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Sentimental Valentine's spending and SAMWWith many celebrating the sentiment of Valentine's Day with their significant other this past week, Mastercard released its annual Love Index, which showed that South Africans continue to say "I love you" by investing in experiences over material goods. Sentimental spending has increased by 50% since 2015, with the number of e-commerce transactions increasing by 990% between 2015 and 2017. SA's fashionable crowd gathered in Cape Town's City Hall last weekend for the bi-annual South African Menswear Week (SAMW). Meagan Duckitt shares her top 10 trends from the AW/18 shows, while Maroefah Smith interviews Steven Rosenbau, one half of the creative force behind luxury streetwear brand Rosey & Vittori about design inspiration and the future of SA fashion. Keep a lookout for ongoing SAMW coverage over the next two weeks! With the water crisis never far from the minds of those in the Cape, the SACSC details how retailers and shopping centres are adjusting their practices and strategies to keep business running efficiently throughout the drought. Meanwhile, Sodastream SA has joined the call to action urging Coca-Cola to disclose its local water sources and to develop a plan to ensure Cape Town residents have access to water. All that and more. Have an inspiring week! Lauren Hartzenberg
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You're at work or laying in bed, and with a simple click of the mouse you can book a dream vacation or the latest curved smart television... read | | |  | Held at Rustenberg Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, this year's Cape Wine Auction has raised R17.5m for education in the Cape winelands... read | | |  | Guo Bonan has opened several new branches of his "8Peppers" spicy Sichuan-style restaurants across Shanghai since last year, and not one has a dining room... read | |  | Tom Jackson Kenyan startup Sokowatch, a mobile-based ordering and delivery network for small shops, has revealed plans to expand to Mombasa in the third quarter of this year... read | | |  | This year's Manufacturing Indaba is set to explore the impact of Industry 4.0 and IoT on transformation in the manufacturing industry... read | | |  | Meagan Duckitt South African menswear designers showcased their 2018 autumn/winter ranges at SA Menswear Week, which was held from 8-11 February 2018. read | |  | Young fashion designer Rich Mnisi has ventured into furniture design, debuting specially commissioned pieces at Southern Guild's Extra Ordinary group exhibition... read | |  | African Fashion International (AFI) has rebranded its fashion week properties to AFI Cape Town Fashion Week and AFI Joburg Fashion Week. AFI Cape Town Fashion Week will take place from 21-24 March 2018. read | |  | Emmanuel Tjiya Local celeb Nandi Madida presented her Colour by Nandi Madida Autumn/Winter 2018 collection, in collaboration with designer Josh Patron, at New York Fashion Week on Saturday... read | | |  | South African bean-to-bar chocolate brand De Villiers Chocolate is now offering international consumers a bite of Africa.... read | |  | Marc Hasenfuss RCL Foods, the consumer brands conglomerate that owns poultry producer Rainbow Chickens, delivered a nourishing trading update... read | | |  | Robert Laing Taste Holdings CEO Carlo Gonzaga has been replaced by Tyrone Moodley, an adviser to new controlling shareholder Riskowitz Value Fund... read | | |  | Woolworths has launched South Africa's first locally-made, WBeauty soap range bearing the certification logo of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil... read | | |  | Once a very small-volume crop in the Western Cape, cherries have more than quadrupled their export market share over the last four years and continue to show excellent potential as an alternative crop... read | | |  | Nompendulo Ngubane As dawn breaks, Bonisiwe Zungu puts her charcoal-fired brazier on the pavement of Richmond Road, Pietermaritzburg. She is here to braai and sell mealies... read | | |  | Issued By Pyrotec Manufacturers have a constant battle to meet the high demands required for coding and marking packaging while maintaining operational costs... read | |  | Issued By Pyrotec Pyrotec PackMark has added the Anser U2 Hand-Held Printer to its stable - bringing the world's most lightweight and compact mobile printer to southern Africa... read | |  | Issued By Pyrotec According to Future Market Insights, the global booklet labels market is set for rapid growth. North America is leading the race, followed by the Asia Pacific region, but in the Middle East and Africa growth remains sluggish... read | | |  | The South African Revenue Service (Sars) will engage industry stakeholders on the Sugary Beverages Levy... read | | |  | Michelle Gumede The outlook for consumer goods companies appears upbeat as a changing political landscape provides some impetus to a stuttering economy... read | | |  | Issued By Lemok Group Sammy Marks Square has commissioned Lemok Digital Agency to come up with an integrated launch campaign for Sammy Marks' free three hours uncapped Wi-Fi... read | |  | THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Anglo-Dutch consumer giant Unilever, one of the world's largest advertisers, threatened on Monday to snub digital platforms that fail to protect children or help "create division" in society... read | |  | Issued By Lemok Group Customers want the extra attention... and frankly, they deserve it... read | | |  | In keeping up with its standard for retail innovation and interactive shopping as the new normal, the third instalment of Now Showing has launched with a +Space Man pop-up store... read | |  | Hanna Ziady Exclusive Books CEO Benjamin Trisk says he plans to defend his "name and reputation", following his suspension by the business's board pending the outcome of a disciplinary inquiry... read | |  | Michelle Gumede The Competition Tribunal has dismissed Massmart's complaint that Shoprite Checkers, Pick n Pay and Spar were taking part in anticompetitive behaviour through exclusive leases with shopping-mall landlords. read | | |  | Robert Laing December's retail sales grew 5.3%, beating economists' consensus forecast of 4%... read | | |  | Frikkie Maré Consumer requests at food outlets travel back through the value chain to the producers of the necessary raw products, which will again go through new types of processing to reach the consumer at some point in the future... read | | | |  | Jessica Tennant South Africans are three times more likely to freelance than their global counterparts, but the freelance movement is not a millennial movement, says Brent Spilkin, also known as 'Spillly', author of What the Freelance... read | | | | Orson Welles "We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone." Jeremy Bentham "Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet." Lily Tomlin "If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?" Lord Byron "Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine." Charles Darwin "A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life." |
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