Shortly after launching its new concept store in Johannesburg, Edgars has announced the revamp of its online shopping site. According to the retailer, the site has been designed with the mobile experience in mind, and offers products across the fashion, homeware and beauty categories. 19 Sep 2019
Fashion retailer Zara officially launched its online store in South Africa on Wednesday, 18 September, making its complete collections for women, men and kids, as well as some exclusive items specifically for the local market available for South Africans to shop via the zara.com/za website. 19 Sep 2019
South African fashion and textile brand Lou Harvey has teamed up with Mr Price Home to launch a colourful collection of soft furnishings, kitchenware, crockery and stationery. 19 Sep 2019
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Imagine you're dining out at a casual restaurant with some friends. After looking over the menu, you decide to order the steak. But then, after a dinner companion orders a salad for their main course, you declare: "I'll have the salad too." 18 Sep 2019
Beauty brand, Avon Justine, has launched a recruitment initiative to provide women in South Africa with sustainable earning opportunities. The company, which is the second-largest direct-selling business in the country by market share in the beauty and cosmetics sector, says it aims to ease SA's unemployment crisis while playing its part in empowering talented, yet undiscovered, local female entrepreneurs. 18 Sep 2019
South Africa's National Recycling Day is coming up on 20 September 2019, presenting an opportunity for citizens and businesses to reflect on their waste habits and become more conscious of the impact these have on the environment. In light of this, SA recycler Mpact Recycling has launched its #AreYouGoingToRecycleThat campaign to encourage the country to start interrogating their waste. 18 Sep 2019
The youngest board of directors in Africa (Bata Youth Board of Directors), aged between 8 and 16, have begun to unveil to Bata glimpses of their insights, into the youthful market sector, which in time will manifest into tangible market desirability. Bata in return are sharing their business expertise, gathered over 125 years of leading the world in innovation, technology and affordability of footwear, along with entrepreneurial skills from Young Entrepreneurs Programme. 18 Sep 2019
Young entrepreneur Sipamandla Manqele is using food to inspire pride in indigenous African ingredients, while economically uplifting the small-scale farmers and local communities involved in their cultivation and processing. 17 Sep 2019
GfK South Africa has launched its Consumer Journey solution, one of the first offerings in the local market to give brands and retailers in the technical goods and consumer durables industries a complete view of the online and offline consumer path to purchase. GfK Consumer Journey combines social media listening, survey data and client point of sale (POS) data to offer a holistic picture of South African consumers' purchase behaviour and decisions. 17 Sep 2019
New data from Juniper Research states that the total transaction value of remote payments for digital and physical goods will exceed $6 trillion by 2024, representing a growth of 53% from 2019. And average online customer spend is forecast to exceed $1,000 globally per annum by 2024. 17 Sep 2019
Sorghum malt manufacturer Sorgho intends on modernising the process of making umqombothi, or home-brewed beer, with its Umoja Beer Powder. 17 Sep 2019
Mozambican fashion designer Eliana Rodrigues Murargy's 'Basking in the Osun River' collection debuted on the runway at New York Fashion Week this month. 16 Sep 2019
The winners of the annual Pentawards, a prestigious packaging design competition, were recognised at a gala ceremony held on 12 September in London. 16 Sep 2019
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Garmin Southern Africa (Garmin SA) announced that consumers' personal and payment information had been stolen. The data, taken from shop.garmin.co.za, is linked to consumers who had placed orders on the Garmin shopping portal. 16 Sep 2019
Entries have opened for the second Sunday Times Lifestyle Gin Awards, presented in partnership with Makro. The Awards celebrate the creators and retailers of locally and internationally crafted gins and variants. 16 Sep 2019
The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) recently concluded a two-week long trade promotion tour of Nigeria and China aimed at improving trade between the Eastern Cape and these two fast-growing economies. 13 Sep 2019
Environmental action group Extinction Rebellion is disrupting London Fashion Week to highlight the harms of throwaway culture and the concurrent climate emergency that the clothing market contributes to. 13 Sep 2019
Truman & Orange has announced an investment in South African gin brand, Bloedlemoen, which will see the premium drinks company taking over the sales, marketing and distribution of Bloedlemoen Handcrafted Gin from Lions Head Beverages/Signal Hill Products beginning 1 October 2019. 13 Sep 2019
Hopefully I caught your attention with a promise to get your product to market without failing. I have possibly, erroneously I might add, have made the whole process seem very simple, where it is actually quite complex and delicate. 12 Sep 2019
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