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UNSUBSCRIBE | | | Innovating your way into troubleInnovation is good, right? Yes, it is, but as Sid Peimer points out, unless it's done properly, it can be dangerous... for instance, innovation, improperly executed, nearly killed LEGO.
On our ever-popular Trends front - this time for 2014 - Tarryn Pitchers looks at the shift towards advertising marketing managers within the South African advertising industry, Sue Disler looks at the issue of contradicting addictions and Pete Hutchings forecasts a bumpy 2014 for experiential marketing.
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AdForumFuture Publishing - 14 Feb 2014, Randburg Strategic events managementProvox Centre for Public Relations and Communicati - 6 Oct 2014 to 7 Oct 2014, Cape Town | 23 Oct 2014 to 24 Oct 2014, Randburg | 3 Nov 2014 to 4 Nov 2014, Limpopo | | |  | SID PEIMER LEGO was the world's most profitable and fastest growing toy company from 2007 to 2012, but had a near-death experience in 2003. How did this happen even though they ticked all the boxes for innovation? Read |  | Read |  | PETE HUTCHINGS Read |  | Read |  | SUE DISLER I started out the new year with a small experiment: A plea to all and sundry on Facebook to stop "talking" via SMS, iMessage, BBM and WhatsApp and start speaking verbally to each other again... Read |  | TARRYN PITCHERS There seems to be a growing shift towards advertising marketing managers within the South African advertising industry. This trends piece looks at the top three forward-looking ideas affecting the industry. Read |  | Read |  | Read |  | ISSUED BY REALM DIGITAL The global success of online shopping has given rise to the widespread adoption of ecommerce ventures by furniture retailers wishing to capture the potential of this ever-growing market. Read |  | Read |  | CHRIS MOERDYK Not nearly enough thought is going into how product placement is being implemented in soapies - and viewers are becoming irritated. Read |  | JULIETTE ATTWELL Read |  | Read |  | Government claims to have moved quickly to address the water shortage in Madibeng. Read |
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