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The Future Shopper 2025: VML reveals key trends shaping e-commerce

Trends

The Future Shopper 2025: VML reveals key trends shaping e-commerce

14 hours

Karen Nelson-Field | The attention deficit: How to overcome it

Marketing & Media

Karen Nelson-Field | The attention deficit: How to overcome it

Danette Breitenbach 15 Sep 2025

Source: © Vitaly Gariev IAB South Africa Board member Sanesh Maharaj on why brands must prioritise proactive influencer risk management

Social Media

Influencer marketing: When it goes wrong

Sanesh Maharaj 8 Sep 2025

As the Africa Creator Festival turns three, founder Jolene Roelofse reflects on how South Africa’s creator economy has shifted. (Image supplied.)

Social Media

From influencers to entrepreneurs: How Africa's Creator Festival is reshaping the narrative

Jolene Roelofse 4 Sep 2025

Source: © 123rf Industry leader Ann Nurock delivered a thought-provoking keynote, sharing her perspectives on some of the defining themes from the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

Cannes Lions

#CreativeCircle | Ann Nurock: 3 key trends shaping the future of marketing and creativity

Ann Nurock 19 Aug 2025

#WomensMonth: Tasneem Lorgat on leading marketing at Toyota SA

Dealers

#WomensMonth: Tasneem Lorgat on leading marketing at Toyota SA

Imran Salie 18 Aug 2025

Terry Levin looks at campaigns presented at the recent Creative Circle Full Circle event in Cape Town. Pictured: The Sounds Right campaign

Cannes Lions

#CreativeCircle2025: Influencing real cultural, societal and economic change

Terry Levin 4 Aug 2025

Lula celebrates a decade of powering South African SMEs

Fintech

Lula celebrates a decade of powering South African SMEs

Issued by Lula 23 Jul 2025

Advertising

Warc signals potential renaissance for programmatic advertising

11 Jul 2025

The next wave of fintech: Key takeaways from Fintech Summit Africa 2025

Fintech

The next wave of fintech: Key takeaways from Fintech Summit Africa 2025

Issued by Realm Digital 4 Jul 2025

Consistency is Cannes Lions' 2025 mantra

Cannes Lions

Consistency is Cannes Lions' 2025 mantra

3 Jul 2025

Image credit: Dominik Vanyi on Unsplash

Mining

Global mining revenue drops 3% in 2024 — PwC reports

26 Jun 2025

John Graham, FCMA, CGMA, elected 92nd president of CIMA and 10th co-chair of the Association

Accounting & Auditing

John Graham, FCMA, CGMA, elected 92nd president of CIMA and 10th co-chair of the Association

Issued by AICPA & CIMA 20 Jun 2025

How South African youth are shaping the future of marketing

Youth Month

How South African youth are shaping the future of marketing

Issued by KLA 18 Jun 2025

Image source: Andor Bujdoso –

Trends

Africa's role in executive search trends beyond 2025

Jeremy Bossenger 12 Jun 2025

Source: © Tourism Business Council of SA Dashni Vilakazi, managing director of The MediaShop, highlights the differences between celebrity and nano influencers, offering insights into how brands can harness their distinct advantages. Pictured: Trevor Noah promoting SA for TSA

Digital

What works best for brands? Celebrity influencers vs nano influencers

Dashni Vilakazi 3 Jun 2025

Source: Supplied. Christina Mooki, Head: Medical Partnership Operations at Merchant Capital.

Healthcare

4 key trends driving growth opportunities for pharmacies

Christina Mooki 29 May 2025

The future of influencer marketing - Not in the loudest voice, the most trustworthy one

Social Media

The future of influencer marketing - Not in the loudest voice, the most trustworthy one

Bronwyn Abrahams 16 May 2025

Ntokozo Nhlanhla, executive creative director, Digitas Liquorice says the creator economy is Africa’s chance to leapfrog into a new era of influence, where creators set global trends (Image supplied)

Digital

The next global marketing frontier: Africa’s creator economy

Ntokozo Nhlanhla 12 May 2025

The Future of Measurement 2025, part of Warc’s Evolution of Marketing programme, highlights emerging trends in media and creative measurement (Image supplied)

Marketing

3 Media and creative measurement trends from Warc

9 May 2025

Data centre neutrality – hyperscalers and Seacom as the carrier of carriers

Telecoms & Networks

Data centre neutrality – hyperscalers and Seacom as the carrier of carriers

Giovanni da Costa, Issued by Stone 7 May 2025

NIQ report reveals opportunities for private label FMCG growth in South Africa

Research

NIQ report reveals opportunities for private label FMCG growth in South Africa

Issued by NielsenIQ 24 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Amol Prabhu, Country CEO: South Africa & Market Head for Barclays.

Markets & Investment

How global volatility and international family businesses are shaping private and investment banking in Africa

24 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf A new report by the IAB South Africa, SA Content Creator Charter and the Influencer Marketing Perceptions Report examines the challenges and the massive untapped opportunities that exist in this market and has identified six trends

Digital

IAB SA: 6 key trends impacting influencer marketing

Casey Mantle,Dashni Vilakazi,Jolene Roelofse & Sanesh Maharaj 17 Apr 2025

Minister de Lille launches Easter tourism campaign from Cape Town dunes

Tourism

Minister de Lille launches Easter tourism campaign from Cape Town dunes

10 Apr 2025

How GenAI is changing the South African job market – and what it means for local recruiters

Talent Acquisition

How GenAI is changing the South African job market – and what it means for local recruiters

Issued by Pnet 9 Apr 2025

Hospitality

Africa's hotel boom: Development pipeline grows by 13.3%

7 Apr 2025

How South Africa’s Gen Z is redefining financial wellness

Research

How South Africa’s Gen Z is redefining financial wellness

Issued by KLA 2 Apr 2025

Customer Loyalty: Unpacking the key trends driving loyalty program design in 2025

Marketing

Customer Loyalty: Unpacking the key trends driving loyalty program design in 2025

Gordon Wilson, Issued by Achievement Awards Group 13 Jan 2025

Source: © SA People There is an urgent need for substantial investment in grid modernisation in South Africa

Energy & Mining

South Africa's renewable energy future: Opportunities and challenges

Manuele Battisti 1 Apr 2025

Gcobisa Ntshona, Group Chief People Officer at African Bank

Management & Leadership

#TopEmployers2025: Gcobisa Ntshona - how African Bank is empowering employees with its ‘Audacious People Promise’

Shan Radcliffe 13 Mar 2025

Scopen has unveiled key trends from its first media agencies’ New Business Report in South Africa, which shows that South African media agencies participated in an average of 45 pitches last year (Image supplied)

Media

South African media agencies compete for new business in 45 pitches annually

14 Mar 2025

Source: © Mozambique Mining Journal Africa is set to lead global natural gas demand growth at a rate of 3% annually – the fastest worldwide.

Coal, Oil & Gas

9th Global Gas Outlook 2050 highlights Africa’s natural gas potential

11 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Scopen unveils key trends from its first creative agencies’ New Business Report in South Africa, which shows that South African creative agencies participated in an average of 47 pitches last year

Marketing & Media

Exclusive: South African creative agencies compete for new business in 47 pitches a year

11 Mar 2025

Advertising

Advertisers brace for impact as TikTok faces uncertain future in the US

7 Mar 2025

Unlocking digital influence in automotive marketing: Free research report launch webinar

Digital

Unlocking digital influence in automotive marketing: Free research report launch webinar

Issued by Rogerwilco 6 Mar 2025

The tourism job revolution: Adapting to AI, sustainability, and evolving consumer demands

Tourism

The tourism job revolution: Adapting to AI, sustainability, and evolving consumer demands

Siya Mthethwa 3 Mar 2025

The marketing shake-up: Why 2025 is a turning point

Marketing

The marketing shake-up: Why 2025 is a turning point

Issued by AAA School of Advertising 24 Feb 2025

2025 office design trends shaping the future of workspaces

Interior Design

2025 office design trends shaping the future of workspaces

Issued by Trend Group 24 Feb 2025

SA apple and pear producers eye promising season ahead

Agriculture

SA apple and pear producers eye promising season ahead

11 Feb 2025

SMEs face new opportunities, challenges as key economic events unfold in February

Entrepreneurship

SMEs face new opportunities, challenges as key economic events unfold in February

5 Feb 2025

Grant Lapping is a digital executive at Midnight. Source: Supplied.

Digital

#BizTrends2025: Grant Lapping | 3 trends dominating search: GEO, social search and voice

Grant Lapping 5 Feb 2025

Business Talk Season 12 – coming soon

Online Media

Business Talk Season 12 – coming soon

Issued by Broad Media 5 Feb 2025

5 key trends driving the manufacturing sector in 2025

Trends

5 key trends driving the manufacturing sector in 2025

Mark Wilson 5 Feb 2025

$Andre Le Roux, head of strategy: TBWA\Coastal, talks about trends that drive culture to understand SA shopper (Image supplied)$

Marketing

#BizTrends2025: TBWA\Coastal's Andre Le Roux - Understanding the SA shopper

Andre Le Roux 4 Feb 2025

Source: Pexels.

Mental health

Work and money come out as top stressors in latest Profmed Stress Index

3 Feb 2025

Social Media

‘Brand chem’: The 2025 trend of collaboration for lasting impact

3 Feb 2025

Dr Melanie van Rooy. Source: Supplied.

Marketing

#BizTrends2025: Dr Melanie van Rooy, CMO at Clicks - Experiential marketing key to retail future

Melanie van Rooy 31 Jan 2025

Why 2025 will redefine loyalty programmes with personalisation at the core

CRM, CX, UX

Why 2025 will redefine loyalty programmes with personalisation at the core

Gordon Wilson 31 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied

Travel

5 key travel trends shaping the cruise industry in 2025

28 Jan 2025