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Sheila McGillivray, tribe leader at One Lady & A Tribe.

The four Ps of cause marketing in 2019

Sheila McGillivray 25 Jan 2019

Francois van Dyk, heads up Operations at Ornico.

PR measurement and evaluation trends

Francois van Dyk 25 Jan 2019

Pepe Marais, founding partner and group chief creative officer of Joe Public United

The year of making love

Pepe Marais 24 Jan 2019

Topaz Booysen, head of marketing at Popimedia.

We're in denial about the death of loyalty

Topaz Booysen 24 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: If 'toxic' was the word of 2018, could 'trust' be the word for 2019?

If 'toxic' was the word of 2018, could 'trust' be the word for 2019?

Rachel Thompson 23 Jan 2019

The untapped opportunity of female empowerment

SheSays Cape Town founders 23 Jan 2019

Chantel Botha, head of customer experience strategy and consulting at BrandLove.

The brand promise chasm is widening for consumers

Chantel Botha 23 Jan 2019

John Little, regional managing partner of The Observatory International.

Shaping the agency of the future

John Little 23 Jan 2019

Lisa MacLeod, head of digital, Tiso Blackstar Group.

Alexa, what are your predictions for 2019?

Lisa Macleod 23 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Payments, engagement, partnership - African retail trends for 2019

Payments, engagement, partnership - African retail trends for 2019

Mark Schech 22 Jan 2019

Nicola Cooper, senior trend analyst and cultural strategist at Nicola Cooper & Associates.

South African business, meet your future consumer

Nicola Cooper 22 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: The speed of culture

The speed of culture

Yatish Narsi 22 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: The 2018 buzzwords I'm hoping won't make it to 2019

The 2018 buzzwords I'm hoping won't make it to 2019

Tiffany Markman 22 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Own your MarTech, control your data

Own your MarTech, control your data

Johan Walters 21 Jan 2019

Ad agencies of the future are building new models

Bogosi Motshegwa 21 Jan 2019

Mark Tomlinson, group managing director Hellocomputer.

Embrace these business-changing themes or suffer the consequences...

Mark Tomlinson 21 Jan 2019

Kelly McGillivray, squad leader, theSQUAD Creative Event Management.

19 Event trends for 2019

Kelly McGillivray 21 Jan 2019

Styli Charalambous, publisher and CEO at Daily Maverick.

The pivot to reality for news media

Styli Charalambous 18 Jan 2019

Stu Stobbs, chief creative officer at 1886 agency.

More ads. More extremist thinking

Stu Stobbs 18 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Shopping the future, right now

Shopping the future, right now

Robyn Cooke 17 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Top mobile trends for the 2019 consumer

Top mobile trends for the 2019 consumer

Lynette Hundermark 17 Jan 2019

Kim Winstanley, chief growth officer and partner at Worx Group.

Going green has never been more golden

Kim Winstanley 17 Jan 2019

Andy Hadfield, CEO, forgood.co.za

Quick hit trends and the problem with competing giving behaviours

Andy Hadfield 17 Jan 2019

Peter Khoury, Creative Circle chairperson and CCO of TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg.

The rise of live communications and branded everything

Peter Khoury 16 Jan 2019

Kalliebree Keynerd, head of social media at Joe Public Connect.

From disappearing acts to dark social and digital wellness

Kalliebree Keynerd 16 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Selling to the other 98% - the move to physical retail

Selling to the other 98% - the move to physical retail

Andrew Smith 16 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Why rent when you can buy?

Why rent when you can buy?

Natalia Rosa 16 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Brands with purpose will change South Africa for the better

Brands with purpose will change South Africa for the better

Michael Baretta 16 Jan 2019

Dali Tembo, managing director of Instant Grass International.

The year we rethink segmentation

Dali Tembo 15 Jan 2019

Auryn Hiscock and Mikhaila Hunter, executive creative director and strategic relationships & marketing manager at Fort respectively.

Year of the social impact brand (again)

Auryn Hiscock and Mikhaila Hunter 15 Jan 2019