The finalists of the second Sunday Times Lifestyle Gin Awards have been announced. In partnership with Makro and Fitch & Leedes, the Awards celebrate the creators and retailers of locally and internationally crafted gins and variants. 14 Oct 2019
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) has entered into a five-year agreement with Wear South African (WearSA) that involves the launch of a retail clothing store at the Community and Health Sciences Faculty building in the Bellville CBD. 14 Oct 2019
Foschini has announced its collaboration with Burgundy Fly, a woman-focused fashion brand based in Gauteng, founded by Nobesuthu and Nhlanhla Ndlovu. 11 Oct 2019
During the summer holiday season there is increased demand at retailers for consumer goods and products. This increases demand across the sector right through to manufacturing. To cater to this, more staff are essential, however, there are a number of challenges associated with this. 11 Oct 2019
South African payment service provider, PayGate has teamed up with Retail Capital to launch Easy Advance, a short-term finance product that allows merchants to cash in on the approaching Black Friday and festive season sales opportunities. 11 Oct 2019
'Evolve' is the theme of the 23rd South African Council of Shopping Centres' Annual Congress, to be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 16 to 18 October 2019. 10 Oct 2019
Amanda Rabinowitz is the founding owner of Jellybean Concept Events, a specialist in shopping mall activations. Rabinowitz and her team have successfully launched more than 1,000 activations in 8 years and know a thing or two when it comes to 'bringing one home'. Here she shares her top tips for planning an effective activation. 10 Oct 2019
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Adidas by Stella McCartney has launched the brand's first Post-Mastectomy Sports Bra, a post-operative bra created to empower breast cancer survivors to introduce sport and fitness back into their lives. 10 Oct 2019
Every town has a dying commercial power centre or a regional mall with vacancies caused by departing anchor tenants. Every city has abandoned urban properties - once active sites begging for redevelopment, but rendered irrelevant as development interests shifted. In both instances, a lack of a sense of place and purpose results. 9 Oct 2019
Unilever has committed to reduce plastic waste across its portfolio and help create a circular economy for plastics. The pledge includes halving its use of virgin plastic, by reducing its absolute use of plastic packaging by more than 100,000 tonnes and accelerating its use of recycled plastic, and helping to collect and process more plastic packaging than it sells. 9 Oct 2019
Dr. Nadia van der Colff recently completed one of the largest wine consumer research studies in South Africa. More than 2,000 South African wine drinkers, primarily from Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal participated in an online survey during 2018. 9 Oct 2019
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Differentiate your online store from competitors by providing customers with shipping options best suited to their needs - it can make or break a sale. 8 Oct 2019
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Nick Nyalungu and his wife Nicole are the visionaries behind the trendy Nick & Nichol's vegan leather accessories business, founded in 2016. Their artisanal range of handmade (from car and truck tube tyre inners) upcycled products include handbags, totes, travel bags and stationery bags amongst their inspiring range. 8 Oct 2019
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With only a few trading weeks left, brands have only a few weeks left to finalise their plans for Black Friday - which has grown into one of the most important fixtures on South Africa's annual retail calendar in recent years. 8 Oct 2019
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The world just witnessed one of the biggest global climate strikes, and while many tuned in to the fierce words of a young environmental activist, Greta Thunberg, we are left with the question: Where does the corporate world stand in the fight against global warming? 8 Oct 2019
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Affordable fashion brand Forever 21's decision to file for bankruptcy and shutter hundreds of its stores has resurrected the notion that online retailing is killing old-fashioned brick and mortar retailing. 7 Oct 2019
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Alchemy Elixzar has launched South Africa's first complete range of CBD-infused skincare products. 7 Oct 2019
In an effort to make online shopping more simple, Google on Thursday revealed a redesigned version of Google Shopping for both web and mobile. 4 Oct 2019
When you think about South Africa's most successful online fashion retailers, it may not immediately occur to you that RunwaySale is one of them. The platform boasts over 1 million members, 60% of which are repeat shoppers, and more than 500 designer brands rely on it as an online sales channel. 4 Oct 2019
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Most shopping still happens in-store rather than online, but it is clear that online shopping is a significant growth engine so stores need to do more to drive footfall. Respondents to Zebra's 2019 Shopper Vision Study said the top two factors that get them to spend more time in brick-and-mortar stores are product availability and helpful store associates. 3 Oct 2019
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