<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Retail services community of West Africa</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com//412/188.html</link><description>West Africa Retail services news</description><ttl>15</ttl><category>Retail services news - West 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>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:29:10 +0200</pubDate><item><title>Retail rewind - a year in review 2011</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/182/68978.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://cdn.bizcommunity.com/c/1201/90806.jpg" alt="" width="70" height="35" align="left" &gt;The approval of the Wal-Mart/Massmart deal will go down as the highlight of the retail sector in 2011.&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/182/68978.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=182&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=68978"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/182/68978.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:19:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/188.html</source></item><item><title>Africa's five major trends for potential growth</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/424/65330.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Population growth, rapid urbanisation, adoption of new technologies, unlocking of abundant resources and the deepening of the financial sector are the five major trends that are set to drive Africa&apos;s economic growth, Simon Freemantle, Standard Bank Africa senior analyst, told a media roundtable in Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday, Thursday 6 October 2011.&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/424/65330.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=410&amp;c=424&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=65330"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/424/65330.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:56:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/188.html</source></item><item><title>Bizcommunity launches new dedicated sectors, newsletters</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/423/64429.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://cdn.bizcommunity.com/c/1109/82664.gif" alt="" width="53" height="53" align="left" &gt;Bizcommunity.com - South Africa&apos;s largest online B2B publisher - is set to grow even more with the introduction of 16 new content channels, with weekly newsletters, as from yesterday Tuesday, 20 September 2011.&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/423/64429.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=423&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=64429"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/423/64429.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:45:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/188.html</source></item><item><title>[2011 trends] It's a Wild. Wired. Wellthy. World!</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/424/55885.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://cdn.bizcommunity.com/c/1101/64728.jpg" alt="" width="65" height="65" align="left" &gt;The recent global recession has changed our world forever. In a new digital age, characterised by oversupply and too many product types in almost every market, the challenge for companies will be to locate and capture pools of high-profit demand and be able to move with speed and flexibility to take advantage of them. Here are 11 trends for 2011.&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/424/55885.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=424&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=55885"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/424/55885.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:17:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/188.html</source></item><item><title>Training essential in IT sales environment</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/458/55485.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://cdn.bizcommunity.com/c/1012/64058.jpg" alt="" width="55" height="65" align="left" &gt;I am a good example of a connected, discerning customer who already has done most of his research even before entering a store and I usually shop around looking for the best deals from different vendors. Therefore, I was armed with all the information I needed and I knew the different offerings from the two major outlets selling the new Apple iMac. I was setting the outlets up for a bit of healthy competition by visiting both just before making my decision where to lay down my credit card.&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/458/55485.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=458&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=55485"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/458/55485.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:25:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/188.html</source></item><item><title>Research shows entertainment banners impact box office revenues</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/224/19/50327.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://cdn.bizcommunity.com/c/1007/54146.jpg" alt="" width="60" height="59" align="left" &gt;NEW YORK, US:  A recent joint study from MediaMind and comScore provides insights into ad effectiveness and user behaviour in entertainment verticals.&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/224/19/50327.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=224&amp;c=19&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=50327"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/224/19/50327.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:43:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/188.html</source></item><item><title>Investment in speech analytics in call centres set to double</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/223/33/49239.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;GLOBAL: Call centre spending on speech analytics is set to double worldwide, growing from around US$95 million in 2009 to US$180 million (about R720 million to about R1.36 billion, respectively) by 2014 according to Ovum.&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/223/33/49239.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=223&amp;c=33&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=49239"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/223/33/49239.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:03:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/188.html</source></item><item><title>Bookings open for September course in Cape Town</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/38962.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Bookings have opened for the Cape Town leg of the highly regarded Organisational Communications course run by Quo Vadis Communications (QVC) which will be held in September and October 2009.&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/38962.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=18&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=38962"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/38962.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:21:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/412/188.html</source></item><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&apos;s end to meet demand.&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/18/37480.html"&gt;Read more...&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/412/188.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 more...&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/412/188.html</source></item></channel></rss>
