Bad acoustics will almost certainly seriously impair an otherwise good recording, be it of a piece of commercial music, or a piece of music or other audio for an advertisement or marketing campaign. 29 Aug 2007
The Dulcé Café franchise group has announced its top performers at its annual conference. 29 Aug 2007
Comic strip duo Madam & Eve are about to hit supermarket shelves under a new range of household cleaning products branded Magicmaid, thanks to a co-branding venture between Rapid Phase and industrial cleaning group SAFIC Holdings, conceptualised and orchestrated by marketing expert Roman Cylkowski. 29 Aug 2007
As the retail and supermarket sectors become increasingly competitive, with operating results becoming ever more important, it is essential for retailers to battle stock shrinkage. 29 Aug 2007
With the pace of technology constantly bringing with it new options, the old phenomenon of going to the movies is being replaced by the ‘let the movies come to us' revolution. Intuitively it would appear that the local cinema industry seems to be losing the war to the emerging ‘let's catch a flick at home' market. 28 Aug 2007
TradersCity.com, a fee-free import and export marketplace has released free trade alerts software that brings the latest trade offers to importers and exporters desktops. 28 Aug 2007
USA - Firenze Jewels, a family owned and operated retail store located in the heart of New York City's diamond district, introduces an innovative diamond search tool that allows website shoppers to search by colour, size, and price range for diamond jewellery of their choice. 28 Aug 2007
In a country where the cost of calling clients, friends and family is high, a Cape Town-based company has developed software that they claim makes the cost of cell phone calls a great deal cheaper. 28 Aug 2007
ADT, a major security provider, has identified the retail market as a target for 2007 and has therefore hired a retail specialist, Buddy Anderson, to take over the reigns as retail specialist and grow the sales in this area. 28 Aug 2007
MagnaQuest Technologies Pty Ltd, a global customer management and billing solution provider with its headquarters in Hyderabad, India, has announced that its flagship product MQSubscribe has been chosen by Gateway Broadcast Services. 28 Aug 2007
Launched in 2005 and sponsored by Standard Bank, the seventeen Top Teen Achiever Awards competition is an inspirational initiative focusing on great role models and the encouragement of teen girls to achieve their dreams. 28 Aug 2007
The Advertising Performance Excellence (APEX) awards have just increased in magnitude following a decision by the custodians of the awards, the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), to extend entry to the rest of the continent. 28 Aug 2007
Retail Systems Research (RSR) latest report, The Next Generation of Business Intelligence: Driving Customer Insights across the Retail Enterprise has found that although retailers have been collecting consumer data for years, the data has historically been unavailable to the enterprise. The research confirms that using customer-driven business intelligence to inform assortment and space planning processes are key components of retail success. 27 Aug 2007
CDGcommerce, Internet merchant credit card processor, has announced the release of its free online payment gateway program, powered by the Quantum Payment Gateway. The new program relieves merchants accepting credit cards online of all gateway and gateway per transaction fees. 27 Aug 2007
South Africa has been ranked 35th in a global electronic readiness (e-Readiness) survey, thus leading the continent in the 2007 edition as announced by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) at this year's eNNOVATE expo in Lagos. 27 Aug 2007
Pick & Build, a national franchise company targeting the building supply and construction market, offers a lucrative and sustainable business opportunity for entrepreneurs. 27 Aug 2007
The world's largest for-profit healthcare products conglomerate, Johnson & Johnson (J&J), is suing the American Red Cross (ARC) over its use of the life-saving emblem - the red cross on a white background. 27 Aug 2007
MTN, one of Africa's biggest mobile telephone operators is the latest entrant into Ghana's telecommunications industry. 27 Aug 2007
International exhibitors from eight countries will add even more spice and variety to Hardex 2007, the only trade show geared exclusively for the hardware and allied products industry. 27 Aug 2007
Nineteen percent of consumers polled in a recent IBM survey said they spend six or more hours a day online; 9 percent of those surveyed spend a like amount of time watching television. Twenty-three percent of respondents reported using a portable music service such as iTunes and 18 percent have an online newspaper subscription. 27 Aug 2007
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