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.

The Loeries 2025 in-person jury judging session took place on Monday and Tuesday, 6 and 7 October, in Cape Town. VML Birdwatching at the Loeries with Bizcommunity caught up with some of the jury presidents to glean some of the highlights of the entries and what constitutes a winning entry.

Episode 3 is the Energy Episode with special guests Kagiso Tshepe, executive creative director at Grid Worldwide, Roanna Williams, chief creative officer and co-founder of Boundless, Fran Luckin, chief creative officer of VML, Preetesh Sewraj, CEO of The Loeries and Brandon Govender, digital & integrated executive creative director at Joe Public.

Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 2 is the Emotion Episode and features special guests Neo Segola, head of creative at Le Pub, part of the Publicis Group, Sharleen James, chair of the ACA and marketing practice lead at Accenture Song, Tebogo Skwambane, WPP country manager, Terry McKenna, executive creative director of The Odd Number and rounding it off Carl Willoughby, chief creative officer of TBWA / Hunt Lascaris.

Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 1 focuses on that five percent difference, with special guests Wayne Naidoo, CEO of the Duke Group, Marc Algranti from Algranti Music and Nkanyezi Masango, chief creative officer from Dentsu Creative.

The Loeries, DSTV Seminar of Creativity took place on 19 September at the Cape Town City Hall. Bizcommunity's BizTakeouts TV crew caught up with keynote speaker, Rob Newlan, Facebook Creative Head, Europe, Middle East & Africa, to chat about the first African Facebook Hackathon, the importance of mobile for Facebook and staying ahead of competitors.

The Loeries, DSTV Seminar of Creativity took place on 19 September at the Cape Town City Hall. Bizcommunity's BizTakeouts TV crew caught up with keynote speaker, Patrick Baron, Executive Creative Director for McCann Australia, to chat about some of the agencies winning campaigns, the qualities of good ECD's and what inspires him.

The Loeries, DSTV Seminar of Creativity took place on 19 September at the Cape Town City Hall. Bizcommunity's BizTakeouts TV crew caught up with event MC, John Vlismas and owner of Whacked Management, to chat about the Loeries, being politically incorrect and what his company, Whacked Management is up to.

Unilever, in partnership with the Loeries for the second consecutive year, hosted a brunch at Harbour House, V&A Waterfront on Saturday, 20 September.

All the red carpet action for the 35th Annual Loerie Awards Ceremony at the CTICC on Sunday, 22 September 2013. Click here for Saturday's gallery.

All the red carpet action for the 35th Annual Loerie Awards Ceremony at the CTICC on Saturday, 21 September 2013. Click here for Sunday's gallery.

After another hectic year of staying on the cutting edge of creativity, its time for all the key players of the South African advertising industry to emerge from their studios, lofts, garrets, boutique offices etc. to network and drink shots.