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VML Birdwatching at The Loeries | Episode 2: Katherine Madley on the state of retail

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Adidas has shifted its $512m global media agency business to the Omnicom Media Group (Image@ Think Marketing )

Adidas shifts $512m global media account to new agency

6 Jul 2026

On The Dot expands specialised logistics capability for publishers, retailers and e-commerce partners

On The Dot expands specialised logistics capability for publishers, retailers and e-commerce partners

On the Dot 6 Jul 2026

Barbie honours Miley Cyrus with collectible doll in Signature Series

Barbie honours Miley Cyrus with collectible doll in Signature Series

6 Jul 2026

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Lego and McDonald’s tap into collectable culture to win the 2026 Fifa World Cup

Maroefah Smith 2 Jul 2026

Pick n Pay rolls out Gemini-powered grocery assistant Penny

Pick n Pay rolls out Gemini-powered grocery assistant Penny

2 Jul 2026

#WoolworthsYouthMakers2026: Patrick Ferguson leaps from couture to ready-to-wear

#WoolworthsYouthMakers2026: Patrick Ferguson leaps from couture to ready-to-wear

Evan-Lee Courie 2 Jul 2026

IMA has acquired VF! Source: Supplied.

IMA bets on South African retail marketing with VF! deal

1 Jul 2026

Sprite puts iconic hip-hop lyrics on cans in US campaign

Sprite puts iconic hip-hop lyrics on cans in US campaign

1 Jul 2026

Caitlin Perry, head of marketing, Flow sayscommerce media is outpacing the industry's ability to buy it (Image source: © 123rf )

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Caitlin Perry 30 Jun 2026

Nhlanhla Ngcobo (left) and Theo Ferreira (right) have been promoted to group executive creative directors at VML (Images supplied, Image composite by Lesley Svenson @ Bizcommunity)

VML promotes Cannes-winning ECDs

29 Jun 2026

Takealot swings to first full-year profit as revenue tops $1bn

Takealot swings to first full-year profit as revenue tops $1bn

Nqobile Dludla 29 Jun 2026

Mr Price launches first co-created collection with social influencer Sphokuhle

Mr Price launches first co-created collection with social influencer Sphokuhle

26 Jun 2026

Woolworths Holdings Group CEO Sam Ngumeni. Image supplied

Woolworths reshapes leadership structure to accelerate growth under new Group CEO

26 Jun 2026

Coca‑Cola switches Stoney Ginger Beer to clear bottles to boost recyclability

Coca‑Cola switches Stoney Ginger Beer to clear bottles to boost recyclability

26 Jun 2026

Vodacom and Amazon launch Prime partnership in SA

Vodacom and Amazon launch Prime partnership in SA

25 Jun 2026

The ARB has instructed Unilever to amend the claim appearing on the front of its Sunlight Platinum packaging stating “100% plant-based active” (Image source @ Mzansi Pulse

Sunlight Platinum to amend ambiguous greenwashing packaging

24 Jun 2026

EXCLUSIVE: 90% of FMCG suppliers operate blind during promotions, forfeiting sales daily

EXCLUSIVE: 90% of FMCG suppliers operate blind during promotions, forfeiting sales daily

Heath Batt 22 Jun 2026

African creatives discuss the importance of Cannes to Africa. Picture l to r: Yusuf Adejumo, creative director, TBWA\Concept Nigeria, Audrey Quaye creative director Innova DDB Ghana, Alex van Niekerk, executive creative director at TBWA\Ascent, Graham Cruikshanks, director of Africa operations at TBWA, Eric Mununuzi, chief creative Officer at TBWA\Uganda (Images supplied, composite by Ruth Cooper @ Bizcommunity)

#Cannes2026 | Should Africa care about the Cannes Lions?

Danette Breitenbach 22 Jun 2026

Fashion retailer Side Step partners with Blxckie to launch youth-focused New Era campaign

Fashion retailer Side Step partners with Blxckie to launch youth-focused New Era campaign

19 Jun 2026

SA's retail sector records modest growth as furniture and household goods drive sales

SA's retail sector records modest growth as furniture and household goods drive sales

18 Jun 2026

KelTex founders Laetus Buberwa and Emeliana Said. Image supplied.

Tanzanian duo win H&M Foundation’s 2026 Global Change Award

18 Jun 2026

CA&S Group advances digital commerce strategy with investment in TDMC

CA&S Group advances digital commerce strategy with investment in TDMC

TDMC 18 Jun 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Why retailers lose revenue on a daily basis

EXCLUSIVE: Why retailers lose revenue on a daily basis

Heath Batt 17 Jun 2026

British-American actor Andrew Garfield leads ellesse's global Do It Like An Italian push

British-American actor Andrew Garfield leads ellesse's global Do It Like An Italian push

17 Jun 2026

Effie Worldwide has released the 2025 Effie Index (Image supplied)

Global Effie Index: 2025’s most effective marketers, brands and agencies

17 Jun 2026

Tiger Brands powers ahead with renewable energy rollout as seven manufacturing sites generate solar energy

Tiger Brands powers ahead with renewable energy rollout as seven manufacturing sites generate solar energy

Tiger Brands 15 Jun 2026

Irene Auma, Regional Head of Fraud Risk Management for Sub-Saharan Africa at Visa. Image supplied

Visa Study: 77% South Africans use AI to shop, but trust is key at checkout

Irene Auma 12 Jun 2026

The first Cannes Lions 2026 shortlists are out with Accenture Song and Edelman shortlisted (Image@ b9

#Cannes2026 | SA features in first shortlists

Danette Breitenbach 11 Jun 2026

Carmen Brown, general manage at Field Force. Image supplied

When a brand loses the spaza, it is rarely a loyalty problem

Carmen Brown 11 Jun 2026

Amazon Prime launches in South Africa; Ecommerce Counsel says brands must act by 9 June

Amazon Prime launches in South Africa; Ecommerce Counsel says brands must act by 9 June

Ecommerce Counsel 9 Jun 2026

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