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 MMA SMARTIES™ Celebration of Talent Awards took place at the Sky Bar, Maharani Towers, Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani Hotel, Durban South Africa on the 19 August 2016 as part of Loeries Creative Week. Bizcommunity interviewed Mike Laws and Denver Daniels from Vodacom.

The MMA SMARTIES™ Celebration of Talent Awards took place at the Sky Bar, Maharani Towers, Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani Hotel, Durban South Africa on the 19 August 2016 as part of Loeries Creative Week. Bizcommunity interviewed Fiona Potgieter, MD, Yonder Media.

The DStv Seminar of Creativity took place at the ICC on 19 August 2016 in Durban, South Africa as part of Loeries Creative Week. Bizcommunity interviewed Laura Jordan-Bambach, Creative Partner, Mr President London.

The DStv Seminar of Creativity took place at the ICC on 19 August 2016 in Durban, South Africa as part of Loeries Creative Week. Bizcommunity interviewed Debra Mallowah, Vice President, Personal Care, Unilever Nairobi.

The DStv Seminar of Creativity took place at the ICC on 19 August 2016 in Durban, South Africa as part of Loeries Creative Week. Bizcommunity interviewed Marco Cremona, Lead, Google Creative Lab Moscow.

The DStv Seminar of Creativity took place at the ICC on 19 August 2016 in Durban, South Africa as part of Loeries Creative Week. Bizcommunity interviewed Sarah Personette, Vice President, Global Business Marketing, Facebook New York.

The DStv Seminar of Creativity took place at the ICC on 19 August 2016 in Durban, South Africa as part of Loeries Creative Week. Bizcommunity interviewed Sarah Personette, Vice President, Global Business Marketing, Facebook New York.

The MMA SA Forum took place on the 18 August 2016 at the Great Ilanga, Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani Hotelas as part of Loeries Creative Week. Bizcommunity interviewed Chris Babayode, MD, MMA EMEA.

The MMA SA Forum took place on the 18 August 2016 at the Great Ilanga, Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani Hotels as part of Loeries Creative Week. Bizcommunity interviewed Monique Claassen, Director Media & Digital Insights, Millward Brown South Africa.

The MMA SA Forum took place on the 18 August 2016 at the Great Ilanga, Southern Sun Elangeni & Maharani Hotels as part of Loeries Creative Week. Bizcommunity interviewed Doug Place, CMO, Nando’s South Africa.