of Avila "Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul." Jean Paul "Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life." |
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