 | RETAIL
[Kevin Tucker] We've been sitting on the cusp of a huge wave of growth in online retail for many years now. The deluge of new customers has still not arrived, but consistent organic growth has been relatively good... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Godfrey Parkin, CEO of Britefire and of Angaza. CX is everything. Businesses boom because they offer awesome differentiated customer experience, online and offline. The big trends in 2019 will follow this rule... |
 | [Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice] It’s 2002. Dallas Oberholzer, champion skateboarder, sets foot in Isithumba, in the sprawling Valley of a Thousand Hills. He has a vision for something unheard of in the area: a skate park. But in the face of uncertainty, he turned his idea into a reality, and opened Indigo Skate Camp, a place for vulnerable youths to try their foot at the sport and grind a new path in life. Read Dallas Oberholzer's full story here. |
 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Dave Nemeth] Natural materials, texture, and individuality are the key elements that will shape interior design and décor trends into 2020... |
 | FINANCE & INSURANCE
[Bronwyn Williams] Social credit scores are set to be one of the trending terms for 2019. However, not all credit scores are created equal (or with equally good intentions)... |
 | LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT
[Dawn Jorgensen] From 2018, we carry forward the anti-plastic movement; our concerns about over tourism; the ever more natural choice of sustainable travel; and the important need to establish animal rights in tourism. But beyond that, what travel trends can we expect to see in 2019? |
| MARKETING & MEDIA
[Bronwyn Williams] Younger consumers value experiences - particularly personalised, meaningful experiences - highly. In other words, Generation Z is looking for 'less stuff, and more stories'... |
 | AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE & FORESTRY  ©Thitiwat Junkasemkullanunt via 123RF South African farmers planted 28,800 hectares of sorghum in the 2017/18 production season - the smallest area on record in a dataset starting from 1936/37. This is a disappointing picture, given that sorghum was once seen as key to the development of the biofuel industry in South Africa... |
 | FINANCE & INSURANCE  Nasreen Saunders, CEO & founder of Umphakathi weAfrika On 9th January, Bitcoin - that mystically cryptic medium of exchange of invisible money (cryptocurrency) directly to another person (peer-to-peer) - turns 10... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Lisa Steingold] It seems fitting to be writing this on the last day of 2018. I set off, just one year ago in search of digital knowledge and broadened career experience from Europe. It's exactly what I found and more... |
 | HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT
[Eugene Yiga] A recent report from the CDC showed that the USA is in the grip of a sustained rise in the suicide rate for both sexes and across all age groups. From 1999 to 2014, the suicide rate rose by 24%. A database from the OECD also shows that the recent uptick is mirrored in Britain and the Netherlands, among other countries... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Chris Botha] Chris Botha, group managing director of park advertising says that the advertising industry is remaining stagnant in some areas and that this will negatively impact us all... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Jacques Bentley] Jacques Bentley from Skyworth highlights four global industry trends that are making waves and are expected to gain even more momentum in 2019... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[mamahlatse marokane] 2018 oversaw the continued evolution of what it is to be a PR professional, as it became more influenced by digital elements, social media and marketing... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Adam Howard] Adam Howard of Howard Audio explains the strong bond between brand and music as he takes us through the evolution of the Maq Campaign music brand mnemonic while Bliss Brands Marketing Director Liezel Bygate says the proof is in the sales figures... |
 | TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY  ©Dmitry Kalinovsky via 123RF In a country where over six million people are unemployed, it is no wonder that job creation has been the hot topic... |
 | IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
[Jayson O’Reilly] Businesses across the board are facing an unprecedented range of cyber risks that could have catastrophic consequences... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Iza Grek] As the year settles into silliness and switch-off mode, including mental agility, why not be ahead of your competitors by planning your content strategy for January and welcome 2019 with a high-impact social media campaign?... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Marino Sigalas] Now that was dramatic! OK, maybe I should change the header to "Radio as we know it is dying," says Marino Sigalas from The MediaShop... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Eben Esterhuizen, general manager, OnShelf Pharma. With a sobering 0% growth reported in May 2018 by Nielsen for the global Top 20 manufacturers and a 2.4% growth for the Top 200 manufacturers within the last year, retailers need to know what the top tech customer engagement trends are and incorporate them where possible into their 360' touch point marketing strategy... |
