#BizTrends2019: Customer centricity - The only trend that matters in 2019 and beyond

[Bradley Elliott] Customer centricity will be the raison d'être for digital leaders who authentically embrace this strategy. And those visionaries who fully embrace this strategy will leap ahead of the pack...

#BizTrends2019: The reality of future proofing

[Bongani Chinkanda] The ways of the future start today which is why future proofing is not something that can be ignored and shelved for a later stage...

#BizTrends2019: The importance of the shift to post-modern marketing

[Warren Moss] How can a disruptive company rely on traditional, pre-modern marketing thinking to drive home the values of their 21st-century brand?

#BizTrends2019: PR measurement and evaluation trends

[Francois van Dyk] The public relations industry has recently seen many challenges. From the rise of "digital PR", social media and fake news, most would agree that the industry needs to rethink many of the basics on which it has always operated...

Thought-provoking musical Langarm ticks all the right boxes

[Debbie Hathway] Debbie Hathway reviews Langarm - produced and presented by Eric Abraham and The Fugard Theatre, written and directed by David Kramer, with musical arrangements by Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, and choreographed by Grant van Ster...

#BizTrends2019: Why rent when you can buy?

[Natalia Rosa] Investing in owned media to promote your travel brand...

#BizTrends2019: Trends in wine and food tourism

[Marisah Nieuwoudt] The swinging doors to kitchen culture were first held open by celebrity chefs like Julia Child and Jamie Oliver. For the tourism industry, it was the travel documentary style of Rick Stein and Anthony Bourdain that beamed travel to exotic locations, and Cornwall, into our lounges...

#BizTrends2019: Redirecting an economy, a tourism imperative for 2019

[Avukile Mabombo] Trends in tourism tend to speak towards hot destinations or new patterns of exploration; and, while those are always happening, there's an overarching trend that will influence how South Africans experience travel in 2019...

New expression of an ancient art

[Debbie Hathway] Debbie Hathway chats to SA brand ambassador Jessica Witzel about the nuances of the new Martell VSOP Red Barrel expression...

Take care when hitching customers' emotions to your brandwagon

[Estelle Nagel] If a customer ties an emotion to your brand, they're much more loyal and less likely to switch due to functional factors like price increases or shifts in the market...

#NewCampaign: Re-think drinking and driving

[Jessica Tennant] In time for the festive season, Riverbed launched a campaign on behalf of the Association for Alcohol Responsibility and Education (aware.org) to continue the conversation around drinking and driving in South Africa...

Cause-related marketing: Why we do it and where the value lies

[Joanna Oosthuizen] In a society such as ours, in such dynamic, developmental evolution, causes are the fuel that helps drive change. Citizen activism brings issues to the nation's attention, it informs our people, inspires progress and supports our government...

Indochine's new menu is an Afro-Asian epicurean feast

[Lauren Hartzenberg] The exquisite Delaire Graff Estate begs a visit for the views alone. But sample some of estate's wines or sit down for a meal at one of its restaurants, and you'll soon awaken some of your other senses...

#BizTrends2019: Much of the same expected for 2019

[Geoffrey Jäck] With pressure on costs, increased fuel prices, the water shortage in Cape Town in 2018, and an economy that is struggling at best, the remedial construction industry can prepare for much of the same challenges in 2019...

#BizTrends2019: Africa opens up for SA's stainless steel sector

[Lesley Squires] 2019 seems to be the year of an 'opening up' of Africa, whether it be opening trade borders or opening key infrastructure projects...

#BizTrends2019: Don't make your customers type

[Juanita Pienaar] The problem with personalised messaging is time. The solution is to automate and, beyond bots, the solution is voice. Because if you are looking to provide the ultimate in convenience and seductiveness to your customers, don't make them type...

South Africa's 2018/19 maize harvest estimate lowered

[Wandile Sihlobo] There are growing concerns that the current dry weather conditions in most parts of South Africa could lead to a lower maize harvest in the 2018/19 production season...

#BizTrends2019: Youth marketing techniques to target the real SA youth market

[Leigh Andrews] We often have to look back at the path we've travelled in order to see the road ahead more clearly. Here's what I've learned about youth marketing over the past few months and what I predict we'll see in 2019...

BMW X3 - proudly produced in SA

[Evan-Lee Courie] If you find yourself in the market for a new vehicle, especially in the SUV segment, look no further than the locally manufactured BMW X3...

#BizTrends2019: It's time to fully embrace the digifem consumer

[Kirigo Kamore] If 2018 was the seismic and long-awaited quake of women's lib, then expect its aftershock this year, both off and online...