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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

How small business owners can end off 2020

[Selina Bieber] Whether you're in an industry that took a knock during the pandemic or one that was busier than ever, 2020 has been a trying year for most small business owners...

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RETAIL

Delivering your customer experience at every customer touchpoint

[Paula Sartini] Customer experience is the driving force behind every business as it gives companies a competitive edge that earns customer loyalty and attracts new customers...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Digital marketing tips for the last of the festive season rush

[Selina Bieber] After a challenging year for most small businesses, you won't want to miss out on the opportunity to help drive holiday interest and boost your growth during this festive season for shopping...

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Evan-Lee Courie

[Media]

Robyn Peterson, Chief Technology Officer at CNN chats to Evan Courie, Editor: Marketing & Media at Bizcommunity about the evolution of the media landscape; the impact of technology has on the consumption of news and the future of news journalism.

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Get connected in 2021, or else...

[Wynand Smit] Forrester predicts that 2021 will be the year that companies accelerate digital transformation while focusing on customer experiences (CX) and the platforms and technologies designed to enhance them. This is a view shared by many. The world has certainly changed in 2020 and so have customers. But as a business, have you?

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#BizTrends2021: Tracking memories and using nostalgia

[Nicola Cooper] Recognising changing behaviours and understanding your consumer's lifestyles and attitudes demanding adaption to forward-thinking and emotional intelligence needs to guide your future strategies and developments...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#BizTrends2021: Will Covid accelerate the declining trend in marketing effectiveness?

[Stuart Sims] Long-term marketing effectiveness has been in decline since the global financial crisis, even though the modern media landscape provides the potential for increased effectiveness...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#BizTrends2021: Move to minimal in 2021

[Leigh Crymble] For 2020, we all predicted a year of "20 plenty". But while we craved abundance and luxury, the year was instead one filled with tumultuous learnings and ongoing change...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Lockdown has expanded the data universe for South African marketers

[Grant Lapping] Even with the good news about successful vaccine trials around the world, we're most likely still months away from the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. Consumer behaviour is far from returning to normal...

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HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT

#BizTrends2021: The people management landscape for 2021

[Jonathan Goldberg] Covid-19 has forced most companies to step back and re-think their organisational design and remuneration. The shift into remote work, the need to manage output - and not hours - as well as the financial pressure placed on companies to meet salary and benefits obligations, has created the opportunity to review age-old norms...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#OrchidsandOnions: Fitting star for Mazda

[Brendan Seery] Innovation: Brand shows it is comfortable in its own skin; By putting itself in the background, carmaker shows essence is the same as that of chess...

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

#OntheBigScreen: Wonder Woman 1984, Bigfoot Family, Koos Roets Film Fest

[Daniel Dercksen] The Koos Roets Film Festival and Wonder Woman 1984 and Bigfoot Family open at SA cinemas this week...

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Ruth Cooper

[Music]

First female winner of South Africa’s The Voice, Tasché chats finding her authentic voice and being welcomed into Francois Van Coke's extended Fokof family with open arms.

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LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT

Wonder Woman 1984 is ambitious, emotional and uncynical

[Natalie Le Clue] The prospect of a sequel is always daunting and given its success and acclaim 2017's Wonder Woman is an incredibly tough act to follow. Wonder Woman 1984 is markedly different to its predecessor but undoubtedly delivers an engrossing film with a powerful message...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#Newsmaker: Qingqile 'WingWing' Mdlulwa, Wunderman Thompson SA's new Group CCO

[Jessica Tennant] Qingqile Mdlulwa's appointment as group chief creative officer to Wunderman Thompson South Africa serves as the marker of intent for the agency to firmly position creativity as a key driver of the business moving into a new decade...

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Johannes Masiteng

SEE: Restonic donates cycling kits to Underberg Cycling Team

Restonic, in partnership with cycling kit brand, Ciovita, has donated cycling kits to two Sani2C race riders within the Underberg region in KwaZulu-Natal. The local bedding brand has been supporting the Sani2c event for over five years, together with its parent company, KAP Industrial Holdings, which is the title sponsor of the MTB race.

See below pictures from the handover event.

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Johannes Masiteng

See Tiger Brands launches Add A Twist food platform

Tiger Brands South Africa recently launched its latest online platform, Add A Twist, at the Cradle Boutique Hotel.

The launch event was hosted by television personality and chef, Lorna Maseko, and was attended by social media stars Melody Molale and Tshepi Vundla, celebrity cook Chef Nti and content creators including Siyanda Bani and Jessica van Heerden

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

#StartupStory: MOOD Gin is the lockdown baby of Nzeka Biyela

[Evan-Lee Courie] MOOD Gin is the lockdown baby of Nzeka Biyela and her partners, Rob Heyns and Matt Schaal....

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Robyn Peterson, CTO at CNN talks future of journalism in a tech-driven world

[Evan-Lee Courie] Robyn Peterson, chief technology officer at CNN chats about the evolution of the media landscape; the impact of technology on the consumption of news and the future of news journalism in a tech-driven world...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Top crisis communications and brand fails of 2020

[Madelain Roscher] For people, corporations, and global brands, 2020 went from "twenty plenty" to "twenty empty"...

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