ITP Communications
[Issued by ITP Communications] South Africa and Thailand, now reporting their highest bilateral trade volumes in 20 years, will mark the 20th anniversary of formalised trade and economic relations at the Thailand Trade Shows in Cape Town and Johannesburg this month.
18 Jun 2013 09:17 
Statistics SA last week revealed that growth in South Africa's retail sales slowed to 1.9% year-on-year in April, from a revised 2.7% in March, down from economist's 3.5% projections.
19 Jun 2013 10:42
The Beautiful Store is a recently launched niche online store that offers an extensive range of quality products, supported by service, allowing both local and international buyers a way to purchase gifts for South African consumers with style.
19 Jun 2013 10:20
Every year thousands of students join tertiary institutions and take the first step towards shaping their future. With this, comes their entry into the credit world, enabled by a student card and proof of registration at a tertiary institution.
19 Jun 2013 12:52
To raise funds for the further development of the Ybike, its industrial design and product development company, Chrome Cherry Design Studio has used Thundafund, an online crowd funding café. Reportedly, it broke South African records by raising R29,250 of its required R100,000 start up funding in just one week.
19 Jun 2013 11:27
Famous Brands has reported that its franchise sales increased 16.8% in the March to May quarter with a 16% improvement in South Africa and a 27.2% improvement in the rest of Africa region.
19 Jun 2013 11:34
Measured in nominal terms - or at current prices - total income generated by the food and beverages industry in South Africa increased by 3.6% in April compared with the previous year‚ data released by Statistics South Africa on Tuesday (18 June) showed.
19 Jun 2013 07:29
Sweet Temptations Toffees has just launched a new handmade toffee spread in three flavours - Original Caramel Toffee, Caramel Toffee with Roasted Pecan Nuts and Caramel Toffee with Sea Salt Flakes.
19 Jun 2013 10:07
[Nicky Smith] The Department of Trade and Industry has called for a meeting of top government officials after almost a year of tireless lobbying by specialised spring manufacturer Springmaster over the role state-owned Transnet Engineering (TE) has been playing in the rail engineering sector.
19 Jun 2013 07:45[Issued by Pyrotec] Pyrotec PackMedia, a leading provider of innovative on-pack solutions, recently conducted research to identify what was most important to their clients within the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries.
19 Jun 2013 11:45
[Tamar Kahn] SA's biggest generic drug manufacturer Aspen Pharmacare has offered to buy GlaxoSmithKline's thrombosis drugs and their associated manufacturing site‚ in a potential deal which it says could generate turnover of £300m a year.
19 Jun 2013 08:59
[Nick Hedley] Former SA Corporate Real Estate Fund's managing director Len van Niekerk has been appointed chief executive of Fountainhead Property Trust (FPT)‚ according to a statement released on Tuesday (18 June).
19 Jun 2013 08:10
[Zeenat Moorad] Edcon, the unlisted owner of clothing chains Edgars and Jet, announced late last week that it had been granted the South African franchise rights for Dune, a UK-based fashion footwear and accessories brand.
18 Jun 2013 14:54
Global breweing giant SABMiller (SAB) has signed a cooperation agreement with Swedish brewer Kopparberg Brewery AB for the long term licensing of Kopparberg cider products in selected markets.
18 Jun 2013 15:03
High Street Auctions, which specialises in the marketing and selling of commercial, industrial, retail, agricultural and residential properties on auction, has noted an improvement in values in properties in Gauteng.
18 Jun 2013 10:01