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Lesley Svenson

[With or Without Sugar]

The power of internal brand engagement.

In our first episode of `Series 2 of With or Without Sugar, Giles Shepherd, CEO of The Brand Alive Group, chats to Lara Haigh, MD of Imperial Health Sciences, about the fantastic results that have been achieved through a highly disruptive, innovative internal brand engagement campaign - and the importance of co-creation, ongoing feedback and involvement at every level of the organisation.

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CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING

Exploring the ethos behind Dexter Moren's bespoke design approach

Tsogo Sun SunSquare Cape Town City Bowl and the StayEasy Cape Town City Bowl

[Robin Fredericks] The new Tsogo Sun SunSquare Cape Town City Bowl and the StayEasy Cape Town City Bowl enables both business and leisure travellers of all budgets a place to explore what Cape Town has to offer...

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Ruth Cooper

#MEX17: BMI Song Camp

The BMI Song Camp ran from 4 September to 8 September at South Beach Camps Bay as part of Music Exchange conference which was held at the Academy of Sound Engineering studio complex, in District 6, Cape Town on Saturday 9 and 10 September.

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

#OnTheBigScreen: Horror, espionage and human drama

[Daniel Dercksen] This week three local films are released; Vaya, Inxeba (The Wound), Five Fingers for Marseilles. Other releases include Stephen King's IT, American Assassin, Home Again, Norman, Armed Response and Lucknow Central.

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Angie Lawrence

[Advertising]

A new radio spot - the fourth in a series promoting Debonairs Pizza's ‘#Un-lamba yourself' special offers - has broken on 5FM and Metro FM.

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Meanda Mills crowned as Food24's hottest new super chef

Elke van Vledder (Philips), Meanda Mills (Overall winner, and Easter category winner), Tessa Purden (Food24), Lucy Jones (Philips).

[Juanita Pienaar] Meanda Mills from the Institute of Culinary Arts was announced as the winner of Food24's NextGen competition, an online culinary competition that set out to find a new generation of super-talented young chefs...

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TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY

#InnovationMonth: Mobile, the future of guest engagement

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[Cari Coetzee] With the use of smartphones to book hotel rooms increasing significantly over the past years, Ankerdata has partnered with ConnectHotel to bring SA a customised mobile concierge and booking application...

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RETAIL

#PricecheckAwards: Travelstart named E-commerce Service of the Year

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[Lauren Hartzenberg] Travelstart was the overall winner of the PriceCheck Tech & E-commerce Awards 2017, claiming the title of E-commerce Service of the Year...

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IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

The business analyst in an Agile world

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[Marc de Villiers] Despite popular belief, I don't necessarily agree that Agile has killed the business analyst (BA), but it doesn't mean that something can't be learned from this growing belief...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

The anatomy of a creative concept

[Peter Barnard] The human body does not live in isolation. It is a well-oiled machine, consisting of intense streams of information relayed between muscles, veins, and nerves. Here Peter Crafford takes us through the anatomy of a creative concept...

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RETAIL

#SACSCCongress: The artisanal food revolution and the modern retail space

[Lauren Hartzenberg] Retail futurist Howard Saunders discusses some of the shifts in consumer mindset and retail brand innovation...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Who killed the iPod? Staying relevant to a restless generation

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[Wynand Smit] Who killed the iPod? The reality is that developing technology and the marketplace dictated the change. Video did not kill the radio star, it just changed the platform preferences...

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

Foodies meet #Brewfood - Beerhouse launches new menu and food trend

[Ruth Cooper] Remember a time before craft beer? Strange to think that only a few years back, your local beer options were pretty much Castle or Black Label. Now beers come artfully packaged and flavoured with anything from cinnamon to pineapple...

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TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY

Want to add a digit to your blogging income? Here's how

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[Phindiwe Nkosi] While social media and mass media is quick to position bloggers as social influencers and promote this profession to aspiring bloggers, the reality is that cutting it in the industry is downright difficult...

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IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

#InnovationMonth: Hit the 'sweet spot' and you'll get your investors

[Ilse Burger] The SA Innovation Summit was an explosion of, well, ideas and innovation. One talk that particularly intrigued me was one by Tmara (Target Market Adoption Risk Assessment)...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Taking a closer look at media monitoring, AVE and regulation - Part one

[Angie Lawrence] In this three-part series, I chat to ROI Africa MD Tonya Khoury about the ins and outs of media monitoring, how AVE fits into it all (and if it should), the need for regulation in the industry, and what this all means for Bizcommunity...

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TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY

#THINCAfrica: Developing Africa's hospitality professionals of the future

[Cari Coetzee] Associate Dean and Professor at ESL, Dr Achim Schmitt, participated in a panel discussion on HR and education issues in the hospitality industry at the THINC Africa conference...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

On a scale of Coca-Cola to Pepsi: How to make your brand pop on social media

[Babalwa Nyembezi] In a world where everyone is constantly scrolling down their screen, it's easy for brands' content to get lost in the clutter of posts on the timeline. Here's how to make content pop!...

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LOGISTICS & TRANSPORT

Want to improve profits in the trucking industry? Focus on safety

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[Morné Stoltz] Road freight's steady growth trajectory looks set to continue, but it is paralleled by a troubling rise in accidents involving trucks...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Influence of procurement departments on marketers

[Johanna McDowell] Agencies working - or hoping to work - on major corporate accounts in the advertising, marketing and communications industry can no longer ignore or misunderstand procurement departments and their importance in winning both government and corporate clients...

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