Retail Multimedia

The Loeries radio jury member and executive for brand, marketing and digital at Pick n Pay, Katherine Madley, chatted to VML Birdwatching at the Loeries with Bizcommunity on the state of retail.

This episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on agentic AI and how it is revolutionising business, especially on the continent.

The second episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on the informal economy, a key growth trend reshaping South Africa’s and Africa's economies. Often referred to as the grey economy, it is brimming with potential.

The recent Red Bull Amaphiko Film Festival took place at various venues in Braamfontein, Johannesburg from 27 to 29 October 2017. The festival aims at offering youth an opportunity to telll stories through their own lenses and to introduce new and different perspectives on storytelling.

Suiting and tailoring brand Fabiani extended their range to womenswear with their first Fabiani Women flagship store in Canal Walk, Cape Town on 2 November 2017.

Renowned South African fashion designer David Tlale, in partnership with Courvoisier, successfully introduced his signature brand to the Parisian style elite on Thursday night 26 October 2017, at the official residence of the South African Embassy in Paris.

Woolworths placed the spotlight on sustainable fashion at this year's SA Fashion Week with the launch of a sustainable capsule collection.

At least 200 employees from Woolworths' Employee Community Involvement Programme worked with learners at ten schools' permaculture food gardens on World Food Day, 16 October 2017. Groups of 20 volunteers worked side by side with learners and educators to dig new beds, mulch, compost, plant and water.

This past weekend, in the run up to SA Fashion Week, Woolworths hosted celebrity make-up artist Sir John who led two in-store beauty masterclasses in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

The Union Bar relaunches at 144 Jan Smuts Avenue, with partner, Monkey 47.

The Sugarbird Gin recently celebrated the launch of its fynbos gin on 4 October 2017 at Media24's rooftop.

Johannesburg was recently introduced to Fabiani's male and female Spring/Summer collections. Fabiani's SS17 collections and G-Star RAW Elwood X25 are available in Fabiani flagship stores nationwide from 16 October 2017.

Soviet launched #DemiDenim, in partnership with Miss South Africa, at The Soviet Store in Mall Of Africa on the 5 October 2017.

Hein Kaiser from Mix 93.8 FM chats to Nick Stein about Boody, an Australian eco brand that is producing clothing made from bamboo, on his latest Marketing & Media show.

Clover attempted to break the Guinness World Records title of the Longest Line of Sandwiches at the Maponya Mall in Soweto on 7 October 2017. The previous record measured in at 3,865 metres and was achieved by Nocilla in Spain in 2013.