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Leigh Andrews The first work week of 2018 for many was also one where we heard the global female voice loud and clear on social media, with 'celebration emojis' for everything from Iceland's equal pay law to #HereWeAre, #TimesUp and #Oprah2020...read |
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| | |  | Maryla Masojada In this two-part report, Trade Intelligence reveals the drivers and trends shaping grocery retail in South Africa in the short to medium term... read | |  | Lindy Lee Budgets are tight, with rising electricity and petrol prices driving many households to tighten their purse strings. In response, the retail industry is becoming increasingly competitive... read | |  | Rachel Thompson Consumers around the world are putting more value on experiences than they do on possessions, and South Africans are no different... read | |  | Elizabeth Lee Ming In challenging economic times, consumers either choose less expensive brands that allow them to buy more, or opt to buy less and trade up to indulge their tastes for aspirational brands... read | |
|  | Nandi Zambodla The biggest potential trend for 2018 could be marketers realising it is time to re-evaluate what we know to be true about millennials as a collective... read | |  | Mike Sharman Live has been the major evolution in digital over the past two years, but it is still under-utilised from a brand perspective in South Africa... read | |  | Pepe Marais Where does 2018 leave us mere mortals, all analogue by design, in a digital world that is catapulting forward at the speed of light... read | |  | Nicola Cooper With the largest 'youth bulge' in the world, the future of Africa is young, dynamic, determined. No one can afford to ignore the youth in Africa and the local and global business community needs to prepare for the ever-connected, younger generations... read | |  | Samantha Page Remind the world that responsible journalism in a healthy democracy holds power accountable and delivers the truth at all costs, despite what the architects of hate may say... read | |  | Lauren Hartzenberg In today's dynamic business environment, we should be seeking to understand the trends impacting a broader range of industries, regardless of the business sector we're in... read | |  | Frank Graewe If we talk about trends in plastic surgery we have to talk about social media... read | |  | Christa Badenhorst The competitive nature of the tourism industry - coupled with consumers constantly changing expectations - has meant that keeping tabs on, and tapping into, marketing trends is a must for business success... read | |  | Cari Coetzee YouKnow Digital, in partnership with consumers insights platform Crimson Hexagon, launched an extensive South African Consumer Trends Report. MD at YouKnow Digital unpacks the report focusing on the travel and hospitality findings... read | |  | Andy Hedley Airlines have never had such access to the brains and feelings of their customers as they do today. By leveraging this data, airlines will be able to start experimenting with creative and fun new tools... read | |  | Natalia Rosa Travel marketing and PR is still evolving quite quickly - every year bringing a new tool or method into the mix. The mantra for professionals in this industry right now is integration and meaningful connections... read | |  | Tom Manners With being an early mover comes uncertainties that cannot be accounted for a hundred percent, as is the principle of risk and reward... read | |  | Janine Lloyd This year is going to continue to be a tough journey for all businesses as they grapple for market share and growth during a difficult economy... read | |  | Mark Mahoney The proliferation of mobile phone networks in Asia-Pacific and Africa has transformed how people connect, communicate and shop... read | |  | Matt Preschern When the yachts contesting the Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) left Cape Town bound for Melbourne, Australia. Matt Preschern, EVP and CMO of HCL Technologies, the tech partner of the VOR in Cape Town, shared his five most important trends in marketing today... read | |  | Bianca Quinn-Diavastos 2018 is going to be an incredible year for personalised advertising, robots taking over and your car knowing when you need milk... read | |  | Molefi Moloantoa Our physical and virtual environments are merging at a rapid pace, making us more digitally connected than ever before. Consumers want what they want and they want it now... read | |  | Johan Walters If we look at how tech companies are ploughing money into AR and VR developments it's easy to see why analysts are so bullish about the growth in this space... read | |  | Gau Narayanan Demands on corporates are changing and agencies need to respond better... read | |  | Nonye Mpho Omotola Africa has a population of over 1 billion people, 70% of which are youthful, aspirational and passionate about their continent. The proposition 'Africans for Africans by Africans' has become a dominant force with young people in Africa... read | |  | Brandon de Kock There are clear super-trends that determine what people need, what they think and how they are likely to behave. Here then are the 'big three' undercurrents all marketers and brand owners should bear in mind when trying to guess what to do next... read | |  | Odette van der Haar Like all sectors within the economy, we face economic and political instability which can have an impact on investment and ultimately marketing spend... read | |  | Dean Oelschig Brands need to become more human and create work that receives permission to communicate with their audiences... read | |  | Desiree Gullan From AI and data visualisation to cutting-edge segmentation and contextual marketing; industry players must have a firm grip on the latest trends... read | |  | Brett Morris 90% of all internet traffic will be video based in 2019: there's absolutely no doubt that the way brands communicate will have to cater for an insatiable need for agile, high-quality video content... read | |  | Heidi Brauer A marketing doyen waves her magic wand to wish in the trends she visualises for this year... read | |
| | |  | Kyle Zeeman Some of SA's most famous faces have expressed outrage over international clothing brand H&M's latest advert showing a little black boy wearing a "coolest monkey in the jungle" hoodie... read | |  | Quinton Jones Quinton Jones shares ten things clients should expect from their media agency in 2018... read | | Chris Moerdyk Issued By Chris Moerdyk | | Issued By FCB Africa | |  | Brendan Seery I sat down to start writing this column just after the First Test between the Proteas and India got under way at Newlands in Cape Town... read | |  | Brendan Seery Timing is something which always sets Nando's ads apart from the rest. Sure, the ads are funny - and in a way we, as South Africans, instinctively understand... but it is their timing which gives them their humour... read | |  | Warc has announced the winners of the Effective Channel Integration category of its Media Awards 2017, a global competition recognising comms planning which has made a positive impact on business results... read | |  | Dubai Lynx has announced its top speakers who join a Festival programme comprised of world-leading experts from the international creative communications industry... read | |  | With an eye towards judging this year's competition, the AME Awards's regional grand jury members weigh in on judging the Awards... read | |  | Swedish clothing giant Hennes and Mauritz on Monday apologised and removed an advertisement of a black child after the company was accused of being racist... read | | Issued By TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris | | |  | In 2013, Greg Mommsen left the IT industry to set up one of the first Col'Cacchio pizzeria franchises in Bryanston... read | | Issued By DigitLab | | | Issued By Yreeka | | |  | Jessica Tennant Last year's winner of the Caesarstone Student Designer Competition, Marli de Wet, will this year take up her prize by attending an international design fair of their choice with her Design Time lecturer... read | |  | Vega Game Jam 2018 is set to put aspiring young game developers to the test. The annual 48-hour Global Game Jam will be taking place from 26-28 January 2018 at Vega's Johannesburg and Cape Town campuses... read | |  | The Pentawards, the most prestigious worldwide competition exclusively devoted to packaging design, will host a dedicated conference in China in collaboration with ADF&PCD Shanghai 2018... read | | |  | Audrey Naidoo It has practically taken me last year to figure out exactly what is going on behind my digital media buys. For the marketers out there, now is the time to ask the questions from your media agency and to dig deep into the operations behind the scenes... read | | Issued By AMcomms | | Issued By Mark1 | | | Issued By New Media | | |  | Bronwyn Williams The logic of context marketing is simple: To get more conversions you need more leads. To get more leads, you need more traffic, that is web clicks. And, to get clicks, you need content. Lots of it... read | |  | Jessica Coombs Jessica Coombs of Native VML writes how dealing with creative burnout in all of its ugly forms is ultimately down to your company's culture.... read | |  | Damon Stapleton In December 2017, our creative department got to visit Gibbs Farm. It is a sprawling Willy-Wonka type meadow filled with exotic animals and dotted with some of the most gigantic and beautiful sculptures the world has ever seen... read | | Issued By IMC Conference | | |  | Talent and communications agency Celebrity Services Africa today announced a content partnership between its online entertainment portal The Wire and Independent Media... read | |  | Digital transparency will be a key challenge for brands in the year ahead concludes Warc, the global marketing intelligence service, in its 2018 Toolkit... read | | |  | As US President Donald Trump announces his "fake media" awards, the CPJ names its global press oppressors - world leaders who use rhetoric, legal action, and censorship to try to silence their critics... read | | |  | Move over AKB48: Japan has a new all-girl "idol" band -- the Virtual Currency Girls -- on a mission to educate the public about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. read | | |  | The Economic Freedom Fighters must be held accountable for all the damages incurred as a result of vandalism at a number of H&M stores, the DA said on Sunday... read | | | Christopher Smith Issued By CharlesSmithAssociates/Sha-Izwe Communications | |  | Andy Walker US President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to respond to reports that he referred to Africa, Haiti and El Salvador as "shitholes"... read | |  | LAS VEGAS - Facebook on Thursday announced a major update that will put friends and family above pages or celebrities in a user's news feed -- and likely result in people spending less time on the leading social network... read | |  | Twitter announced Friday it would not block the accounts of world leaders even if their statements are "controversial," citing a need to promote a "public conversation" on political issues... read | | |  | In a world where all-episodes-at-once has quickly become ubiquitous, what else will consumers want out of their entertainment experience in the future? read | |  | Issued By e.tv e.tv's weekday schedule has been revamped to bring viewers more of what they love: reality court shows, talk shows, soapies, news, local drama and international series... read | | | IAB Digital Summit & Bookmarks |
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| | |  | Leigh Andrews This week, we go behind the selfie with Jamie Matroos, deputy editor at Design Indaba... read | | |  | Leigh Andrews What better way to creatively ease into the working year than with a reminder of some of last year's top contenders at the Loeries? We continue the local insights with The Upstairs Ludus... read | | |  | The One Club for Creativity yesterday announced the jury for its new Health, Wellness & Pharmaceutical discipline for The One Show 2018... read | | | |  | THE HAGUE - Facebook took part this week in key talks with European police agencies on how to stop and eliminate violent and terror-related Islamic jihadist posts, in an evolving battle against such propaganda... read | |  | OSLO - Nearly 80 Tesla owners in Norway have sued the US automaker over misleading advertising, saying their electric car did not deliver the promised performance, Norwegian daily Dagens Naeringsliv (DN) reported on Thursday... read | |  | RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state on Wednesday brought in a law cracking down on ads deemed to be sexist, threatening violators with hefty fines... read | |  | BBC journalist Carrie Gracie announced Monday she had quit her post as China editor in protest at an "indefensible pay gap" at the British broadcaster, winning support from dozens of colleagues... read | | | | Kate Middleton "We want to encourage people to talk to one another." Bernard Baruch "Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why." H. Jackson Brown, Jr. "Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking." Baltasar Gracian "Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment." Jean Cocteau "An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original." |
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