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Dion Chang In many ways 2017 was the watershed year for being 'woke': politically, economically, socially and culturally. Technology has for many years been the primary disruptor of business, but a socio-cultural wave will hit businesses in 2018. Brace yourselves for a year of dual disruption...read |
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![Screengrab from ShowMax Ode to the Holidays.](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423837-300x156.jpg)
Sheila McGillivray I love this time of the year as big brands pull out all the stops to reach into consumers hearts and tug on their purse strings. These are my top festive season adverts so far...read | ![Image credit:](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423932-300x156.jpg?2)
Regine le Roux Steinhoff faces the threat of becoming the biggest bankruptcy in South African corporate history. How does this happen? Regine le Roux reckons it all boils down to lack of internal governance...read | ![Alistair King and James Barty of King James Group.](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423013-300x156.png)
Leigh Andrews King James Group CEO James Barty explains the agency's commitment to creativity off the back of their recent accolades at Scopen AgencyScope 2017 and lets us in on their strategy for 2018...read |
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![Some of the House of Brave team.](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423173-120x120.jpg?2) | Leigh Andrews With six successful years under its belt, House of Brave co-founder and ECD Vanessa Pearson shares what makes them a top-five SA agency with first-rate strategic planning and digital effectiveness, as per Scopen's AgencyScope 2017/18... read |
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![Image credit: marcos calvo mesa - .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423673-120x120.jpg?2) | mohau bosiu Can advertising really influence people's lives? Mohau Bosiu thinks it can... read |
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![Image credit: jackmac34 -](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423249-120x120.jpg?2) | Unilever South Africa has voluntarily withdrawn a television commercial that promotes soap as a germ-fighting product that can be used to treat a sick person. read |
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![Image provided.](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423485-120x120.jpg?2) | The Midas Awards announced 2017 shortlist with US agencies leading with 101 shortlisted entries, followed by South Africa with 40 and the United Kingdom with 24... read |
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![Mick Blore, chief creative officer South Africa & Sub-Saharan Africa, McCann Worldgroup.](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423442-120x120.jpg?2) | New York Festivals (NYF) International Advertising Awards has announced the first 21 members of the 2018 executive jury, which includes South African, Mick Blore... read |
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![Image credit: Binyamin Mellish via](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424148-120x120.jpg?2) | New York Festivals added a new competition to its Advertising Awards competition roster: sports... read |
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![Image credit: faithie via](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423843-120x120.jpg?2) | Why did you splurge on that new pair of shoes? Or that pricey smartphone? More and more advertisers are trying to tap into the unconscious to divine the invisible forces that drive those spending decisions... read |
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![Keeping it in the family: Alfred Cointreau on preserving brand legacy](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424005-120x120.png?2) | Lauren Hartzenberg As one of the oldest orange-flavoured liqueurs in the world, the Cointreau brand has a lot of history behind it... read |
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![Image credit: Gustavo Frazao -](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423884-120x120.jpg?2) | Tashalene Reid Even the most successful brands require a makeover now and then. Tashalene Reid, brand marketing manager for Hungry Lion, draws out lessons learnt from the company's "Good to Great" journey... read |
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![Pixabay via .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423713-120x120.jpg?2) | Richard Bensted Redefining how customers engage with a brand from the first point of online contact... read |
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![Filmmaker, Charlie Chu. Image credit: .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423142-120x120.jpg?2) | From the migration of purple butterflies to the crafting of bamboo steam baskets, Taiwan's leading 3D film director has spent a decade painstakingly capturing the island's beauty. read |
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![Image credit: Brandlove.](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423602-120x120.jpg?2) | Mareli Smit Mareli Smit writes about how we should stop dreaming about great CX and start doing great CX... read |
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![Image credit: Dzianis Apolka - .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423693-120x120.jpg?2) | Stuart McDougall The success of a product or service is rooted in user experience. It's this simple, yet powerful premise that has made human-centered design (HCD) gain traction across all major business sectors around the world, writes Stuart McDougall... read |
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![iBleat - a channel dedicated to customer service dialogue](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424297-120x120.jpg?1) | Developed by South African entrepreneurs, iBleat is a recently released app that privately connects customers with any business, brand or outlet in an effort to simplify customer service... read |
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![Image credit: picjumbo.com via .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423697-120x120.jpg?2) | Deseré Orrill Effective causal communications using the digital ecosystem can be powerful instruments for systemic change and brand longevity, not just in times of giving like the festive season... read |
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![Linda Mertens, program manager at The Next Web. Image provided.](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423309-120x120.jpg?2) | Juanita Pienaar Linda Mertens from The Next Web (TNW) on having an open, educated and inclusive conversation about mental health, the role of creatives in this ever-evolving technological world and top trends for 2018... read |
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![Image credit: Pixabay via .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423252-120x120.jpg?2) | For decades the Rohingya have been denied recognition in Myanmar but the persecuted minority is close to securing a crucial symbol of their identity - their own unique digital alphabet... read |
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![Image credit: Fancycrave - .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423625-120x120.jpg?2) | YouTube said on Tuesday that it had sealed a licensing agreement with the world's largest music label conglomerate Universal as the video behemoth explores creating a new streaming service... read |
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![Small digital agency hits a big 10](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424313.jpg) | Issued By So Interactive In its tenth year of creative digital landscaping, So Interactive is still doing big things - and the big boys are taking notice... read |
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![Image credit: rawpixel -](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423611-120x120.jpg?2) | David Limbert Creativity. Intangible but immensely powerful within the events sector. But despite its power, it's tough to gauge, difficult to define and sometimes hard to find. And few realise how important creativity is in pulling off unreal events that deliver real results... read |
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![Image credit: rclassenlayouts via](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423871-120x120.jpg?2) | Tralone Khoza If participating as an exhibitor in one or various exhibitions is part of your organisation's below the line advertising (BTL) strategy then that part of your marketing budget should not be wasted but should be well spent and hopefully with some ROI... read |
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![Image credit: weerapat wattanapichayakul - .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423166-120x120.jpg?2) | pierre cassuto Pierre Cassuto explains why being asked for a 'content' strategy irks him and how companies can 'swim' on their own in the digital pool... read |
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![All images ©](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423762-120x120.jpg?2) | Jessica Bezuidenhout & Rebecca Davis In 2017, the horrifying extent of State Capture finally became clearer to the South African public. And we would still be languishing in the dark were it not for the whistle-blowers: the handful of courageous South African men and women who did not remain silent in the face of wrongdoing, but stood up and spoke out... read |
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![Image credit: . Published under byline aliases: Loopholes in Egyptian and Greek Airports.](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423112-120x120.png?2) | Drawn from a selection of 15 global and regional journalism awards, a report curated by the Open Society Foundations Program's (OSF) Independent Journalism Programme provides an inspiring selection of storytelling, investigative techniques, collaborative enterprises and fearless reporting against all odds... read |
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![US president, Donald Trump and media mogul, Rupert Murdoch. Image credit: .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423143-120x120.jpg?2) | The blockbuster deal between Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox could likely put US antitrust enforcers in an awkward position following the government's challenge to another media-entertainment mega-deal... read |
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![Image credit: .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423474-120x120.jpg?2) | At a time when the media is being accused of peddling "fake news," Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks are bringing Hollywood star power to a movie celebrating journalism and the virtues of a free press... read |
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![Image credit: brotiN biswaS via](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423924-120x120.jpg?2) | Kazakhstan on Thursday pushed through a raft of controversial amendments to a media law despite concern that the new legislation will further limit freedom of speech in the tightly-controlled nation... read |
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![Image credit: weerapat kiatdumrong - .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423627-120x120.jpg?2) | This year, 81 journalists lost their lives around the globe " a drop from 120 last year, the International Press Institute said... read |
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![Eight Uganda tabloid staff freed on bail](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423609-120x120.jpg?2) | A Ugandan court has released eight editors and directors of one of the country's most popular newspapers, who were charged with treason last month, effectively stalling the tabloid's operations... read |
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![Ahmed Abba to be freed](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423736-120x120.jpg) | Ahmed Abba to be freed after Cameroonian Court reduces sentence on appeal... read |
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![Image credit: rawpixel via](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423826-120x120.jpg?2) | Graham Du Plessis According to the latest November stats from Effective Measure, 'South Africa Online', a whopping 67.38% of unique browsers came from mobile itself... read |
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![Image credit: Miguel Á. Padriñán - .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423265-120x120.jpg?2) | A significant amount of spectrum, or radio waves, in rural areas could be unlocked by amending licensing models, according to Kalpak Gude, the president of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance... read |
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![Image credit: Pixabay via .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423296-120x120.jpg?2) | Seee In, a soon-to-be-released app, aims to change the game with dual benefits that cater to both consumers and businesses... read |
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![Image credit: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy via](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424157-120x120.jpg?2) | French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans on Wednesday for legislation to stop fake news spreading online in the run-up to elections, in a veiled reference to Moscow-backed RT and Sputnik... read |
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![Image credit: Deyan Georgiev - .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423638-120x120.jpg?2) | Claudia Ferguson Claudia Ferguson looks back on 2017 and lists three key insights the year has provided for the PR industry... read |
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![Boris Dzhingarov](https://www.bizcommunity.com/b/1410/427519.jpg?1) | Boris Dzhingarov Issued By Monetary Library While there's no way to avoid miscommunication completely, there are effective ways to handle misunderstandings to move toward resolution. Here are three of those ways... read |
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![Photo: The Book List](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423732-120x120.jpg?2) | Questions are being asked about how the confidentiality provisions of the Tax Administration Act are aligned with legislation providing for whistle-blowers and freedom of expression... read |
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![Image credit: ANA via](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423461-120x120.jpg?2) | The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has followed through on threats to take legal action against the author of The President's Keepers, Jacques Pauw... read |
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![Image credit: SplitShire via](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423268-120x120.jpg?2) | A new community radio station, Ingwane FM, is to be launched next month for those living in the former Transkei and surrounding areas... read |
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![Image credit: Pop Nukoonrat - www.123rf.com 123RF.com]].](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423923-120x120.jpg?2) | A CMO roundtable article features marketing perspectives on the challenges to executing omnichannel experiences... read |
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![Retailers turn to digital innovation to enrich customer experience](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423345-120x120.jpg?2) | Chantel Troskie As the holiday shopping rush gets into full swing, South African retailers are increasingly looking to technology that they can use to improve their operations... read |
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![Enabling innovation: Lessons from Crystal Pepsi](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423912-120x120.jpg?2) | Kyle Murray We tend to think that innovation is driven by new discoveries or advances in technology. Yet the problem with new products is often not an engineering challenge, but a psychological one... read |
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![Image credit: gstockstudio -](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423605-120x120.jpg?2) | Maria Berrios-Carter Maria Berrios-Carter writes about what she thinks is a golden marketing opportunity that businesses can implement to target parents shopping with tweens... read |
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![Image credit: Kaboompics // Karolina via .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423286-120x120.jpg?2) | Bogosi Motshegwa Bogosi Motshegwa writes about how you can use Facebook to generate leads or sales... read |
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![Prospect. Manage. Win. Simple sales automation.](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424331.jpg) | Martin Lamberti Issued By Rapid Sales Growth The "not too distant future" we all loved in Terminator 2 is unfolding and becoming a reality in our lifetime. That's an equally exciting and terrifying thought!... read |
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![#MeTourism: The hidden costs of selfie tourism](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424256-120x120.jpg?2) | Marianna Sigala Research shows that it is not age, but the dark triad of personality traits - narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy that push people to pursue selfie glory regardless of the result... read |
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![Image credit: Pixabay via](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424037-120x120.jpg?2) | Barbara Romzek and Aram Sinnreich Social media websites and online services, created to profit from connecting people and encouraging global conversations, have a deep and troubling dark side... read |
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![Screenshot from via YouTube ©](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423298-120x120.jpg?2) | Julia Breakey This year has been a whirlwind of racist exposé after sexist exposé after: "How have they been running a business? Holy sh!t" exposé (part 1)... read |
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![The Spur racist incident. Screenshot, via YouTube. ©](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423435-120x120.jpg?2) | Julia Breakey This year has been a whirlwind of racist exposé after sexist exposé after "How have they been running a business? Holy sh!t" exposé (part 2)... read |
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![2017 in review: This year's absolute worst of the worst](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423687-120x120.jpg?2) | Julia Breakey This year has been a whirlwind of racist scandal after sexist scandal after "How have they been running a business? Holy sh!t" scandal. (part 3)... read |
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![Image credit: Pixabay via .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423903-120x120.jpg?2) | Table Mountain National Park has a problem, but Instagram can help... read |
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![welcomia -](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423071-120x120.jpg?2) | SANParks is concerned about various groups impersonating it and some of the national parks on social media... read |
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![Tami Ruschin, MD of The Stylista.](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423338-120x120.jpg?2) | Leigh Andrews Shh... Word on the stylish digital street is that The Stylista is the place to be. It's a user-generated social media space for those interested in fashion, beauty and lifestyle, with a distinctive SA flavour. MD Tami Ruschin explains the beauty of creating customised content to delight brands and consumers alike... read |
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![Image credit: Pixabay - .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423123-120x120.jpg?2) | Bradley Elliott A growing army of YouTube stars is finding instant fame and wealth thanks to millions of subscribers to their pages and are fast becoming as influential, and in some case more so than mainstream actors and musicians... read |
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![Image credit: gorosi -](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423558-120x120.jpg?2) | Thango Gombiza 'Tis the season to be jolly, but while you're having a blast at Christmas and New Year parties, remember that professionals do not let their hair down online... read |
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![Image credit:](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/423969-120x120.jpg?2) | Access to the popular photo sharing and messaging apps Instagram and Telegram was restricted on mobile phones, Iranian media reported on Sunday, after three days of protests in many cities... read |
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![Image credit: Kaboompics // Karolina via](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423624-120x120.jpg?2) | Facebook on Tuesday added a way for people to know when their pictures are posted anywhere on the leading social network. read |
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![Image credit: Pixabay via](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424302-120x120.jpg?2) | Known for annual personal goals ranging from killing his own food to learning Mandarin, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg's stated mission for this year is to 'fix' the social network... read |
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![Image credit: prykhodov via](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424135-120x120.jpg?2) | A music publisher is seeking at least $1.6bn from Spotify for alleged copyright violations, the latest lawsuit to hit the fast-growing streaming company... read |
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![iflix campaign.](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423259-120x120.jpg) | Now available to over one billion consumers across 24 territories throughout Asia, the Middle East and Africa, iflix celebrates 10 million minutes streamed in 2017 with a new campaign... read |
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![Image credit: /Instagram](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424283-120x120.jpg?2) | Jessica Levitt 2018 has brought a fresh start in the once sour relationship between the SABC and radio personality Criselda Dudumashe... read |
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![Image credit: .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423616-120x120.jpg?2) | MultiChoice expects to complete an investigation into its contracts with news channel ANN7 within weeks, the Naspers subsidiary told Business Day on Tuesday... read |
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![Wavebreak Media Ltd © .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423739-120x120.jpg?2) | US regulators announced a record $13.3m fine against a major television company for airing promotional content without telling viewers it had been paid to air it... read |
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![New York-based design guru, Natasha Jen.](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423312-120x120.png?2) | Emile Uys This New York-based design guru will appear on stage at Design Indaba Festival 2018... read | | ![Image supplied.](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423421-120x120.jpg?2) | Nightscape at Design Indaba 2018's lineup of artists and performers is the immersive experience of the year!... read | |
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![#BizTrends2018: Get ready for fluid reality and a collapsing conversion funnel in 2018](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424383.jpg) | Nunu Ntshingila By 2020, more people will have mobile phones than running water or electricity at home. And for the first time in history, more people will be connected to the internet than not... read |
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![Gustav Goosen, CEO of The SpaceStation.](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424128-120x120.jpg) | Gustav Goosen Truly understanding your customer... and other complexities we can expect in 2018... read |
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![#BizTrends2018: Predicting future consumer behaviour](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424095.jpg) | Diane Gantz The insights industry is transforming in order to remain relevant in a new fast-moving world where consumers have easy access to endless choices... read |
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![#BizTrends2018: The ever changing consumer](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424058.jpg) | Dave Nemeth In order for businesses to strive and even survive in many instances, it is vital that they take on a 'human-centered' approach to every aspect of their business and invest more time and effort on truly trying to understand their customers... read |
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![#BizTrends2018: Small is Africa's 'new smart' in 2018](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424022.jpg) | Ailsa Wingfield Africa has become a continent of catchphrases, be it 'Africa rising', 'untapped middle class', 'e-commerce explosion', 'leapfrogging technology' or 'brand loyalists', the list is endless... but what do they mean in a real-world context...? read |
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![#BizTrends2018: A few 'bone shakers' for media in 2018](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424121.jpg) | Graham Deneys Going into 2018, we need to give the word disruption the respect it deserves... read |
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![Treweek in The Household...](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423215-120x120.jpg?2) | Leigh Andrews This week, we go behind the selfie go behind the selfie with Ree Treweek, director at female-led animation studio Tulips and Chimneys, formerly Shy the Sun, celebrating their 10-year creative partnership this year... read |
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![Lethoko doing her best to be camouflaged by nature.](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423205-120x120.jpg?2) | Leigh Andrews This week, we go behind the selfie with Nthabiseng Lethoko, new associate creative director at Hellocomputer Cape Town... read |
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![Nene captions this:](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423183-120x120.jpg?2) | Leigh Andrews This week, we go behind the selfie with technophobe chef and food stylist, Zola Nene. She's the resident chef on SABC3's Expresso and was a judge for the 2017 Galliova Awards for excellence in food and health writing, as well as the recently aired third season of Great SA Bake Off... read |
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![Eales, Rossiter and McPherson with their 2017 Loeries wins.](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423287-120x120.jpg) | Leigh Andrews Just when you thought the Loeries buzz was over, the Loeries' rankings are in! I chatted to some of this year's top-ranked creatives post-celebrations. We continue the local insights with Publicis Machine... read |
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![Kevin Swanepoel, CEO, The One Club for Creativity. Image credit: .](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423600-120x120.jpg?2) | The One Club for Creativity announced the addition of Health, Wellness and Pharmaceutical as a separate and distinct discipline for The One Show 2018... read |
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![LGBT radio goes online in Tunisia despite threats](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423607-120x120.jpg?2) | An online radio station catering for the LGBT community, believed to be the first of its kind in the Arab world, started broadcasting in Tunisia on Monday... read |
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![The Inma World Congress of News Media will take place at the Mead Center for American Theater in Washington, D.C. Image credit: .](https://biz-file.com/c/1801/424240-120x120.jpg?2) | Themes for the Inma World Congress of News Media, taking place from 3-5 June 2018 in Washington, have been announced... read |
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![Aerosol, dispensing, beauty packaging leaders to gather at ADF&PCD in March](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423885-120x120.jpg?2) | Unilever, Beiersdorf, Coty, SC Johnson, Henkel, and Edgewell are some of the major brands set to attend Aerosol & Dispensing Forum and Packaging of Perfume, Cosmetics & Design Shanghai 2018... read |
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![Reporter Mratt Kyaw Thu. Image provided.](https://biz-file.com/c/1712/423424-120x120.jpg?2) | Reporter Mratt Kyaw Thu has won the 2017 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize for his coverage of ethnic strife in his native Myanmar... read |
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