 | #Orchids&Onions: KFC serves up laughs, WeBuyCars brings the cringe |
 | #BizTrends2026 | Penquin’s Thando Mxosa: The ‘why,’ not the ‘what’ counts Penquin’s Strategy Director Thando Mxosa says in 2026 marketing success lies in the ‘why,’ not the ‘what’ (Image supplied) |
 | #BizTrends2026 | Mr Price Foundation's Octavius Phukubye: The appeal of micro-donations for brands |
 | ABC Q4 2025 Newspapers: Dailies up but total sector down The Audit Bureau of Circulations' (ABC) Q4 (October to December) 2025 release shows a decline of 2.5% by newspapers (Image source: Lesely Svenson @ Bizcommunity) |
| ABC Q4 2025 Magazines: 8th consecutive quarter of y-o-y growth as magazines show resilience The resilience of the magazine market is reflected in its eighth consecutive quarter of year-on-year growth in the Q4 (Image source: Lesley Svenson @ Bizcommunity) |
 | Gen Z is reshaping the consumer playbook, from loyalty to algorithms Gen Z is changing how consumers discover, trust and buy from brands. Ella Thomas, global sector specialist for consumer staples at Schroders, explores how this shift is reshaping loyalty, trend cycles and the future of consumer growth. (Source: Unsplash.) |
 | How AI could be the great equaliser in creative agencies Will AI see empty agencies with no humans? (Image Source: @ Space OS Space OS) |
 | #BehindtheBrand | Inside Investec’s global brand strategy The Investec zebra in front of Nelson Mandela Square. Image: Supplied. |
 | #BizTrends2026 | M&C Saatchi Abel’s Zanele Kabane: How nostalgia is shaping modern creativity |
 | Exclusive | Experiential marketing: The key to the golden quarter Bonita Christie, business unit director, Publicis Commerce Experiential, says for brands, Q1 is the most strategically valuable quarter of the year (Image source: © 123rf 123rf) |
 | Exclusive | Die Papier editor, Barnard Beukman: “Print is alive and with us" |
 | #BizTrends2026 | Retroviral’s Giulia Benincá Hanger-Hill: Don’t believe in trends, believe in brands |
 | #BizTrends2026 | App Your Game’s Yusuf Abrahams: Neuroinclusive design, the real competitive edge for 2026 App Your Game’s Yusuf Abrahams says neuroinclusive design is the real competitive edge for 2026 (and after) (Image supplied) |
| Could an alcohol ad encourage children to climb into washing machines? A screenshot of the ad. |
 | #BizTrends2026 | Chimera Creative’s Michel van Rijmenant: A new renaissance of creativity Michel van Rijmenant, Chimera Creative, CEO and creative director says the question facing creative agencies today isn’t whether technology will change our industry but whether creativity will remain central to shaping what comes next (Image supplied) |
| PR just got harder — Alignment is the key, says Meltwater The report is available for download. |
 | #BizTrends2026 | Special Effects Media’s Jarryd Terblanche: Narrative voice is becoming the differentiator Jarryd Terblanche is a conceptual copywriter at Special Effects Media looks at how narrative voice will cut through digital marketing’s content saturation in 2026 (Image supplied) |
 | #BizTrends2026 | M&C Saatchi Abel’s Johannes (Jojo) Keiper: Why creativity can’t be reasonable anymore |
| 7 ways brands can avoid being quietly muted by Gen Z in 2026 Gen Z isn’t cancelling brands loudly anymore they’re muting them. Nicole Glover, executive creative director of digital at Penquin shows how brands that don’t follow through risk disappearing from relevance. (Image supplied) |
 | #BizTrends2026 | Quantum Studios' Dr. Chris Roets: Memory-led marketing trends that will shape the year |
