Visari has offered to buy KWV’s operating assets.
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The end might finally be in sight for the long-suffering minority shareholders in KWV, the Paarl-based liquor company whose brands include Roodeberg and Cathedral Cellar. 30 Jun 2016
MasterCard has announced that it will collaborate with Microsoft to bring simple and secure e-commerce payments to Microsoft Dynamics users. Simplify Commerce, a versatile, secure and simple cloud-based payments platform, helps businesses grow by maximising online and mobile sales. Through this collaboration, Microsoft Dynamics customers will have one system that connects their end-to-end planning and sales. 29 Jun 2016
Amanda Cromhout, CEO of Emerce Commerce and Truth, and Emerce Commerce CTO, Matt Roux.
Engagement with the customer has become the critical skill to master in an increasingly complex retail environment. This is even more relevant in the online world. Only by truly knowing the customer can brands provide a relevant and personalised online shopping experience that leads to increased visitor engagement and increased conversion rates. 29 Jun 2016
Pinterest sees itself as being positioned at the crossroads of social networking and online search, with users consulting it when seeking out products or services.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Online bulletin board Pinterest on Tuesday unveiled new features to facilitate shopping on the site, as the platform pushes to become an e-commerce hub. 29 Jun 2016
The internet is becoming more accessible to South Africans, but it will be a while before the local e-commerce sector feels the benefits, as there remains a grave mistrust of online transactions. 29 Jun 2016
Book stacked for distribution at an Exclusive Books holding warehouse in Cape Town. Exclusive is fighting to hold on to its stores in the OR Tambo and Cape Town airports.
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The usual airport book fare of easy reading thrillers or romances with glitzy covers are not necessarily top of the list for tourists who frequent Exclusive Books' airport stores. 29 Jun 2016
Retailers creating 'theatres of shopping' is not new. However, the idea of grabbing consumers by their senses; dropping them into lavish multi-sensory experiences; and physically moving them beyond everyday brand interactions to meaningful, personalised brand engagements is. And it's taking off in a big way. 29 Jun 2016
Putting customers first and at the heart of every business was one of the issues discussed at the 60th Global Summit of the Consumer Goods Forum, which took place in Cape Town recently. Customers' expectations and demands are rapidly changing and studies such as the Global Consumer Pulse Research, conducted by Accenture Strategy, have revealed that companies are losing customers as they demand more human interface. 28 Jun 2016
Stellenbosch-based Van Ryn's has been named the country's Top Brandy Producer by the South African Wine Index (SAWi), which was established in 2009 with the aim of independently identifying the country's best wines in the hope of assisting with the international promotion of the industry. 28 Jun 2016
The people of Britain have voted to leave the European Union and attention will increasingly focus on the direct impact on business, and the practicalities surrounding exit negotiations. 28 Jun 2016
South Africans remain wary of shopping online, with only three million making regular use of electronic shopping trollies to meet their daily requirements, but, with online purchases expected to be near R10 billion in 2016, indications are that changing socio-economic factors will increase the use of digital shopping as technology becomes more accessible. 28 Jun 2016
The £44 a share offer for SABMiller by Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) became significantly less attractive for shareholders after sterling was battered in the chaotic response to the UK voting to leave the EU. 27 Jun 2016
Amanda Stops
The South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) has introduced a new education programme designed to provide centre management teams with a better overall understanding of the retail environment. Forming part of the SACSC's tailored education offering, the Retail Immersion Programme puts shopping centre teams on the same page as their retail counterparts. 27 Jun 2016
Clicks has launched an online store and, according to COO Vikesh Ramsunder, the company has based its new online offering on 18 months of solid research into how its customers prefer to shop and what their needs are. 27 Jun 2016
In May 1975, the first hypermarket opened for business in Boksburg, bringing the concept of one-stop shopping to South African consumers. Today, some 41 years later, the Boksburg Hypermarket will reopen those very same doors to reveal a completely revamped store: open, easy-to-navigate spaces, a comprehensive product offering and a host of value-added services. 27 Jun 2016
PARIS - Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri is set to be named the first ever woman creative director of Dior, the famed French fashion house, according to reports on Thursday. 27 Jun 2016
Daniel Zhang.
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Why have SA's retail giants been falling over themselves to snap up chains in Europe, a continent with lacklustre 1.6% growth and less than shiny prospects? 27 Jun 2016
Unilever CEO Paul Polman says that eradicating poverty is the "biggest investment opportunity we have in the world today".
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If you had to select a single global advocate and envoy for the modern notion of sustainable business, it would most likely be Unilever CEO Paul Polman, whose message to business, and the world, is so wide-ranging and heartfelt it verges on the messianic. 27 Jun 2016
NEW YORK - Amazon on Wednesday unveiled an upgraded Kindle, aiming to boost its e-reader sales with a thinner, lighter device at a low price. 23 Jun 2016
Menlyn Park Shopping Centre's annual winter sale will run from 24 June to 31 July, 2016, and will feature pop-up shops showcasing the latest fashion and accessories from top local DJs. There will be prizes to be won, including six shopping experiences with one of the shopping centre's personal shoppers valued at over R10,000. 23 Jun 2016
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