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 general view during the Loeries Saturday Awards Ceremony at the ICC in Durban, South Africa.

Scenes from the Loeries Saturday Red Carpet, on 19 August, Pre & Post Award at the ICC in Durban, South Africa.

Today, 19 August 2017, Loeries guests were welcomed by Unilever CEO, Luc-Olivier Marquet, to the annual informal network brunch at the California Dreaming Restaurant on Durban's beachfront.

Facebook hosted 40 of South Africa's top advertising students at a Durban Passions Instagram Hack, which was held at the Facebook Creative Hub. The hack was centred around Instagram and stories and the students had to use a mobile device in quick, creative ways to connect with passions via Instagram.

The Sunday Loerie Awards Ceremony took place at the ICC on 21 August 2016 in Durban, South Africa.

The Saturday Loerie Awards Ceremony took place at the ICC on 20 August 2016 in Durban, South Africa.

The Unilever Brunch took place at California Dreaming on August 20, 2016 in Durban, South Africa.

The Unilever Brunch took place at California Dreaming on 20 August 2016 in Durban, South Africa as part of Loeries Creative Week. Bizcommunity interviewed Enver Groenewald, CCM Director Africa, Unilever.