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.

Scenes from the Loeries Saturday red carpet on 18 August at the Durban ICC.

The general view during the Loeries Friday awards ceremony at the Durban ICC.

Scenes from the Loeries Friday red carpet on 17 August at the Durban ICC.

Loeries Expo took place on Thursday, 16 and Friday, 17 August at the Durban ICC.

The DStv Seminar of Creativity took place at the Durban ICC on Friday, 17 August.

This morning's Women in Marketing masterclass marked the launch of the African chapter of Women in Marketing....

In this episode of #StateoftheMedia, Nadia Hearn of 2oceansvibe Radio, chats to Leigh Andrews, Editor-in-Chief of Marketing & Media and Angie White, Head Of the Press Office Department at Bizcommunity.com about the 65th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, Loeries Creative Week and the current Mandela Centennial Year content theme.

Interviews from the Red Carpet.

Interview with Pum Lefebure Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Design Army Washington D.C.

Interview with Luc-Olivier Marquet - Executive Vice President Unilever, CEO Unilever South Africa.