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 | KAREEMA SHAIK Over the past year or so, a surprising number of international brand owners have come under fire for offensive marketing campaigns, products, and brand names...read |
|  | DANETTE BREITENBACH With a legacy spanning 125 years, the Rand Show has a great heritage but over recent years has lost its appeal. This year the show boasts a colourful and vibrant look-and-feel that its organisers believe will not only change this but wow its audience...read |
|  | LEIGH ANDREWS Get ready for a wealth of acronyms! The newly refreshed Publisher Research Council (PRC) showcased the power of the PAMS Brands and People, Products and Platforms (PPP) fused data, providing a teaser of insights on consumer media habits and preferences, media usage throughout the day on different devices and usage of different media at the same time. Here's what you missed...read |
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| |  | Bryan Habana, former Springbok and Chief Relationship Officer at Retroactive Agency, talks tech with Rutendo Nyamuda at the 2019 AfricaCom conference & trade expo in Cape Town... View |
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 | The Epica Awards has released the results of the first day of judging... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Poignant: Kudos for athlete, Toyota's tough message but whole bunch of estate agents a law unto themselves with their illegal boards... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC As Africa's longest-running LGBTQ+ME pride event, Johannesburg Pride has received significant support and attendance from the community across the continent in recent years... Read |
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 | FlySafair leads the 2018 South African Customer Satisfaction Index ranking, with 78 points out of 100, followed by British Airways (Comair) which scored 75.7 and Kulula Airlines reached 74.4 - all-in leader positions... Read |
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 | DAMIAN HAMP-ADAMS, ISSUED BY ROCKETSEED We like to have fun and with the name Rocketseed we're definitely allowed to make references and puns connected to anything space related! That being said, the latest release of our 'AD Sync Boost' tool is nothing short of stellar! Ok, we'll stop... Read |
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 | This year's edition of Cherry Film Festival seeks to drastically minimise the monopolised access to opportunities. ... Read |
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 | ANDY WALKER Cell C and MTN on Monday announced a new roaming agreement, building on and extending the firms' previous agreement made in 2018, and pushing Cell C's LTE coverage further across South Africa... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY PROVANTAGE Standard Bank has embarked on an innovative and striking outdoor campaign with Airport Ads that looks set to leave a lasting impact on travellers making their way through OR Tambo International Airport... Read |
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 | Seventy-five percent of millennials abandon in-store purchases, led by out-of-stocks... Read |
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 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG In #FreshOnTheShelf, we round up our pick of food and beverage products that have hit the shelves recently... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Meghan Ferguson, digital media manager for Vizeum in Cape Town, says marketers and retailers can learn a few things from the last couple of years of Black Friday in South Africa... Read |
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 | D&AD's new theme for its 2020 Festival has been announced. The theme, 'Imagine everything', encapsulates the ambition and scope of this year's event: a global festival celebrating creativity... Read |
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 | The Shoprite Group honoured its most innovative and reliable suppliers at its annual Supplier Awards this past weekend... Read |
 | Boomplay and Sony Music Entertainment are set to expand their footprint in Africa with new partnership... Read |
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 | While there has been a marginal decline in the proportion of South Africa's high-net-worth (HNW) individuals who are involved in philanthropic activities, the average value of such philanthropy by those who are still giving has increased... Read |
 | NSBC, in association with World Famous Events, announced South Africa's 'Top 20' winners of the 2019 South African Small Business Awards... Read |
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 | HelloFCB+'s new campaign for the Cancer Association of South Africa (Cansa) encourages men to get a prostate blood test at one of Cansa's Care Centres. View |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Koffie Met Katryn is an events initiative that aims to inspire and motivate women of all ages, races and religion, to follow their dreams and aspirations, all in a safe space... Read |
