LONDON, UK: The company behind Calvin Klein has bought fellow US fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger for €2.2 billion (US$3.0 billion), Hilfiger's current owner said in a statement on Monday, 15 March 2010. 16 Mar 2010
BEIJING, CHINA: China has impounded shipments of imported designer clothing from famous labels such as Hermes and Versace after finding they contained potentially hazardous chemicals, authorities said on Monday, 15 March 2010. 16 Mar 2010
The Competition Commission, subsequent to its investigation into collusion in the wheat milling market, has referred its findings against the five companies allegedly involved to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution. 16 Mar 2010
Professional Management Review (PMR) Africa has awarded TNT Express with a Golden Arrow Award in the category ‘Foreign Owned Courier Companies Operating Internationally'. 16 Mar 2010
According to Michael Hainebach, chair of the Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (WASPA) Code of Conduct Working Group and a member of the association's recently announced 2010 Management Committee, the decision to require members to reconfirm consent from a subscriber to continue billing for a service when the customer's mobile content bill reaches R200 is yielding encouraging results. 16 Mar 2010
CaesarStone recently announced the winners of its first CaesarStone Kitchen Competition that invited South African kitchen designers to create kitchen designs that incorporated the company's product. 16 Mar 2010
The BRC (British Retail Consortium) Global Standard certification, a leading global product safety and quality certification programme used by certificated suppliers in over 100 countries, has been awarded to Nampak Flexible in Ndabeni, Cape Town. 16 Mar 2010
A Port Elizabeth-based company is producing unique clothing, furniture and accessories representing a bygone era - and their products can be found in exotic shops and locations ranging from the Okavango Delta to the Antarctic. 15 Mar 2010
The second sale of the year's summer season took place in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday, 10 March 2010, with 161 130kg on offer, and featured an average market indicator increase of 10.7%. 15 Mar 2010
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND: A Scottish whisky firm unveiled bottles of what it claims is the oldest single malt whisky in the world, having spent the best part of a century inside an oak barrel. 15 Mar 2010
Luxury hotels Westin Grand Arabella Quays Hotel on Cape Town's Foreshore and Arabella Western Cape Hotel & Spa near Hermanus are up for sale. 15 Mar 2010
Most South African businesses seem to be unaware that the most draconian of the provisions of the new Consumer Protection Act will soon be coming into effect, said consumer law specialist Neville Melville at the launch of his latest book, The Consumer Protection Act made easy. 15 Mar 2010
The SA Property Owners' Association (SAPOA) convention and property exhibition will be held at Sun City from 12-14 May 2010. This year's theme is Think Beyond - Discover the Potential and key topics range from local government and political change to untapped potential in 2010. 15 Mar 2010
Stafford Bros & Draeger now offer quick melting White Choc Discs that are Kosher and Halaal for any recipe calling for chocolate. 15 Mar 2010
The second annual Global Pizza Challenge (GPC) South Africa cook-offs took place at Hostex, 8-10 March 2010, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. A little more flavour was added to the competition this year with the inclusion of the Peppadew category, which offered entrants the opportunity to win R10 000 by using its diced sweet piquanté peppers. 15 Mar 2010
In terms of an agreement between the winery and FIFA, Nederburg is entitled to make and market a range of wines for the World Cup. The range, on sale until December 2010, comprises three single varietal wines, a Cabernet Sauvignon, a Sauvignon Blanc and a Rosé. 15 Mar 2010
Nominations for the inaugural Climate Change Leadership Awards received 54 entries in the business category and 20 in the community category and, on 11 March 2010, five award winners were honoured at a banquet at the Sandton Sun. 15 Mar 2010
FNB released its Building Confidence Index (FNB BCI) for the first quarter of 2010 and it shows a moderate increase based on the quarterly survey from the building, manufacturing and retail opinion surveys undertaken by the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) at Stellenbosch University, between 1 February and 1 March 2010. 12 Mar 2010
The iThemba School in Capricorn, a suburb in Cape Town, was officially opened this week with finance from Lufthansa Global Telesales (GTS) in collaboration with Help Alliance, a non-profit organisation in Germany run by Lufthansa employees and other sponsors. 12 Mar 2010
According to Monica Pienaar, manager for JHI property services company in Namibia, the commercial property market has remained stable and resilient over the past year, probably because of its stricter credit laws and an economy less affected by the recession than South Africa. 12 Mar 2010
Let's do Biz