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RAPT BizTrendsTV: Musa Kalenga - How agentic AI is revolutioning business

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#BizTrends2025: Discovery CEO Hylton Kallner on the future of spending

#BizTrends2025: Discovery CEO Hylton Kallner on the future of spending

15 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf In a world of sameness, humans are not thinking, not applying themselves and not adding anything new, just melting into whatever the digital algorithm is feeds us

#BizTrends2025: Break free from brain rot, enshittification, move from digital sameness and embrace culture movements

By Danette Breitenbach 31 Mar 2025

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#BizTrends2024: 2024 shopper marketing – how can we win?

#BizTrends2024: 2024 shopper marketing – how can we win?

Carla Gontier 8 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Unpacking the agriculture market's 2023 performance and forecasting 2024

#BizTrends2024: Unpacking the agriculture market's 2023 performance and forecasting 2024

Paul Makube 8 Jan 2024

Source: © 123rf Riyaat Phillips, senior presales manager at Altron Systems Integration says that people are the answer for retail going forward

Retail 2024: People the biggest trend and the biggest lesson

Riyaat Phillips 5 Jan 2024

4 trends shaping shopping in 2024: Are retailers ready?

4 trends shaping shopping in 2024: Are retailers ready?

20 Dec 2023

Shaping retails future: trends recap 2023

Shaping retails future: trends recap 2023

Mike Smollan 7 Dec 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners November 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners November 2023

Bizcommunity.com 1 Dec 2023

Unlocking SA's township economy: the power of consumer insights

Unlocking SA's township economy: the power of consumer insights

Craig Schwabe 29 Nov 2023

Euromonitor unveils top global consumer trends for 2024

Euromonitor unveils top global consumer trends for 2024

16 Nov 2023

Predictions for Singles Day 2023 aka World Shopping Day

Predictions for Singles Day 2023 aka World Shopping Day

8 Nov 2023

What are the Top 10 consumer trends in 2023?

What are the Top 10 consumer trends in 2023?

22 Sep 2023

#BizTrends2024: Sponsorships officially open for business

#BizTrends2024: Sponsorships officially open for business

Bizcommunity.com 31 Aug 2023

Have you done enough to win over the consumers of the future?

Have you done enough to win over the consumers of the future?

Namrata Gotarne, NielsenIQ 27 Jul 2023

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How to give customers what they want in a loyalty programme

Nolan Daniel 24 Jul 2023

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State of the Retail Nation - Cooking oil has highest inflation rate

11 Jul 2023

John Kim, chief product officer at PayPal. Source: Supplied.

PayPal's chief product officer talks the modern consumer

3 Jul 2023

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Retailers, are you keeping up with the evolution of consumer behaviour?

Serena Ho and Faheem Hoosen 30 Jun 2023

Source: © 123rf One of the current trends in retail is that with the increase in loadshedding, many people are visiting malls for the promise of electricity

Retail trends: Now is not the time to put your head in the sand

Mike Smollan 27 Jun 2023

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4 key trends driving branded merchandise

22 Jun 2023

Source © Niall Wiggan In South Africa, loyalty programme owners are working hard to meet their customers and members where they are, now

7 loyalty programmes trends

20 Jun 2023

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Trends in retail training and how this impacts talent retention

Michael Hanly 20 Jun 2023

PayJustNow's CEO on the benefits of 'buy now pay later' for consumers and businesses

PayJustNow's CEO on the benefits of 'buy now pay later' for consumers and businesses

Lauren Hartzenberg 6 Jun 2023

Vincent Viviers, omnichannel retail executive at Pick n Pay, at Ecom Africa. Source: Lauren Hartzenberg

#EcomAfrica: 5 need-to-know trends shaping the future of e-commerce

Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Apr 2023

OneDayOnly director unpacks 5 key e-commerce market trends

OneDayOnly director unpacks 5 key e-commerce market trends

19 Apr 2023

10 key trends seen at South African Menswear Week - AW23

10 key trends seen at South African Menswear Week - AW23

Meagan Duckitt 12 Apr 2023

Beyond Covid: Top trends driving the evolution of South African retail

Beyond Covid: Top trends driving the evolution of South African retail

Gavin Lomberg 28 Mar 2023

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#BizTrends: South African e-commerce continues to thrive

Lauren Hartzenberg 27 Mar 2023

Source: © Freight News Discovery & Visa’ s SpendTrends2023 reveals the new normal, showing groceries are the largest segment of spending

Discovery & Visa's SpendTrends2023 reveals SA's new normal

Danette Breitenbach 8 Mar 2023

Nurturing the growth of e-commerce in South Africa

Nurturing the growth of e-commerce in South Africa

Lauren Hartzenberg 2 Mar 2023

How age, gender and education are influencing online retail adoption in SA - study

How age, gender and education are influencing online retail adoption in SA - study

1 Mar 2023

How SA's cash-constrained consumers are shifting shopping habits to save on costs

How SA's cash-constrained consumers are shifting shopping habits to save on costs

20 Feb 2023