Leading digital marketing group Incubeta announced it has acquired e-commerce experts Groundswell. The acquisition of the Belfast-based company will expand Incubeta's reach to e-commerce clients worldwide. Groundswell, founded in 2017, brings with it customers including STATSports, The Pro's Closet and WiggleCRC, among others. 19 Mar 2021
Corona has introduced a new circular form of packaging for its six-packs, made using repurposed surplus barley straw. 18 Mar 2021
South African food manufacturer RCL Foods and US plant-based food collective Livekindly Collective have established a local plant-based joint venture, Livekindly Collective Africa. The Competition Commission gave the green light to the merger this month whereby RCL Foods intends to acquire joint control over Livekindly Africa. 18 Mar 2021
Despite launching years after Pick n Pay Smart Shopper and Woolworths' WRewards, the Shoprite Group's Xtra Savings Rewards Programme is now South Africa's largest supermarket rewards programme. It now boasts 17 million rewards members across the Shoprite and Checkers brands in South Africa. 17 Mar 2021
Stats SA reports that South Africa's retail trade sales decreased by 3,5% year-on-year in January 2021. 17 Mar 2021
One year since the country entered level five of the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown on 26 March, digital payments have become the norm for convenient and safe transactions while shopping in person and online. 17 Mar 2021
Business has changed forever, we need to rethink our priorities, strategies and processes. Suddenly entire workforces are working remotely and most budgets are now non-existent. Despite all this uncertainty, businesses need to move forward whatever the circumstances. 17 Mar 2021
Cascade Holdings is a new full-service bar and beverage business aiming to provide solutions that will "disrupt" the local liquor and entertainment industries. 17 Mar 2021
Our world is run by technology. From the way we play to how we work and perform household chores, technological innovation is the driving force behind smart and connected living. It's proven itself to be a gateway of possibilities - pushing the limits of what was once only a "nice to have" to a daily necessity. 16 Mar 2021
From biodegradable straws to compostable takeaway coffee cups, consumer demand for sustainability in the food and beverage industry is on the rise. Millennials and Gen Z, in particular, are looking to reduce their impact on the natural environment by prioritising products that are green at every stage of their lifecycle - from production through to recycling. 16 Mar 2021
Almost a year after South Africa recorded its first Covid-19 case, the use of hand sanitisers has become commonplace, including at workplaces. The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has issued a new standard (amended SANS 490) for hand sanitisers. We summarise the key information from the new standard for employers below. 16 Mar 2021
As the world enters a new Covid phase we are now getting to grips with the practicalities. We have worked out pretty much where our healthcare capacity problems lie and how to protect those. We have a clearer picture as to how to treat the illness with much greater success, and on an individual level we have worked out how to adapt our lifestyles in ways that will slow the disease. 16 Mar 2021
Pertunia Sibanyoni, CEO of InspectaCar, has been appointed as the new chair of Franchise Association of South Africa (Fasa) for 2021/2022. She boasts seventeen years' experience in franchising, twelve of them spent in the oil and energy sectors and the current four in automotive and financial services. 16 Mar 2021
The Competition Commission has welcomes the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with Pick n Pay on 10 March 2021, confirming the retailer has capped its gross profit margin for ginger and garlic for the period covering 28 January 2021 to 1 April 2021, which may be extended. 15 Mar 2021
Mr Price Group has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of privately-owned homeware retailer Yuppiechef. The purchase consideration will be settled entirely in cash, and the Yuppiechef management team will continue to run the business with the support of the Mr Price executive team. 15 Mar 2021
Fibre Circle, the producer responsibility organisation (PRO) for the South African paper and paper packaging sector, is calling on South African food producers to help drive awareness that food and beverage cartons are recyclable. 15 Mar 2021
As co-founder and managing director of Silvertree Brands, recently rebranded from Silvertree Holdings, Manuel Koser knows a thing or two about identifying promising brands and helping them reach their potential. 12 Mar 2021
Dentsu Africa is proud to launch the dentsu wisdom series. Our ambition is to harness the talent of our African experts across our owned markets, capturing their perspectives and vast category knowledge, accompanied by the voices and opinions of external authorities, clients, authors, and academics. 12 Mar 2021
What a difference 12 months makes when it comes to the comfort South African consumers now feel towards online shopping, and despite online retail accounting for less than 2% of total retail sales pre Covid-19 in South Africa, things are definitely on the move. 12 Mar 2021
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