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Seamless retailThe annual Seamless Africa conference kicked off in Cape Town last week, serving up a healthy dose of professional advice and inspiration from leaders in retail, payments and fintech. Forming part of the retail track, Ralph Lauren's Samantha Starmer presented on the topic of 'Store 4.0', sharing her thoughts on how the future of retail is the smart integration of physical and digital. Meanwhile, retail consultant Frans van der Colff explained why cultural nuance and the concept of community should inspire store design in Africa, and Action Gear's Warrick Kernes shared his winning recipe for customer service. The second edition of Mastercard's Index of Women Entrepreneurs was once again released on International Women's Day on 8 March. It showed that while South Africa has made progress in reducing the gender bias for women engaging in early stage entrepreneurial activities, SA women remain underrepresented among the ranks of entrepreneurs. We also have the winners of the MamaMagic New Product Awards, which shines a spotlight on new, outstanding products released into the parenting market in the last year. have an inspiring week! Lauren Hartzenberg
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Lauren Hartzenberg E-commerce may be where the retail industry is seeing growth, but the physical store is not dead. In fact, it may be more important than ever...read |
| | Lauren Hartzenberg In the search to become 'more than a store', retailers in Africa need to put their customer at the heart of the operation, says Frans van der Colff...read |
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While South Africa has made progress in reducing the gender bias for women engaging in early stage entrepreneurial activities, the number of women business owners remains constrained...read | 
Lauren Hartzenberg According to online retailer Action Gear, their passion for outdoor technical products is second only to their love for stellar customer service...read | 
Ernest Mabuza And Nico Gous Enterprise Foods has withdrawn all ready-to-eat meat products and has closed the two factories manufacturing these products...read |
| | |  | Nick Hedley A month before higher value added tax (VAT) rates take effect, retailers are scrambling to adjust their systems and ensure compliance... read | | |  | Liberty Midlands Mall's third phase expansion will be completed and ready for trade this March. The expansion will introduce retail and leisure space of almost 22,000m2, increasing the size of the mall to 78,000m2... read | | |  | Issued By Optimize Enhancing Effectiveness The Michele Ferrero Entrepreneurial Project - South Africa, has opened the doors to its Primary Health Care Centre in Walkerville... read | | |  | Nick Lavars After ramping up its efforts to shift towards more sustainable materials in 2015, perennial purveyor of plastic blocks Lego is making good on that promise and is set to launch a new form of eco-friendly playthings... read | |  | Danish toy maker Lego, known for its iconic coloured plastic bricks, saw profits shrink last year as the company struggled on its main markets, posting its first drop in revenue since 2004... read | | |  | PayPal expects sales from SA of R53bn in 2018 as more and more South Africans use their cellphones as digital wallets... read | | |  | South African baby and parenting expo, MamaMagic, has announced the winners of its New Product Awards for 2017... read | |  | Issued By Rand Show Totalsports are hosting a pop-up store at the Sports Expo @ Rand Show 2018 that allows visitors to find the best fit for their feet... read | | |  | Issued By Moving Tactics Sunglass Hut recently opened its new premium store at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town and collaborated with Moving Tactics to implement a cutting-edge digital signage solution... read | |  | Luxury British fashion house Burberry on Thursday announced the appointment of Riccardo Tisci, formerly of Givenchy, as its new chief creative officer to replace Christopher Bailey... read | |  | Unlisted retail group Edcon has recorded a poor quarterly performance with a decline in sales and revenue... read | |    
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View gallery | | |  | Food producer RCL Foods has opened a R150 million pet food plant in Randfontein, one of the largest facilities of its kind in South Africa... read | |  | Pienaar & Son, a boutique craft distillery based in Cape Town's City Bowl, has launched a 'Drought Edition' gin with the aim of raising awareness around the water shortage... read | | |  | The share price of Famous Brands fell as much as 12% in early trade on Thursday after the food services franchisor warned investors that it would make impairments of between R241m and R322m in its financial results for the year to February. read | |  | Coca-Cola plans to launch its first ever alcoholic drink in Japan, in a surprising departure for a US company identified with cola and other non-alcoholic beverages. read | |  | Karen Short, founder of established catering company By Word of Mouth, has developed a new range of convenient homestyle meals under the brand Frozen for You... read | | |  | The SONA speech by President Cyril Ramaphosa and his commitment to supporting small business and entrepreneurship has been welcomed by FASA chairman Tony Da Fonseca... read | | |  | Food microbiologist and food safety specialist Professor Lucia Anelich of Anelich Consulting is hosting a website to address public concerns about the recent Listeriosis outbreak... read | | |  | Issued By One Digital Media In recent years in-store digital signage has evolved at high speed and further innovations and advancements will continue to fuel this technology evolution in the retail space... read | | |  | Issued By Pyrotec Modern-day packaging plays many roles, from containing and preserving products to informing customers about contents, ingredients, dosage instructions and so forth... read | | |  | Tanusree Jain The e-cigarette industry has been increasingly viewed as one of the most disruptive changes in the tobacco market, with vapes now commonly perceived as an alternative to traditional tobacco products... read | | |  | Issued By Scan Retail Are you looking for a retail display that you can update easily and affordably? Would you like to be able to set up and run your own promotions? Do you need an impactful marketing display with which you can travel?... read | | |  | French supermarket group Carrefour said on Tuesday it would expand its blockchain-based food traceability programme, which is currently in place for some chickens, to eight other products... read | | |  | Mpumi Nhlapo Local retailers have an incredible opportunity to get a head-start on competition, by applying the science of digital platform thinking, to transform decades-old practices... read | | | | Ray Bradbury "I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it." E. B. White "Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one." Paul Tournier "The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are." James Taylor "The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time." Jack Kerouac "Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion." Khalil Gibran "Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert." |
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