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#RAPT BizTrendsTV | Carmen Murray: The Analogue Renaissance – A return to real-world connection

The Lead Creative: Unpacking Cannes 2025 with Xolisa Dyeshana and Saf Sindhi

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Source: © 123rf The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has appointed specialist digital sales partners

SADC appoints specialist digital sales partners

$Global mentorship: TBWA\SA's talent joins the Wright Academy$

Global mentorship: TBWA\SA's talent joins the Wright Academy

King Price campaign: Making insurance great again

King Price campaign: Making insurance great again

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The ARB’s latest test: Not just ads, but hostile complaintsSerenta Lotz

Brains, boldness, and Merkury: How dentsu leaves competitors behind

Brains, boldness, and Merkury: How dentsu leaves competitors behindDentsu

Publicis Media has made some senior appointments. (L to r:) Brian Muguto joins as head of strategy, Kershnee Pillay has been promoted to MD of Starcom, and Kevin Ndinguri takes on the role of chief investment officer (Image supplied, composite by Lesely Svenson © Bizcommunity)

Kershnee Pillay promoted to Starcom MD; Publicis Media announces senior appointments

Karen Nielson-Field | The attention deficit: How to overcome it

Karen Nielson-Field | The attention deficit: How to overcome itDanette Breitenbach

Source: © 123rf One of three of Agency Scope's preliminary findings is AI. "Right now, AI feels like electricity in 1890. We know it will power everything, but most of us are still figuring out where to plug it in" - FMCG marketer

Agency Scope 2025's 3 preliminary findings: A glimpse into marketers’ changing expectations

Jozi My Jozi’s new creative campaign, Babize Bonke features champions of the City, including James Delaney – multidisciplinary artist, owner of Delaney Studio (Image supplied)

Jozi My Jozi launches Babize Bonke campaign with We Are Bizarre

#HeritageMonth | Vicks and artist Zee Feels wrap South Africa in relief

#HeritageMonth | Vicks and artist Zee Feels wrap South Africa in relief

#HeritageMonth: Castle Milk Stout revitalises SA heritage with Songs to Savour

#HeritageMonth: Castle Milk Stout revitalises SA heritage with Songs to Savour

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Chronically online: South Africa’s digital dilemma for sexual healthJessica Gbedemah

SA e-commerce market to surpass R130bn in 2025

SA e-commerce market to surpass R130bn in 2025

Source: © 123rf Dustin Chick, chief executive at Razor Public Relations South Africa says clickbait should be keeping those of us responsible for managing organisational reputation wide awake at night. More importantly, we should be doing something about it – now

EXCLUSIVE | Razor's Dustin Chick: When headlines lie, trust dies. Why clickbait is PR’s next big battlegroundDustin Chick

How can South African retailers use augmented reality to improve shopping experiences?

How can South African retailers use augmented reality to improve shopping experiences?Melusi Makhoba, University of Johannesburg - Marketing Management

Absa won the Grand Prix Award. Source: YouTube.

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Source: © VML Parusha Partab, chief strategy officer, VML South Africa says leading with empathy – not noise – is how brands can get the balance right between grounded messaging and standout creativity

#BizTrends2025 | VML's Parusha Partab: Empathy in a surreal world and other trendsParusha Partab

Source: © 123rf Customer expectations are rising fast. They expect real-time answers on the channels they already use every day. In South Africa, that channel is WhatsApp

How and why WhatsApp is SA's biggest CX opportunity

Her Collective, a platform to inspire and elevate women in South Africa’s media and advertising sector, launched recently in Bryanston. At the event were (left to right:) Kirsten Dugmore - Independent: Kirelley, Celia Collins, Lerina Bierman - Dentsu, and Michelle Sharnock - Heed (Image supplied)

Her Collective: “When women get together with collective intention, magic happens"

Cape Town Tourism launches “My Cape Town” campaign for Tourism Month 2025

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$Global mentorship: TBWA\SA's talent joins the Wright Academy$

Global mentorship: TBWA\SA's talent joins the Wright Academy

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King Price campaign: Making insurance great again

King Price campaign: Making insurance great again

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Image by Lesley Svenson, Bizcommunity. The ABC Q3 2024 figures have been released

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Source: © 123rf Digitlab's new report predicts emerging trends and strategies set to shape the future of digital marketing

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Source: © 123rf The AdFocus Student Awards' finalists for 2024 have been announced

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YouTube is already the dominant steaming content platform, and it doesn't plan on slowing down.

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Brendan Seery 18 Nov 2024

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Assegai Awards 2024: Celebrating South Africa’s finest in integrated and direct marketing

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Source: © 123rf WPP has brought T&Pm fully within its global network, placing AI at the heart of the agency’s agile marketing solutions

WPP acquires minority shareholdings in T&Pm, places AI at heart of agency

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Amanda Louw-Bester joins Carbon1 as director of strategic partnerships and data alliance

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New Meta EMEA VP looks to unlock region’s potential

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Source: © 123rf The number of people living alone has grown steadily over the past few decades. Brands have a real opportunity to target this audience

Marketers optimistic as Warc forecasts global ad spend of $1.15tr in 2025

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Angela Wamola, head of GSMA for sub-Saharan Africa presents the latest GSMA report.

GSMA report spotlights Africa’s ‘billion strong digital divide’

Lindsey Schutters 12 Nov 2024

2023: The year Black Friday transformed shopping in SA

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Mateen Suliman, Business Development Executive at midnight, the innovation agency of iqbusiness. (Image supplied)

Key campaign insight + medium-first execution = Cannes Lion Grand Prix

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Source: © 123rf South Africans are demonstrating resilience and adaptability in response to inflationary pressures, but this has led to a decline in alcohol and fast food purchases

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Bash acquires the Zando.co.za domain

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