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Oresti Trends Talk 2.0 - The Dynamic Consumer Landscape

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:23:00 +0200

In this information age, where consumers are bombarded with endless content, brands will only remain relevant if they continuously evolve their identities to suit the consumer's changing needs. On May 30, 2013, Ornico CEO Oresti Patricios, will share some insights on the trends that have defined the consumer landscape in both local and global markets. The talk will be hosted at Odd Café in Greenside, Johannesburg from 18h00.
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XON's new ESL product solves retailers' promotional problems

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:46:00 +0200

XON, through subsidiary Skydirect, has developed and brought to market Promo Clips, Out-of-stock Clips and Rail Inserts to complement the Pricer electronic shelf labels (ESLs) it supplies, implements and maintains.
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Portfolio Night Johannesburg: Bizcommunity launches a shooting star

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:13:00 +0200

Bizcommunity is pleased to announce a worthy winner of the ticket to attend McCann Johannesburg's Portfolio Night initiative coming up this Wednesday, 22 May 2013, as judged by Biz creative director Terry Levin (@TerryLevin)!
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Students, don't forget to enter Biz's Portfolio Night competition!

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:04:00 +0200

A reminder once again to all branding, design or advertising students in Jozi to enter our competition to win a ticket to attend South Africa's first Portfolio Night hosted by McCann Johannesburg next week, Wednesday, 22 May! Complete this form and upload a Biz Portfolio Showcase before Monday, 20 May. You will need to create a MyBiz Profile if you don't have one already.
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Reminder for Jozi students to enter Portfolio Night competition on Biz

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:10:00 +0200

Branding, design or advertising students in Jozi, don't forget to enter our competition to win a ticket to attend South Africa's first Portfolio Night hosted by McCann Johannesburg next week Wednesday, 22 May 2013! Simply complete this form and upload a Biz Portfolio Showcase before Monday 20 May.
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Moving brand ambassadors to grand ambassadors

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:49:00 +0200

A recent article in the New York Post describes the advent of Grand Ambassadors, which is a prognosis of where the experiential activation industry in South Africa could be, given training and investment in brand ambassadors.
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Be big on biz with Portfolio Night and Bizcommunity - competition

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:32:00 +0200

If you are a branding, design or advertising student in Johannesburg, by Thursday next week your life may have changed forever! After years of negotiations, the largest one-day advertising portfolio review in the world, Portfolio Night, is finally making it to Johannesburg, South Africa - and Bizcommunity, in conjunction with McCann Johannesburg, has one ticket of the coveted 150 to give away.
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SA judge for international Solal awards

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:39:00 +0200

South Africa's Primedia Lifestyle's MD, Doug Mayne was invited to judge the recent International Council of Shopping Centre's Solal Marketing Awards. The company also achieved 12 finalist positions, the most finalists by one marketing entity.
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Tradeway delivers high return for Nescafe Alegria

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:12:00 +0200

Leading experiential activation agency, Tradeway, ran a highly successful education, sampling and conversion campaign for Nescafe Alegria. Nescafe Alegria's solution is built to make great coffee with minimum fuss and maximum efficiency. The intuitive easy-to-use machine makes Espresso, Lungo, Americano, Cappachino, Latte and Maccchiato. The Nescafé Alegria coffee comes in a patented aroma lock pod that was specially designed to keep the freshness and quality of the coffee so that it features in each and every cup.
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How fabric is changing the face of marketing displays

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:04:00 +0200

Every now and again a new innovation answers a number of challenges in an industry so perfectly that it takes off like wildfire. In the display industry, this innovation is fabric.
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