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The 57th D&AD Professional Awards Ceremony took place last night (23 May) in London, where six Black Pencils - the highest accolade in the creative industry - were awarded. We list the South African companies that were honoured on the night and walked away with a total of 15 Pencils... read
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JESSICA TENNANT
The Loeries and YouTube recently introduced the YouTube Advertising category within Digital Communication...read
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JESSICA TENNANT
Ahead of this year's IAB Summit, taking place 30 May at the Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein, we interviewed speaker Gareth Lloyd, head of Research and Analytics at 24.com, a division of Media24, to find out what to expect from his talk on 'going beyond the click' and what this year's theme of the 'new now' means to him...read
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Launch of a study that provides insights on trends and knowledge of the African media sector and how it affects investment, governance, local business and economies...read
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Africa Month
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MORNE VAN DER MERWE AND WILDU DU PLESSIS
Baker McKenzie lawyers based in Africa, alongside the firm's global Africa specialists, as well as lawyers from our African Relationship Firms from across the continent, share their knowledge about what investors should consider when transacting in Africa... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Mobiz is an innovative South African startup combining the ubiquity of SMS with the visual power of the web... Read
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JENNA BERNDT
Intra-Africa travel should be a priority for every South African... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
WiPo Wireless Power is a young dynamic startup that provides wireless power solutions for drone and other industrial equipment... Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
While a growing number of international brands are waking up to the promise of Africa as a valuable market for luxury goods, Montblanc has been growing its presence on the continent for 30 years... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
We chat with Grey Jabesi, an entrepreneur, Blockchain enthusiast, cryptocurrency evangelist, analyst, and investor based in Africa.... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
US-based real estate entrepreneur Rokelle Sun's philanthropic mission is to encourage young girls to pursue careers and success in the underrepresented fields, particularly in Africa, where she spent part of her childhood. She explains this, as well as her love of new experiences like aerophotography, and some of the highs and lows of her earlier career as a multilingual broadcast journalist... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Innocircle, a South African innovation consultancy, helps entrepreneurs innovate and grow... Read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
The IAB Insight Series recently held its 5th episode, discussing how content across digital channels and devices can deliver the results we need... Read
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JESSICA TENNANT
Ahead of this year's IAB Summit, taking place 30 May at the Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein, we interviewed speaker Dudu Mkhwanazi, CEO of Project Isizwe, to find out what to expect from her talk on 'the connected city' and what this year's theme of the 'new now' means to her... Read
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Advertising
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JESS LENNON, ISSUED BY 34°
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The New York Festivals AME Awards has released the 2019 AME Report, a ranking of the world's most successful agencies, and advertisers according to their achievements in the AME Awards... Read
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ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC UNITED
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Branding
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MIKHAILA HUNTER
Underdogs have a special place in the hearts of many. Whether it's a revolt against the Romans or the ice-veined Spartans' last stand against the Persians at Thermopylae, either through superior tactics or better use of technology and resources the outnumbered often triumph against incredible odds. Read
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ISSUED BY BRAND SUMMIT SOUTH AFRICA
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KARABO KEEPILE, ISSUED BY ROSEBANK COLLEGE
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CRM, CX, UX
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CARMEN MURRAY
I've done my fair share of keynote addresses and training on customer experiences and what it means to deliver exceptional brand experiences that lends itself to loyalty, customer obsession and to drive the behaviour to grow, retain and acquire new customers... Read
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NATHALIE SCHOOLING
Nathalie Schooling, founder and CEO of nlighten debunks a couple of myths around CX... Read
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CSI
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ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO
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Design
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The Impact Fund for African Creatives (IFFAC) is calling on designers to apply for its accelerator programme. The programme is focused on supporting and strengthening emerging African brands... Read
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AI SpaceFactory, a multi-planetary architectural and technology design agency, has won the first prize in NASA's 3D Printing Habitat Challenge Competition. The team was awarded with a $500,000 prize by NASA for the successful construction of their Mars habitat named MARSHA... Read
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The 2019 East Coast Radio House & Garden Show will be held at the Durban Exhibition Centre in KwaZulu-Natal from 28 June to 7 July 2019... Read
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ISSUED BY JUST DESIGN
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RIRHANDZU SHINGWENYANA
Technology has brought a lot of new ways of marketing. That is why it is paramount to think about designing differently without losing the essence... Read
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Digital
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ISSUED BY OLE!CONNECT
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A lack of digital skills, technology wherewithal and data-driven marketing is holding South Africa back from meaningful transformation... Read
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GLENN GILLIS
Visual storytelling is fundamental to the human experience, and one of our oldest forms of expression... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
In the final session of Red & Yellow School's #digitalagencyshowcase, King James Group co-founder Alistair King shared his 'secret sauce' on the thinking that keeps them top of the Loeries and IAB Bookmarks' digital agency rankings in South Africa... Read
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KYLE WARMBACK
If you are not yet doing retargeting for your business, you are clearly missing out on a key step in the decision-making process. Here's a quick overview... Read
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ANDREW DABBS
We often turn towards Facebook and Google when advertising in South Africa because of the size of their audiences. However, could we be sacrificing reach for context? Read
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Direct Marketing
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DESIREE GULLAN
What does it take to create an effective email marketing campaign that is not only read but also engaged with? Mailers must convey a message and create an experience that entices the user to take the desired action... Read
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Education
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Entrepreneurship
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MOLLY FITZ-PATRICK, ISSUED BY RED & YELLOW
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Yoco is pioneering a new way to engage with entrepreneurs in its #JustStart campaign... Read
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Events & Conferencing
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"As we considered the global trend to integrate technology into show experiences - to use technology to create a best in class visitor experience - we noted that the innovations presented were already in play locally..." Read
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Distell Group was named Overall Winner at the 2019 Absa Business Day Supplier Development Awards, which recognise supplier development best practice in South Africa... Read
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Exhibitions
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Film & Cinematography
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Fairlady Santam Women of the Future Awards are looking for South Africa's Women of the Future and has announced the judges for the 2019 competition... Read
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Marketing
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Trial Run Media has conceptualised the world's first network of automated business intelligence engines (ABIEs), launching this spring, that offers on-demand content like free samples and loyalty rewards, linked to automatic data collection... Read
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JACQUES DU BRUYN
There's been a lot of chatter recently around the subject of 'the future of marketing agencies'. Flume's Jacques Du Bruyn says he believes marketing agencies are more relevant than ever... Read
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DAVID LIMBERT
The general belief is that great ideas happen when people are free to think and that creatives thrive in situations that grant permission to make mistakes. I don't disagree with the sentiment, but I do see a challenge with the word freedom... Read
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CHANELLE SEGERIUS-BRUCE
Intrusive, selfish, and egocentric marketing tactics no longer work in the way they used to. Clients see through gimmicks and turn their back away from companies that push unwanted products and services on them. So, what can the creative business owner do to replace this outdated form of marketing?... Read
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KHUTHALANI KHUMALO
On 7 May in South Africa, on the eve of 2019 general elections, while the rest of the world joined The Duke and Duchess of Sussex in welcoming the Royal Baby to the world, the low-cost airline, FlySafair, held its annual R5 Sale... Read
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JENNI PENNACCHINI, ISSUED BY KLA - KAUFMAN LEVIN ASSOCIATES
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Independent Media has won the Global Media Award for 'Best In Africa' amongst others at the coveted International News Media Association (Inma) Global Media Awards and the "Best in Show" Award was won by Helsingin Sanomat's "The Land of Free Press"... Read
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Mobile
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L'Oréal and Alibaba Group have joined forces to launch an AI-powered mobile app designed to diagnose acne, to be made available on Alibaba's Tmall and Taobao mobile app next month... Read
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We were once again reminded that mobile devices, the one thing most of us never leave home without, are vulnerable to attacks... Read
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Online Media
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PR & Communications
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JUDITH MIDDLETON, ISSUED BY DUO MARKETING + COMMUNICATIONS
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ROBERT GENTLE
Forget about the annual report to shareholders; here's a different kind of report that many people might actually read... Read
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Production
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Afrikaans rocker Francois Van Coke has unveiled a songwriting and production house in Cape Town... Read
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Promotions & Activations
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Radio
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NICK FEINBERG
It's hard to find any outspoken, opinionated, or even slightly edgy programming. I'm reaching the end of my listening tether, where did it all go? Read
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Recruitment
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ADRIAN CERNAT
It is universally acknowledged that the status quo in hiring and talent acquisition just isn't cutting it... Read
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Research
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MARIA PETOUSIS, ISSUED BY ASK AFRIKA
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Retail
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3DLook, a US-based startup specialising in mobile body-scanning technologies for apparel retail and other industries, is the winner of the LVMH Innovation Award... Read
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GARY MORTIMER, FRANK MATHMANN AND LOUISE GRIMMER
There are some anecdotes just so good that almost every story about a particular economic principle begins the same. So too this article begins with cake mix... Read
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Some of the biggest names in footwear have signed an open letter to President Donald Trump urging him to reconsider the proposed tariffs on shoes made in China... Read
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Andrew Jennings, the former group MD of Woolworths, recently shared valuable survival lessons for retail brands under siege in the digital age... Read
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Social Media
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NEWSWATCH: Tardar Sauce aka Grumpy Cat has died at age 7. The feline was an American internet celebrity, known for her permanent frown... Read
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BOGOSI MOTSHEGWA
LinkedIn is one of the best things that has ever happened to professionals. But what do you do when your experience or your LinkedIn profile isn't that exciting? It means you may not be attractive to potential recruiters... Read
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KEITH TULLY
Utilised to its best ability, Twitter can be a powerful way of generating leads and driving traffic to your website... Read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Having worked in the entertainment industry for over seven years Khathu Litshani has been called producer, brand influencer, MC, event organiser and businessman and is now working on Kooking with Khathu, in collaboration with Viva Nation TV... Read
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RONELLE BESTER
LinkedIn can be a true game-changer for B2B (business to business) companies. Built for business networking, LinkedIn works exceptionally well for B2B lead generation, making it one of the top tactics for B2B marketing... Read
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JENNILEE PEREMORE-OLIVER
Marketers can learn a lot from Facebook's social failure when it comes to retaining an audience... Read
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Sponsorship
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TV
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Cannes Lions
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Winners of Cinemark's Cannes Young Lions 2019 competition, Amri Botha and Carina Coetzee from Ninety9cents (99c), chat to us about what it means to them to have won the competition for a second time... Read
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week we go behind the selfie with Gladys (Sithole) Mutele, Hot 91.9FM's head of news who has once again been crowned as the Liberty Radio Awards' best newsreader... Read
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D&AD Awards
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The D&AD Awards has announced its first shortlist with 144 entries being shortlisted after stage one of D&AD judging... Read
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The D&AD Awards has announced its second shortlist with 431 entries shortlisted in stage two of D&AD judging... Read
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The D&AD Awards has announced its full shortlist with 25 shortlisted pieces for SA, putting us at 12th for country ranking based on finalists... Read
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Fairness First
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LEIGH ANDREWS
In what's become known as the most diverse and inclusive session of the Red & Yellow School's #digitalagencyshowcase, VML South Africa's marketing director Loki Magerman was joined by Tumelo Popela, Jason Kubheka and Louise Steenpoorte in showcasing how their work gets to the true heart of the SA consumer... Read
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Loeries Creative Week Durban
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VINCENT O ONYWERA
Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge is undoubtedly the greatest marathoner of the modern age. He has won 11 of the 12 marathons he has competed in... Read
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Where a person lives can drastically limit their access to trauma care... Read
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Given its colonial past, Africa has not had the opportunity to engage with the positive aspects or benefits of capitalism, having been integrated into the international economy in a position of subservience... Read
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The closing date for the 2019 Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Awards nominations has been extended to 10 June 2019... Read
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KINGSLEY IGHOBOR
Key issues pertaining to Africa's socioeconomic development, including the empowerment of women and youth and Africa's free trade area... Read
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Successful brands must have a strong local resonance and activation if they are to emotionally connect with consumers in Africa and fuel growth in the fast-changing region... Read
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IDG exclusively appoints Turn Left Media in Sub-Saharan Africa... Read
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The Zimbabwean government is about to launch 24 television channels, where licences will be open to everyone to apply for... Read
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Entries open for the Cotonou International Women's Film Festival in Benin... Read
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MODEEN MALICK
The World Wide Web recently turned 30 and it got me reminiscing about the incredible impact Sir Tim Berners-Lee has had on the world beyond the World Wide Web... Read
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It has become clear that the technology revolution is driving massive change in the workplace... Read
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ONYI NWANERI
Africa's youth are the future of the continent and the philosophical principle of ubuntu can ensure a brighter tomorrow... Read
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JANE STEVENSON
Take a moment and write down the top three things that you should be doing in your position to bring value to your business... Read
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OLIVIA DIAZ
Over these years, everything seems to have changed to a great extent even the way we use smart devices... Read
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TANYA KNOWLES
Many well-known experts in their fields have made predictions over the years that have proved to be spectacularly wrong... Read
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JOHN WENTZEL
While many may think that Africa's development is far off, I can categorically confirm that the time for Africa is now... Read
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South Africa's unemployment rate increased by 0.5% point to 27.6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2018... Read
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MIRIAM C. DOBSON AND JILL L. EDMONDSON
"Ugly" or "wonky" veg were blamed for up to 40% of wasted fruit and vegetables in 2013, as produce was discarded for failing to meet retailer appearance standards... Read
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