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Fruit & Veg to grow Caltex forecourts

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:35:00 +0200

Fruit & Veg City is the latest retailer to partner with a fuel business to run forecourt shops at its garages.
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Truworths retail sales up 10% to R2.3bn

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:55:00 +0200

Retail group Truworths today, Thursday 5 November 2009, announced that group retail sales for the first 18 weeks, from June 29 until November 1 2009, of the 2010 financial year increased by 10% to R2.3 billion relative to the corresponding period in the 2009 financial year.
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Partnership boosts Jet Community Awards

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:20:00 +0200

Free-to-air TV station e.tv this year joined forces with Edcon Group to take the seven-year-old Jet Community Awards to another level - to create awareness around community projects participation and give exposure to those who are working hard under difficult conditions to improve the lives of ‘forgotten' people living in socially-disadvantaged areas of Southern Africa.
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Super Group sells Mica businesses

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:10:00 +0200

Super Group said yesterday, 3 November 2009, it had sold its Mica franchise business for R25m as the company accelerated its plan to dispose of noncore assets and to turn around the debt-laden group.
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Will the fashion police blow the whistle in 2010?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:30:00 +0200

One of the most prolific media spectacles off the pitch during the 2006 FIFA World Cup - and sure to be replicated in 2010 - was the shopping spree of the English footballers' wives and girlfriends (also known as WAGs).
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Great things expected from Oranjerivier wines following competition

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:52:00 +0200

The eighth Tops at Spar/Country Cellars and Oranjerivier Wine Cellars Wine Competition took place in Upington on 26 October 2009. Winemakers from Oranjerivier's five wineries at Upington, Keimoes, Groblershoop, Grootdrink and Kakamas, each enter specific wines for judging by a panel of experts.
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Tickled pink by charity support

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:34:00 +0200

Reach for Recovery, a non-profit organisation that provides free, non-medical support to breast cancer sufferers through its national programmes, will be the total beneficiary of all sales of Edgars' Tickled Pink fragrance and accompanying gift set.
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New Pick n Pay Express on Atlantic seaboard

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:56:00 +0200

The fifth Pick n Pay Express store opened in Cape Town last Thursday, 29 October 2009, at Somerset Road, Green Point, replacing the existing BP Express store. It will offer a wide range of fresh and convenience items, specifically identified to meet the needs of convenience shoppers, as well as a Wild Bean Café.
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Cape Town gets in-store Nike zone

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:35:00 +0200

The Nike Sports Store, located in Bree Street in the Cape Town CBD, is the first store in Cape Town to feature an in-store football zone complete with the sports brand's new global architecture and substrates. As contracted by Nike South Africa, it was installed by Todwil, a South African company that specialises in retail-marketing solutions.
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Versace announces crisis cuts

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:42:00 +0200

MILAN, ITALY: Top Italian luxury goods firm Versace said Wednesday, 28 October 2009, it will cut a quarter of its workforce and expects to report a loss for 2009 as demand for its products has shrunk in the economic crisis.
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