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Celebrating women in businessIn this week's top stories, South African retail sales for June 2018 grew by 2.9% year-on-year excluding the effects of inflation, marking the weakest pace of growth since October 2017. And in light of Women's Month, OnShelf Pharma's Eben Esterhuizen looks at how women fare in the local retail market. Continuing our Women's Month theme, I interview Signal Gun's head brewer Jéanri Nel about her fruitful career in beer, Terry Levin chats to co-founder Silvana Dantu about adding sparkle to the agro-processing sector with her sparkling, alcohol-free beverage brand Zari Sparkling Grape juice, and Nicci Botha profiles Ethiopian entrepreneur Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu about transforming quintessential Ethiopian products into global brands. In other top news, I share the scoop on a new, innovative local wine brand Mensa that's using augmented reality to merge wine quaffing with digital storytelling, and Vend has released data detailing the top performing independent retail categories in SA. In fashion, the winners of the second annual SAFW Cape Wools SA Designer Challenge have been announced, and Maroefah Smith shares insight into what's in store for Australian brand Witchery for spring/summer 2018. Until next week, enjoy! Lauren Hartzenberg
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| South African retail sales for June 2018 grew by 2.9% year-on-year excluding the effects of inflation, marking the weakest pace of growth since October 2017...read |
| | Eben Esterhuizen While we focus on women in South Africa during the month of August and honour our constitution for declaring the 9th of August a public holiday; retailers continue to look closely at the overall economic status of women...read |
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Over the past year, South Africa's independent retailers enjoyed sales volumes 25% higher than the global average, according to data from retail management software company Vend...read | 
Lauren Hartzenberg With South Africa being home to a host of world-class wine brands, newly released expressions can easily go unnoticed because consumers are faced with so many quality options...read | 
Shereen Wardakan Over the past decade, the procurement function has become an important vehicle for business transformation in terms of ensuring supplier diversity and small business growth. However, this function is often underutilised...read |
| | |  | Lauren Hartzenberg Jéanri Nel was well on her way to becoming a winemaker, until she decided to indulge her love for beer and become a brewer instead... read | |  | Nicci Botha Whether its shoes, leather goods, coffee or healthy snacks, serial entrepreneur, Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, has the Midas touch when it comes to transforming quintessential Ethiopian products into global brands... read | |  | Terry Levin Silvana Dantu and Shareen Parker are the producers of Zari Sparkling Grape juice, a local brand which has set out to disrupt the male-dominated agro-processing sector with its sparkling, alcohol-free beverage brand... read | |
| | |  | The use of mobile devices to make retail and store payments will act as a driver for financial inclusion of the unbanked in emerging markets... read | | |  | The worldwide structural trend of consumers increasingly choosing to shop online instead of at their local mall will have implications for the South African listed real estate sector... read | | |  | According to Google Trends, last year South Africa registered the largest Black Friday search interest of any country, even ahead of the US where the retail mega-event was conceived... read | |  | Nigerian e-commerce startup WaraCake has expanded into 23 Nigerian states and has also announced the launch of a new food delivery service called WaraChow... read | |  | Tom Jackson Ghanaian startup Eazyloop is allowing users to shop on international platforms like Amazon and have their purchases delivered to their door within two weeks... read | | |  | The winners of the second annual SAFW Cape Wools SA Designer Challenge have been announced, with Carina Louw and Natasha Jaume of Erre scooping the prize for ladies wear... read | |  | Issued By Ackermans Ackermans' new affordable range offers women flexibility and body-shaping, while not compromising on comfort... read | |  | Maroefah Smith Australian fashion brand Witchery recently showcased its 2018 spring/summer and limited edition collections at The Argyle in Woodstock, Cape Town... read | |  | Issued By Ackermans Leading value retailer Ackermans has launched a new range of comfortable, affordable seam-free underwear in a wider variety of nude shades: the Nude Colour Collection... read | | |  | South African wine brand Four Cousins is celebrating its 18th birthday with a makeover... read | |  | The Pinotage Association in collaboration with Absa has announced its Absa Top 10 Pinotage winners for 2018... read | | |  | Furniture and decor retailer Block and Chisel has opened a "coffee and toastie emporium" at its store in Diep River, Cape Town... read | |  | Samantha Snedorf Meet Jacqueline Grobler, owner of Angel Heart Liqueur, Ginifer gin, Westcliff gin, Luvoa Vodka and Venom Moonshine as well as a set of all natural bitters; quite the repertoire for just one lady. Here, Samantha Snedorf sits down and experiences a day in the life of this master distiller... read | | |  | Altos Tequila recently launched its Tahona Society's Collective Spirit Project competition in Johannesburg... read | | |  | South Africans have been latching on to the Korean beauty trend, and a new online store, Koreanbeauty.co.za, has been launched to cater to the growing demand... read | | |  | David Sanders, emeritus professor at the school of public health at the University of the Western Cape says that South Africans have a very high burden of ill health, much of which is related to their diet... read | | |  | The fight against illicit trade in cigarettes and other tobacco products has received a boost Sars, Tisa and the Fita agreeing to work together... read | | |  | Issued By Nielsen The latest Nielsen Shoppergraphics Report reveals local consumers have dropped an unprecedented three grocery categories from their shopping basket... read | | |  | Angie White The second speaker at the 2018 DStv Seminar of Creativity was Lethepu Matshaba, vice president of Homecare Southern Africa at Unilever SA, who spoke on the relevance of creativity in a hyper-fragmented world... read | |  | Gareth Grant Is there any value in comforting your customers today with nostalgia from yesterday when their choices are naturally evolving at the rapid pace of a vastly shifting world around them? read | |  | Jessica Tennant Shield announced yesterday that it has been nominated for 'Best New Sponsorship' and 'Campaign of the Year' at this year's Sport Industry Awards taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre this Friday, 17 August... read | | |  | Online wine retailer Cybercellar has launched a new wine subscription service called Liquid Social, allowing customers to purchase a package of wine which is delivered to them on a monthly or quarterly basis... read | |  | Twenty-year-old Sakhile Maseko is the founder of Aumax, a small business that sells luxury products such as watches directly to South African consumers using Facebook... read | |  | Department stores seem to be in terminal decline. In the UK, the demise of British Home Stores and Poundworld, together with store closures by Marks and Spencer and House of Fraser, are local symptoms of a wider malaise... read | | |  | Issued By MakeMeMobile MakeMeMobile received the Project of the Year award from Honeywell for implementing their latest generation of voice solutions at the Shoprite Group... read | | |  | Raj Mistry The Tour de France is the biggest cycling race in the world, attracting 12 million TV viewers for each of its 21 stages, and 6.5 million digital fans from across 190 countries... read | | | |  | Fifteen teams have been selected as the winners of the 2018 Resolution Social Venture Challenge... read | | | | Amy Adams "Perfect isn't normal, nor is it interesting." Aretha Franklin "Sometimes, what you're looking for is already there." Madonna "When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it." Gianfranco Ferre "The design of a dress, furniture, a house, a room, a street and a city are all the same process." Halle Berry "Beauty is not just physical." |
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