Last year, the commercial property market was affected by the recession, high unemployment, liquidations, insolvencies and the global economy. 17 Feb 2010
The South African Liquor Brandowners Association CEO, Riaan Kruger, says the industry expects the excise duties on wines and spirits to increase once again when Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan tables his 2010/11 budget speech later today, Wednesday 17 February. 17 Feb 2010
The NBC Today show, which attracts over 5.5 million viewers daily and is America's most popular morning television programme, included the South African wine, Jam Jar Sweet Shiraz, on its Valentine's Day themed insert titled Sensuous Wine and Chocolate Combinations. 17 Feb 2010
LG Electronics (LG) and Dolby Laboratories held the first public demonstration of 5.1 multichannel surround sound on a mobile phone using the latest version of Dolby Mobile technology and an LG Android-based smartphone at this week's GSMA Mobile World Congress. 17 Feb 2010
Jenna Clifford Fine Jewellery has launched a new brand campaign featuring top South African models, including Tansey Coetzee (Miss South Africa 2007), who are adorned with signature creations from the brand, which trades only in cut diamonds and precious gemstones to create customized pieces. 17 Feb 2010
One of the main conservation focus of the Mall of the North, reputedly Limpopo's single largest commercial real estate investment, is to preserve the natural vegetation on the site by removing it during construction and replanting and rehabilitating it on the site on completion of construction. 17 Feb 2010
South Africa walked away with many of the awards at the inaugural Drinks Business Green Awards awarded on Sunday, 14 February 2010, in central London. 17 Feb 2010
PARIS, FRANCE: The coveted Andam fashion prize for emerging talent on Monday, 15 February 2010, announced a more than 25% increase in its endowment, to €220,000 (US$307,0000). 16 Feb 2010
RABAT, MOROCCO: A row is brewing in Morocco over the sensitive issue of selling alcohol to Moroccan Muslims, which is banned by a law that is broken openly every day. 16 Feb 2010
One of the Bay's most established shopping centres is set to become substantially bigger and will also be home to some “big-name” new tenants. 16 Feb 2010
Transition marketing is an often-overlooked but extremely powerful online marketing strategy that welcomes prospects and optimizes their conversion to customers while increasing the likelihood of a lifetime relationship. By creating a transition window comprising a set period of time and a program of strategically designed transition messages, companies can optimize the return on their acquisition budget, as well as collect data that will ensure long-term results and define the value of acquisition programs and sources. Companies can take this process and made it a smooth and integral part of their total strategy and e-technology solutions. 16 Feb 2010
Thebe Exhibitions and Projects Group (TEPG) has bought the International Fashion Sale (IFS) expo, which has taken place twice a year for the past 14 years. 16 Feb 2010
“We have realised that students fall into a highly pressured and over burdened niche book market. From now on, they can recoup some of their investment by selling their used books online. In addition, they can buy their next year's books online, saving time and money. We are confident that this e-solution is going to prove to be a fantastic solution to their problem,” comments Chris Fraser, MD of Grad Shack on the founding of the new online textbook exchange. 16 Feb 2010
Java Brands is the newly formed holding company for the development and management of well-known brands Ola Milky Lane, Juicy Lucy, Chicken King and the newly introduced Java Heights Specialty Coffee brand. 16 Feb 2010
It remains debatable whether the consumer is able to use the nutrition information provided in food labelling to its fullest potential. This is according to Dr Elizabeth Kempen, senior lecturer, Department Life and Consumer Sciences at Unisa, following a recent study by the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) at Unisa that investigated attitudes of shoppers of packaged food to food labelling and healthful living. 16 Feb 2010
Absa Small Business is assisting corporates to create a database of reliable SME suppliers by offering procurement finance (vendor finance and invoice clearing), which will assist SMEs with their cash flow and enable them to deliver a better service to the corporate sector. It will also improve the corporate client's BEE score based on Preferential Procurement and Enterprise Development, which contributes to 35% of the overall score. 16 Feb 2010
The Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Tourism are expected to launch a wide-ranging investigation of the way airlines publish their airfares, and if they are found to be lacking in transparency they face the possibility of regulation. 15 Feb 2010
BARCELONA, SPAIN: South Korean firm Samsung Electronics unveiled on Sunday, 14 February 2010, a new smartphone to lead the charge in its strategy to boost its share of the fast-growing segment of the mobile phone industry. 15 Feb 2010
For the second consecutive year, a Nelson Mandela Bay retailer has come out tops in the land. 15 Feb 2010
The Adcock Ingram's OTC (Over the Counter) Academy of Learning is ready for its 2010 intake of pharmacists and assistants. All delegates who achieve over 90% are entered into a draw and the lucky winners each receive a bursary to study for their Pharmacist's Assistant's qualification, valued at R7100 each 15 Feb 2010
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