Toyota SA fared exceptionally well in the 2009 Synovate Quality Awards for Sales and Service Satisfaction in the automotive industry, scooping a gold award in all four categories - one of only three manufacturers to achieve this feat. 27 May 2009
RFID (radio frequency identification) has been on a bit of a roller coaster ride. It started with a bang a few years ago, when Wal-Mart and the Department of Defense issued their edicts that all suppliers would need to get on the RFID bandwagon within a set time frame. Well, that deadline has come and gone, and uptake has fallen well short of the mark. 27 May 2009
As one of the biggest retailers of pre-paid cellular products in South Africa, PEP is launching its own first PEPcell Starter Pack, powered by MTN. 27 May 2009
South Africans can take comfort in the fact that despite the current recession, the economy is forecast to improve in the second half of the year. 27 May 2009
Ticket sales for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup are fast approaching the 400,000 mark, with just three weeks before kickoff. 27 May 2009
South Africa's Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter of 2009 contracted by an annualised 6.4%, Statistics South Africa announced on Tuesday. 26 May 2009
The implementation of the National Credit Act (NCA) two years ago and the current economic downturn have together resulted in a lack of liquidity in the financial markets, with most banks limiting revolving credit, overdrafts and access bonds. Under these constraints, many former bank clients have turned to micro-lenders for their various financial needs, the most common one being emergency expenses. 26 May 2009
The team tasked with coming up with a rescue plan to save the Frame Vertical Pipeline, the textile manufacturing arm of the Seardel group, may consider splitting the group to keep certain key assets in operation. 26 May 2009
The Ombudsman for Short-Term Insurance cautions consumers not to be pressurised into purchasing an insurance product at point of sale, as often these products do not meet consumers needs and are sometimes more costly than anticipated. 26 May 2009
African Bank Investments (Abil), a provider of unsecured loans and the owner of furniture retailer Ellerines, continues to report double-digit earnings growth amid a financial storm that has seen bigger banks report earnings declines. 26 May 2009
A British court on Friday, 22 May 2009, ruled that Internet marketplace eBay is not liable for bogus beauty products sold on its Web site, dealing a blow to cosmetics company L'Oreal's campaign against the online auction giant. 26 May 2009
Depending on which technology blog you read, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse is either engaging in pre-Palm Pre marketing hype or covering up some major smartphone production problems. 26 May 2009
In Part 1 I covered how the Harvard Business Review showed that people are not as price savvy as we may think, and there are some opportunities to increase margins in these difficult times as a result. So what does this have to do with character licensing and my company, retail agency Revolution? 25 May 2009
Foodcorp's Nola division has upgraded the packaging of its Yum Yum Smooth peanut butter bulk packaging containers. 25 May 2009
Fore Good and The Harding Group have announced their first activation for Pringles following the announcement that Procter & Gamble's leading snack brand will be sold and marketed in South Africa by the local FMCG group. The new campaign was developed from a total tactile perspective reinforcing the brand's unique value proposition. 25 May 2009
Food and beverage group Pioneer Foods on Monday, 25 May 2009, reported interim diluted headline earnings per share for the six months ended March 2009 of 166.4 cents, up from 140.0 cents during the previous period. 25 May 2009
PARIS: Global mobile phone sales fell a record 8.6% in the first quarter to 269 million units and will likely decline 4.2% for the full year, the Gartner research group said. 25 May 2009
BOGOTA: Coffee production in Colombia, the world's number two producer of the beans, plunged 33% in the first four months of 2009, with exports sinking by 21%, officials said. 25 May 2009
JSE-listed property loan stock company Acucap Properties has entered into an agreement to acquire a further undivided half share in the Bayside Mall in Cape Town from Old Mutual Life Assurance for R280m. 25 May 2009
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