| |
 | KAREN NADASEN It has been a year of reckoning: a year that lit a fire beneath online payments in South Africa, transforming e-commerce while creating immense economic pressure... read |
|---|
|
|
|---|
|
 | | Retailers' interest in innovative technologies, solutions and new operating models continues to grow...read |
|  | | Covid-19 has certainly rocked the boat of retail with an immense force this year. But as we have seen with the recent Black Friday period, there is no reason to jump ship when you have a solid, seamless online sales strategy in place...read |
|  | | SAB has had to stop using the non-compliant labels and remove or withdraw all marketing and advertising in respect of their Brutal Fruit products...read |
|
|---|
|
| E-commerce |
 | MEGAN ELLIS Woolworths has officially launched the trial of its same-day grocery delivery app Woolies Dash. The app is now live on the Google Play Store, Huawei App Gallery and Apple App Store... Read |
 | Following the announcement in October that Pick n Pay would acquire on-demand delivery app Bottles, the company has officially come on board as the on-demand service of Pick n Pay Online... Read |
 | Soma Solutions has launched a new online platform for stationery shopping called Edu Supply... Read |
| Fashion & Homeware |
 | Given the rise of body positivity and brave influencers on social media this year alone, which sparked an outcry for functional underwear, the Angels have since locked up their top drawers and departed the catwalks resulting in a decline in sales even before Covid-19 hit... Read |
| FMCG |
 | JEFFREY MILLER Tab, the Coca-Cola company's original diet soda brand, is headed to the soda graveyard... Read |
 | In an effort to assist the local wine industry in South Africa in recovery, Pick n Pay will show their support by buying approximately 25 million bottles of local wine to be sold across stores nationwide... Read |
 | Representing the South African wine industry, Vinpro has raised concerns about the dire consequences that the reinstated alcohol ban will hold for wine-related businesses... Read |
| Sales |
 | ISSUED BY NIELSENIQ South Africa's technical consumer goods market sees subdued spending as consumers weigh up each purchase carefully, trade up for better value and make strategic purchases for the home... Read |
| Business |
|
 | ROAN MACKINTOSH Digital marketing was, for many brands, the saviour of 2020. This has been both a blessing and a curse for local CMOs, who now face massive performance expectations for the year ahead.... Read |
 | The South African government is hoping to rollout its Covid-19 vaccine programme as early as next month... Read |
 | MONGEZI MTATI In 2021, brands will see increased digital marketing and social media strategy adjustments, most of which saw growth in 2020... Read |
| Featured Press Office of the day | More | Join |
|
|
 | Welcome to Mpact Plastics, a leading producer of rigid plastic packaging and cling film in southern Africa. |
| Quotes |
|
Walt Whitman "Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you." Willie Nelson "Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results." |
More quotes Submit a Quote |
|
| Jobs offered |
|
|
|
| New events to diarise |
|
|
|
|
|
