<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>the Retail services community of Africa</title><link>http://retail.bizcommunity.com//410/188.html</link><description>Africa Retail services news</description><ttl>15</ttl><category>Retail services news - Africa</category><image><url>http://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/11/logo5.gif</url><title>Bizcommunity.com</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/</link></image><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:51:25 +0200</pubDate><item><title>Courses set for August and September in Johannesburg and Cape Town</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/37480.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Organisational communication training specialists, Quo Vadis Communications, is to run two additional courses before the year's end to meet demand.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/37480.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=18&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=37480"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/37480.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:49:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/188.html</source></item><item><title>Cape Town course set for June and July</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/36178.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Vacancies still exist for the Quo Vadis Organisational Communications course being held in Cape Town in mid year. The course, which has become a firm favourite amongst Corporates and NGOs respectively, runs over six days in June and July. A break between the two three-day sessions enables participants to complete course work and gain valuable on-hand experience.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/36178.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=18&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=36178"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/36178.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 12:14:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/188.html</source></item><item><title>Walking billboards keep brands visible, budgets low</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/74/35680.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;For most companies the most important part of business is getting new clientele and accounts. It is for this reason that many spend millions in advertising and marketing. However, newer ways of lowering costs and creating brand awareness have sprung up.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/74/35680.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=410&amp;c=74&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=35680"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/74/35680.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 10:40:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/188.html</source></item><item><title>Four steps to harness social computing in CRM - Gartner</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/33/33064.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;EGHAM, UK: Social computing is becoming a significant customer relationship management (CRM) market trend and represents a disruptive force in this market, according to Gartner. Gartner predicts that, by 2010, more than 60% of Fortune 1000 companies will have some form of online community that can be used for customer relationship purposes.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/33/33064.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=410&amp;c=33&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=33064"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/33/33064.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:51:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/188.html</source></item><item><title>A course with no useless information - enrol now!</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/31877.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Well-known marketing communications and training company, Quo Vadis Communications, has unveiled its training schedule for the 2009 year and says it is keeping fees for its courses at its 2008 levels.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/31877.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=18&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=31877"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/31877.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:10:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/188.html</source></item><item><title>A healthy brand is a healthy business</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/82/30355.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Brands are not inanimate products we pick off the shelf. Like man, they are living entities with extendable organic identities that exist in the hearts and minds of everyone they touch. They evolve like embryonic creatures and grow to take on human personalities that make them powerful forces that control our desires.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/82/30355.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=157&amp;c=82&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=30355"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/82/30355.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:38:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/188.html</source></item><item><title>Winning entries require skills to prepare</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/29500.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;South Africa has a wealth of talent and the projects that communicators throughout the country implement have been proven to be on par with the rest of the world. This can be seen through the numerous awards won by many South African business communicators down the years - notable amongst them winners of International Gold Quill Awards.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/29500.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=18&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=29500"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/29500.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:20:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/188.html</source></item><item><title>Uchumi hunts for loyal customers</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/220/87/28628.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://mars.bizcommunity.com/c/0809/21307.jpg?r=0" width="70" height="25" align="left"  /&gt;Uchumi, a Kampala supermarket, has unveiled the first retail shopping club in a bid to attract and retain its customers. The supermarket launched the U-Club, a customer loyalty initiative, which comes with a U-Club Card.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/220/87/28628.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=220&amp;c=87&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=28628"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/220/87/28628.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:46:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/188.html</source></item><item><title>Unleash your communication potential</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/26059.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;A specialist organisational communications course, to be held in KwaZulu-Natal next month, will equip participants in strategic and creative skills to ensure optimal ways in releasing the power of organisations.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/26059.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=18&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=26059"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/26059.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:24:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/188.html</source></item><item><title>Quo Vadis handles Constitution Hill Trust</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/25931.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The Constitution Hill Trust has appointed Quo Vadis Communication to handle its media liaison and public relations with immediate effect, on a pro bono basis.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/25931.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=18&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=25931"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/25931.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:41:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/410/188.html</source></item></channel></rss>