We asked professional web developer Felix Norton and e-commerce expert Warrick Kernes for some tips! Here's how to build a successful South African e-commerce site...
Issued by xneelo 21 hours ago
The marketplace has been described as a likely Takealot competitor, with an extensive product range spanning electronics and appliances, furniture, fashion, beauty, fitness, DIY...
Alpecin has a unique formulated shampoo that addresses thinning, dandruff and de-energised hair in men...
Issued by ACDOCO SA 10 Mar 2021
According to Amanda Reekie, we need to ask what can be done to make online a bigger part of the retail mix, not least because there are still a number of faux pas that brands are making...
Amanda Reekie, Issued by imagineNATION Alliance 8 Mar 2021
Oral care brand, Jordan, continues to innovate and trailblaze with its scientifically-developed and tested Stay Fresh adult toothpaste range...
Issued by ACDOCO SA 4 Mar 2021
The search for a new group CEO is underway, and once this appointment is made Reid will step back from day-to-day operations to focus on initiatives that will deliver future value for the group...
Jabulani Sigege will join Wunderman Thompson SA as executive creative director on 1 March 2021...
Issued by Wunderman Thompson 1 Mar 2021
The Competition Commission has announced it will be launching an inquiry into the competitiveness of online intermediation platforms...
Bos Brands is ramping up its direct-to-consumer offering with the launch of a subscription service. This follows a revamp of the company's online store last year...
Lauren Hartzenberg 16 Feb 2021
Refreshing: Orchid for Cell C for reviving big brand storytelling; Capitalises on aspiration - which drives many to search for better lives...
Brendan Seery 16 Feb 2021
The events of 2020 reshaped the world in ways we never thought possible, turning us all into homebodies overnight and fundamentally restructuring our approach to work, travel and interpersonal interaction. Nowhere was this seismic shift more apparent than in the digital media space...
Kirsten van Rooyen 12 Feb 2021
While writing this I am glad that I did not make any predictions for 2020 as I am sure that they would have all been incorrect. I fear that this year might be equally difficult to predict with many uncertainties...
Daan Du Toit 21 Jan 2021
Participating in our annual #BizTrends2021 feature, Anthony Orelowitz, director at Paragon Group, shares his insights on how Covid-19 has and will impact the future of the workplace...
Sindy Peters 11 Jan 2021
A severely subdued Black Friday, with sales down 38.0% on last year. November sales down 10.7%...
ONE54 South Africa disrupts the healthy drinks category with the launch of a premium and African-centric innovation, A1 Fruit Water...
KLA surveyed a cross-section of South Africans in November. What did we ask them? In a nutshell, we asked how they plan to experience the end of what has been a tumultuous year...
Jenni Pennacchini, Issued by KLA 7 Dec 2020
The Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) has partnered with South Africa's leading online retailer, Takealot.com, to make the foundation's merchandise for the Mandela Remembrance Walk and Run (MRWR) event available directly to South Africans' doorsteps...
Issued by Optimize Agency 1 Dec 2020
It's that time of the year again, when retailers attract their biggest share of customers and increase in-store foot traffic as the festive season begins...
Marketing, PR and digital agency, Triple Eight, has been named as the Agency of the Year at the 2020 FM AdFocus Awards, walking away with the title for the second time having won it in 2019. The agency was also named Specialist Agency of the Year and took home the Transformation and African Impact Awards.
This year's FM Creative Challenge Award went to King James for their 'black lives don't matter' ad for Blackboard Organisation. Other winners include Rogerwilco, who won the Small Agency of the Year, Duke (Medium Agency of the Year) and Joe Public (Large Agency of the Year).
Here is a gallery of all the 2020 FM AdFocus Awards winners.
The winners of all the FM AdFocus Awards 2020 were crowned at a small gathering at The Empire in Parktown last night, with Agency of Year Triple Eight walking away with the prestigious title for the second time...
Covid-19 has interrupted regular business activities in 2020, including what's become the biggest shopping event on South Africa's retail calendar...
Lauren Hartzenberg 23 Nov 2020
The pre-approved, turnover based funding is now available to Mr D Food restaurant partners and can be used for whatever the restaurant needs to run and possibly scale their business...
Being in my mid-forties and a bit of a techno-phobe, my previous online shopping experience had been limited to the occasional Netflorist purchase. But my eyes have been opened...
Claire Herman 20 Nov 2020
Shopping remains muted, and the market is still way off from a return to pre-lockdown levels...
If ever there was a time to remember the spirit and resilience of Nelson Mandela, it is now, and this year you can join the annual Mandela Remembrance Walk and Run (MRWR) from anywhere in the world on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December 2020...
Issued by Optimize Agency 17 Nov 2020
The Insaka eCommerce Playbook offers insights into how South African e-commerce companies set up and run their businesses, and lists the software and service providers they prefer...
Takealot.com plans to extend its annual Blue Dot Sale from five days to the entire month of November...
If consumers are no longer buying things the way they used to, you can safely assume that the way businesses have been taught to sell things is not half as effective as it was years ago...
Issued by Vyb 26 Oct 2020
In #FreshOnTheShelf, we round up our pick of food and beverage products that have hit the shelves recently...
Lauren Hartzenberg 22 Oct 2020
Digital times have changed since 2013 when the Kreepy Krauly mockumentary, Kreepy Wrangler went viral but what remains the same is the South African brand of humour - and the power of parody to send a brand into shareable subspace...
Issued by Ebony+Ivory 20 Oct 2020
Kantar has combined insights from the CX+ 2020 study with an understanding of the new customer landscape across different retail sectors in Covid-19 times and into recovery, releasing the first-ever CX+ 2020 retail ranking across grocery, general and fashion retail...
Mark Molenaar, Issued by Kantar 20 Oct 2020
Boity Thulo has joined forces with Halo Heritage to create a range of luxury haircare products specially formulated for women with kinky and curly hair types...
To hear some industry commentators tell it, Covid-19 is going to be the final nail in the coffin of retail as we know it. At best, they're over-simplifying. At worst, they're just wrong...
Lee Naik 13 Oct 2020
Castle Lager is upgrading its current packaging, which has been around since 2007, to a modern design applied to a rich heritage and emphasises on the brand's 100% homegrown credentials...
The shortlist for the 2020 FM Adfocus Awards has been announced...
The Covid-19 pandemic had disrupted the way we operate. The retail sector, in particular, has seen itself evolve in several aspects of its operation with customer experience (CX) seeing the most dramatic change...
Inspiration can be found in unexpected places. For Hanneli van der Merwe, it came on a business trip to Europe in November 2015 where corporate entertaining led to a personal discovery of the tasty world of craft gin and designer tonics...
Evan-Lee Courie 14 Sep 2020
In #FreshOnTheShelf, we round up our pick of food and beverage products that have hit the shelves recently.
Lauren Hartzenberg 7 Sep 2020
As e-commerce surges and the landscape continues to shift, will brick-and-mortar shopping fall by the wayside...
Issued by Lontana Apparel 3 Sep 2020
Nike continued its winning streak with its sixth win in a row as the Overall Coolest Brand at the 16th annual Sunday Times Gen Next Awards, announced online on 21 August 2020. The winners span 71 categories and are based on the outcome of research conducted by Yellowwood.
This #WomensMonth, Heineken South Africa has partnered with Bizcommunity to showcase the phenomenal work and impact of women entrepreneurs such as Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 19 Aug 2020
New data has confirmed our hair hero Batiste sold 2.7 cans every second globally in 2019...
Issued by ACDOCO SA 18 Aug 2020
Remembering and rebellion topped the qualities of the year's hero ads, with liquid messaging at the very top of the list. Sasol's 'This isn't just any fuel, #ThisIsGlugGlug' by FCB Joburg was not only the top ad of Q2 2019 but also the overall best liked ad for the year...
Issued by Kantar 12 Aug 2020
With a vision to uplift, African Smiles has launched a collection of 16 fabric face masks created by talented local designers...
It's not just about self-driving cars. It's people, access and change that define the true value of 5G...
Kantar's Best Liked Ads list celebrates South Africa's favourite TV commercials. These are the ads that have been rated as the best liked by the South African audience whom we believe to be the most important critic...
Issued by Kantar 28 Jul 2020
A key observation that has emerged since the introduction of the Accenture Innovation Index back in 2016, is that innovation is the key source of disruption across the world...
Vukani Mngxati 20 Jul 2020
Because 2020 wasn't weird enough, South Africans are apparently now able to purchase coffins on Takealot...
Howard Feldman 9 Jul 2020
SA's large retailers have a history of positioning themselves brilliantly in prime retail locations in premium malls, and need to follow the same strategy for their digital shopfronts...
David Jenkins 7 Jul 2020