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| |  | NATASHA MAHARAJ Distell's marketing director unpacks key themes in South Africa's alcohol landscape that she expects will hold firm in 2022... Read |  | JONATHAN CHERRY Futurist Jonathan Cherry weighs in on how the decentralisation of the marketplace is turning the retail industry on its head... Read |  | RYAN MCFADYEN Savvy marketers will embrace the fact that gaming is no longer just for gameplay. It has become the newest frontier for brands to engage meaningfully with an audience which is tech savvy and looking to be entertained... Read |  | AMANDA REEKIE Amanda Reekie shares a few observations about shifts in consumer needs, attitudes and behaviours and how they will impact retail... Read |  | DEBORAH SCHEPERS In economics, a scarce resource is one with an available quantity that is less than its desired use. While we tend to think of commodities such as oil and gold... Read |  | |  | JORDAN RITTENBERRY For 21 years now, Edelman has been measuring trust as a metric of success. Trust between employees and employers, the private sector and government, individuals and organisations... Read |  | CHRISTIAAN VILJOEN Shifting your AI strategy away from maths and stats and towards AutoML and cloud technologies will result in far greater ROI... Read |  | NDEYE DIAGNE, ISSUED BY KANTAR Despite the political, social, and economic challenges of the continent, the opportunities are boundless... Read |  | KHANGELANI DZIBA The world at large has seen significant changes taking place and influencing how the world operates. In many ways, it has introduced a new world order that has forced many industries to pivot... Read |  | GARRETH VAN VUUREN As we take our first tentative steps into 2022, there's a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel we, as citizens of Planet Earth, have been trudging for nearly 24 months... Read |  | STUART INNELL 'Branding for good' or 'purpose-driven marketing' is no longer a wallflower in the global advertising sector. Instead, it's the person in the room that everyone else wants to dance with, fulfilling a vital role in many leading brands' strategies... Read |  | PABI MOGOSETSI 2020 and 2021 have seen a major shift towards trust in the employer branding sector. This has become such an important factor in a world where we feel safer meeting behind screens... Read |  | KARL HAECHLER The pandemic has changed the way we live, the way we work and the way we socialise. The huge increase in smartphone usage and the change in content consumption behaviour has important implications for brands... Read |  | |  | PAUL MIDDLETON Proof points were put on the table in brand communication conversations in 2021. In 2022, the proof points behind brand goodwill will need to make even more authentic points if they are to be on pointe... Read |  | DANETTE BREITENBACH Scheduled to take place on 2 February 2022, BizTrends 02.02.2022 will feature Lagos-based trends and innovation consultant, Franklin Ozekhome, founder of Identiture... Read |  | PAUL VAN DEN BERG Disruptions by the pandemic have forced the acceleration of e-commerce innovation and digitisation, says Paul van den Berg, CE for Oliver Africa... Read |  | JENITA FERREIRA The digital landscape is evolving at an astounding rate, and the emergence of Covid-19 has accelerated this rapid transformation of the digital ecosystem... Read |  | ASHLEIGH BURTON Centuries ago, community living was a given... Read |  | NDEYE DIAGNE The story of Africa's informal sector is often painted in a bad light, but it doesn't have to be... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY LOCATION BANK It's without a doubt that an active online presence contributes significantly to any business' relevance, visibility and brand awareness. Additionally, it means your business stays connected to its current and potential customers... Read |
 | 2021 has seen diverse circumstances leading to a variety of developments and changes within the agency business space... Read |
 | White Square International Advertising and Marketing Festival announced the start of the call for entries of season 2022... Read |
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 | A total of 56 campaigns across diverse markets and product categories for global brands are among the winners of the Warc Awards for Media 2021... Read |
 | New York Festivals International Advertising Awards debuts for 2022 "The Future Now", a new category group launched to shine the spotlight on creative work that uses technology... Read |
| Branding |
 | The rebrand comes on the back of a period of sustained growth for the e-commerce outfit... Read |
 | Learn more about Take-Two's acquisition of mobile game developer Zynga... Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | WYNAND SMIT In a world defined by inconsistency and uncertainty, customer service remains a consistent certainty, says Wynand Smit, CEO of Inovo... Read |
 | Marketers have spent many years and countless millions building customer loyalty for their brands. It took a global lockdown to curtail the spread of Covid-19 less than two years to undue all that effort and adspend... Read |
| CSI |
 | Coca-Cola Africa has launched Jamii, a new sustainability platform that aims to help accelerate the impact of its existing and new initiatives... Read |
| Design |
 | The Pantone Color Institute has announced the 2022 Color of the Year... Read |
| Digital |
 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA Chad Otto's career in digital started in digital media, which gave him a strong foundation for understanding metrics and platforms... Read |
 | MARK URIA, ISSUED BY SMART MEDIA Digital transformation has been a key phrase in many industries for years, and due to the global pandemic, it is expected to play an even bigger role in business planning... Read |
 | SIDDHARTH BAWA Traditional media has always been the cornerstone of marketing and advertising strategies. But in a post-Covid-19 world, where people have comfortably adapted to a mobile-first, digital consumption model, the impact of this shift is now palpable for this industry... Read |
 | JAMES BAYHACK As we enter 2022, many businesses are still responding to changes in the business environment brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. The global crisis introduced the necessity to innovate... Read |
| Education |
 | South Africans have been invited to apply for the Mauritius-Africa Scholarship Scheme offered by the government of Mauritius for full-time, on-campus undergraduate and postgraduate programmes... Read |
 | Matric exam results will no longer be published on public platforms, Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, announced on Tuesday... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | Triggerfish's third animated feature, Seal Team, is making a splash on Netflix's global Top 10 films for the week ending 9 January 2022... Read |
 | EMILY STANDER Find out more about the local mockumentary, Daryn's Gym being selected to be part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), and it's director, Brett Michael Innes... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA The month of January marks the start of a new year, as businesses reopen and children return to school. We're also approaching two years since the Covid pandemic began... Read |
| Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY VICINITY MEDIA At Vicinity Media, we've jumped into the big data space big time. We currently process over 500 million data points every month from our audience of 10 million-plus unique users... Read |
 | ISSUED BY WAVEMAKER We've heard it a thousand times before: "Digital marketing is constantly changing". And it's true: in 2021 Facebook alone issued over 40 updates - 40!... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EXPOSURE MARKETING After two years of physical isolation, change in routine, and emotional despair, moms, are yearning for face-to-face interaction... Read |
 | NTSAKO LOWANE-BOROS, ISSUED BY ADVERTISING MEDIA FORUM Marketing has evolved over the years and so has the consumer. As marketers, we are no longer dealing with passive consumers... Read |
 | TOM COREY The marketing landscape is in the midst of rapid transformation... Read |
 | SAB's spritzer brand Brutal Fruit has unexpectedly launched a Brutal Fruit fragrance, called You Belong... Read |
| Media |
 | ISSUED BY BRIEFLY NEWS My fellow South Africans... Just kidding, this is not that kind of speech... Read |
 | An International News Media Association (INMA) report has found that there is a resistance to data adoption by media companies... Read |
| Media Freedom |
 | Jeffrey Moyo, a 37-year-old Zimbabwean, a freelance reporter working for the New York Times in Zimbabwe will appear in court today... Read |
| Mobile |
 | The co-founder of WhatsApp, Brian Acton, will join the company's rival Signal as the interim CEO... Read |
 | MTN SA has also appointed Michele Gamberini as its new chief technology and information officer... Read |
| OOH |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA OUTDOOR With evidence of the resurgence of the Out-of-Home (OOH) audiences across major arterials in South Africa, Primedia Outdoor welcomes the launch of their new urban digital out-of-home (DOOH) billboard UDN020, that is located on the corner of William Nicol Drive and Republic Road, Sandton, Johannesburg... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | JEAN HARKETT One of the biggest takeaways of 2021 is undoubtedly that agencies and public relations consultants have had to reinvent themselves... Read |
 | NICOLA TARR Our role as public relations professionals has shifted dramatically says Nicola Tarr, business unit director at Tribeca Public Relations... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY GAGASI FM It is that time of the year once again where all parents, grandparents and or caregivers scramble to get their children and grandchildren ready for another academic year... Read |
 | ISSUED BY KAYA 959 Kaya 959 has announced its newest Sunday afternoon show, Spade of Hearts, and the brand-new host, Xola Dlwati. The show features your favourite love songs to make you fall in love all over again... Read |
 | ISSUED BY KAYA 959 Popular Gauteng radio station Kaya 959 shifted regular programming this week to celebrate the great life of legendary DJ and cultural icon Mzwandile "DJ 1D" Nzimande... Read |
 | The SABC has reported that an intruder broke into its Bloemfontein offices on Saturday night... Read |
| Research |
 | ISSUED BY VERVE "Smart digital insight" helped community panels and digital research agency Verve to grow its business by 23% during 2019-20, as reported in the Research Live Industry Report 2022... Read |
 | ISSUED BY KANTAR Or should we say 2021 hindsight? Some say our first full pandemic year flew by in the blink of a jaded eye, others say it felt like five years rolled into one... Read |
 | The global market value of the subscription economy will grow to $275bn in 2022, rising from $224bn in 2021, a new Juniper Research study has found... Read |
 | Holiday demand pulled early with 30% of global sales recorded in the first three weeks of November... Read |
| Retail |
 | Hasbro, the owner of brands including Monopoly, Play-Doh, Dungeons & Dragons and Peppa Pig, has appointed Chris Cocks as its new CEO, effective 25 February... Read |
 | Pop superstar turned fashion entrepreneur Rihanna is getting ready to roll out the first physical storefronts for her Savage X Fenty lingerie line... Read |
| Social Media |
 | CHRISTINA KENNEDY Last year was a busy and often chaotic one on the social media streets... Read |
| Sponsorship |
 | JUDITH MUGENI The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) is currently underway in Cameroon. Is this a signal that it's a return to business as usual for sponsorships?... Read |
| TV |
 | Pan-African entertainment company MultiChoice has further expanded its hyperlocal offering with the launch of two new TV channels - Maningue Magic and Kwenda Magic... Read |
| Youth Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY STUDENT VILLAGE Okay, let's get the obvious stuff out the way: the world has changed, Covid-19 has been hard and Tik Tok is a thing... Read |
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 | KATJA HAMILTON The global economy is expected to be 2.3 per cent smaller by 2024, than it would have been without the pandemic, the World Economic Forum, 17th Global Risk Report 2022, states... Read |
 | Eskom says it will be switching off Unit Two of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station on Monday, 17 January, for a five-month period... Read |
 | MATTHEW CAMPBELL Coming out the other side of a global crisis and all that South Africa has thrown their way, small businesses and one-person enterprises have been through a lot this past year... Read |
 | Alexander Forbes is proud to announce it has elected a new CEO, Ann Leepile... Read |
 | The Shoprite Group joined hands with the Gift of the Givers, to bring relief to affected community members in East London... Read |
 | Infobip has introduced a sustainability business unit to make it easier for the company to, among other things, operationalise its social giving initiatives. Read |
 | DHL Global Forwarding has launched in Zimbabwe to extend its presence across Africa... Read |
 | The rise of remote work, coupled with an increased cost of living across South Africa, has led to a surge in full-time employees taking on a side hustle... Read |
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 | VIRGIL BETHANIE Managing risk in SMEs enables them to improve performance, accelerate growth and create sustainable long-term value... Read |
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