The LiveLife lifestyle benefit and rewards programme has selected Z-Card, the global specialist in PocketMedia, for its innovatively tailored loyalty card to break through the clutter and attract consumers. 25 Sep 2009
According to Graeme Victor, CEO of voice-based telecommunications solutions company Du Pont Telecoms, political pressure on ICASA to force a reduction in the interconnection rate between the various telecommunications networks will not reduce the costs of cellular calls but could well increase them. 25 Sep 2009
Beware cheap airline tickets from Mr Ramsay that sound to good to be true - they are an email scam and they are not true. This is the warning from Mango CEO Nico Bezuidenhout issued Wednesday 23 September 2009. 25 Sep 2009
FIFA is working closely with international authorities to crack down on the sale of illegal 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets. 25 Sep 2009
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: The share price of British confectioner Cadbury climbed on Tuesday, 22 September 2009, after its chief executive admitted that a tie-up with US giant Kraft Foods made "some strategic sense." 25 Sep 2009
With the festive season approaching and business robberies likely to increase, private security companies and the police are preparing themselves by increasing capacity to fight criminal attacks on shopping centres and malls. 25 Sep 2009
A wage dispute in the clothing and textile industry has been referred to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) after the union rejected a revised offer, an official said on Wednesday, 23 September 2009. 25 Sep 2009
The fourth Soweto Mushroom Festival kicks off on 30 October 2009. The festival will feature celebrity chefs Citrum Khumalo and Phineas Lepuru, who will prepare tasty dishes at Maponya Mall. 25 Sep 2009
The Grahamstown High Court has liquidated the company that owns the Fruit & Veg City (F&VC) franchise in King William's Town. 25 Sep 2009
Tiger Brands said on Tuesday, 22 September 2009, it is launching an accelerated bookbuild placing of 10.327 million ordinary shares of Adcock Ingram Holdings to global and South African institutional investors. 23 Sep 2009
ROME, ITALY: Milan Fashion Week kicks off today, Wednesday 23 September 2009, under an economic cloud as a sharp drop in exports of Italian ready-to-wear women's apparel has put tens of thousands of jobs on the line. 23 Sep 2009
The poster ‘Pinkie', designed for Checkers by NINETY9Cents, was the only piece of work to be recognised in its category (Posters) and took silver at the Pendoring Awards last week. As a new agency, in existence for a year this month, the award was doubly gratifying. It was part of the below-the-line campaign for Checkers, to give the retail giant and its wine offering a presence at the Wacky Wine Weekend and the KKNK (Klein Karoo National Arts Festival). 23 Sep 2009
In the current economic climate, there is much focus on Business Process Management (BPM) and how and why it is needed to improve and transform business. However, to merely use BPM in any form as a cost- or risk-reduction strategy is to squander the real competitive advantages that it can bring. 23 Sep 2009
In November, the Foschini Group will be launching its own range of gift cards, which can be used in its 1600 stores countrywide. The gift cards are not just about convenience and choice, each of the eight cards designed by Am I Collective, is a miniature work of art and themed to appeal to different consumers and celebratory occasions. 23 Sep 2009
“Unquestionably, the reduced availability to finance is the single, biggest factor holding back the housing market right now,” states Dr Andrew Golding, CE of the Pam Golding Property group. He was commenting after the Monetary Policy Committee's decision on Tuesday, 22 September 2009, that the repo rate would remain unchanged, saying a reduction in the repo rate would have helped provide a catalyst to stimulate a badly depressed housing market. 23 Sep 2009
The Cape Town Fashion Council (CTFC) developed a competitiveness programme for the fashion industry to uplift local fashion brands and turn their creativity into viable businesses. Having selected five finalists, the CTFC is now calling for mentors to assist from October 2009 to March 2010 in South Africa's first such pilot project. 23 Sep 2009
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) on Tuesday, 22 September 2009, decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 7%, much to the disappointment of many South Africans. 23 Sep 2009
Retail sales for July are much better than expected and this number points to the economy exiting recession during the third quarter, according to Nomura economist Peter Attard Montalto. 22 Sep 2009
In less than three days, phase one of the much anticipated Hemingways Mall will officially open, three years after construction started. 22 Sep 2009
PARIS, FRANCE: A French court ordered online auction site eBay to pay €80,000 (US$118,000) to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury perfumes, LVMH said. 22 Sep 2009
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