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Off the designer track though, the Shoprite Group has announced it'll be hosting the Women of the Year Awards again this year after last year's hiatus. It will be taking on a different format with new categories, so check it out and start nominating those inspiring women! Shan Radcliffe, Retail editor Please send retail news to: retailnews@bizcommunity.com Responses to this column welcomed in our new online editor's column archive. Top stories
RetailPetrol price to rise by 6 centsMotorists are expected to pay 6 cents more for a litre of petrol as of next week, the Energy Ministry announced on Friday, 28 February 2010. Read more >>Are you the face of Benetton? South Africa is part of the search for the Next Face of Benetton International and participants may enter the competition at the United Colors of Benetton store in The Mall in Rosebank on 26 and 27 February between 12-6pm. Read more >>Consumers using less to see lower increasesThough electricity tariffs will increase by almost 25% from 1 April, those who use less power can expect to experience lower increases in their electricity rates, says Minister of Energy Dipuo Peters. Read more >>Power bills will be passed on through retail prices[Michael Bleby] Be afraid, consumers. Be very afraid. Yesterday's announcement that Eskom can raise electricity tariffs by an average of 25% in each of three successive years from April will saddle retailers with cost rises they have no choice but to pass on. Read more >>CPI rises to 6.2% in JanuaryThe Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose marginally to 6.2% in January, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday, 24 February 2010. Read more >>Nersa announces power price hikesNational Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) has announced that electricity tariffs will go up by 24.8%, 25.8% and 25.9% over the next three years. Read more >>Recovery depends on reluctant consumers[Mariam Isa] SA's economic recovery is gathering momentum, but will stay vulnerable until there is a clear revival in consumer demand, the main growth engine, analysts say. Read more >>FIFA to increase Category 4 tickets [Nthambeleni Gabara] FIFA will increase the number of Category 4 tickets for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, says General-Secretary Jerome Valcke. Read more >>GDP up 3.2%South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2009 grew by 3.2%, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Tuesday, 23 February 2010. Read more >>Vase theme for Metal 2010 competition The sixth annual new designer search pioneered by Carrol Boyes, Metal 2010, is open for entries. This year's theme ‘Vase - a lifestyle' should inspire creative, original prototypes that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing from aspirant designers, who have until 30 June 2010 to enter. Read more >>Economists upbeat about GDP figuresStatistics South Africa (Stats SA) will this week release the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2009 and economists are cautiously upbeat about it. Read more >>Banking & FinanceManage with 35:25:35 budget principleTo assist consumers manage their debt, Octogen, personal financial wellbeing and debt counsellor specialists, have introduced the 35:25:35 budget principle to manage the three main categories of debt. Read more >>SARS releases rules for commentTim Desmond, director - tax and commercial departments at Garlicke & Bousfield Inc, comments on the draft interpretation note on rules for the translation of amounts denominated in foreign currencies released by SARS recently for public comment. Comments to SARS must be submitted before 8 March 2010. Read more >>Brand newsGreen defender for LGOn Thursday 25 February 2010, LG Electronics South Africa announced the appointment of its official Green Ambassadors for 2010. They are Matthew Booth, Bafana Bafana's defender and one of South Africa's best-dressed sportsman and his wife Sonia Bonneventia, a well-recognised model. Read more >>Arniston Bay grows UK share Arniston Bay is the fourth biggest South African brand in the UK and has a 5.8% value share and 5.6% volume share in the South African category respectively. In addition, a recent report conducted by market analysts AC Nielsen, highlights that Arniston Bay has had significant growth over the last 18 months with a year-on-year volume growth of 64% and value growth of 58%. Read more >>KWV buys Wild Africa brand Following the acquisition of the South African cream liqueur brand Wild Africa by KWV, it plans to integrate its production operations with its current operations. The liqueur's production facilities will be relocated from Somerset West to Paarl within the next eight months. Read more >>SABMiller settles dispute with East African BreweriesGlobal brewing giant SABMiller said on Thursday, 25 February 2010, that group companies SABMiller Africa BV and Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) have agreed an amicable settlement of their dispute with East African Breweries Limited (EABL), a member of the Diageo plc group, relating to the Tanzanian beer market. Read more >>New jewellery range from Louise Carver As music has been Louise Carver's vocation for so many years, she wanted to extend her voice and creative love for all things timelessly ‘South African' into a jewellery range. Her debut range, aptly entitled ‘Jingle & Chimes', launches today, Wednesday 24 February 2010 at the Menlyn Shopping Centre in Pretoria in conjunction with American Swiss. Read more >>Pioneer suffers staples-only pinch[Michael Bleby] Pioneer Foods, the maker of Sasko bread and Bokomo cereals, faces a slow start to the year as people buy more staple foods which have dropped in price, but hold off on luxury items. Read more >>Clothing & TextilesElena Miro dresses trademark 'real' womanMILAN, ITALY: Italian fashion house Elena Miro's models, voluptuous, sensual, but most of all "real", slinked down the catwalk to kick off Milan Fashion Week yesterday, 24 February 2010. Read more >>Corporate Social InvestmentShoprite to award women of the year again The Shoprite Group will once again host an award to honour South Africa's women, the company said this morning, 1 March 2010. The most outstanding women of the year will receive the newly announced Shoprite Checkers Women of the Year Award. Read more >>Researching access to funding for civil societiesThis month a questionnaire will be sent to organisations that have applied for funding to the National Development Agency (NDA) and the National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF) and have either received funding or have had their applications rejected. Read more >>ExhibitionsExhibit at second Star Workplace Expo PenQuin International and Independent Newspapers will organise the second The Star Workplace Expo in Gauteng on 19-21 March 2010 at the Coca Cola Dome, Northgate Johannesburg. It is aimed at a diverse visitor profile from Grade 12 learners and tertiary graduates to careerists actively seeking avenues to re-skill or up-skill within their current profession. Read more >>Delicious olive, wine pairings in SwartlandSwartland Wine Cellars and the Riebeeck Olive Boutique have created a joint venture where visitors to the area can now enjoy the ultimate wine and olive experience. The first event is the Med Fest in the Riebeeck Valley 26-28 March 2010 and the 10th Olive Festival 30 April - 2 May. Read more >>Tomorrow sees Canvas launch in Cape TownThe first Canvas launch will feature footwear, sculpture and film, bringing the Ndebele to the space and mixing it with music from Oumou Sangare to Ninja Tunes, footsteps and jigs with contrasting shape shifters on the dance floor, moving from the corporate conservative to the relentless creative. Based in Cape Town, the launch will take place on Saturday 27 February 2010 at the Misael Space in Bree Street. Read more >>Bridal Africa, belle of the ball Bridal Africa, which last year announced it would team up with SA Fashion Week, is producing its own show at the Sandton Convention Centre from 6-7 November 2010. The exhibition will both acknowledge and award local specialist bridal designers and couturiers, reputedly a first for South African bridal shows. Read more >>FranchisingFranchising lessons from Mugg & Bean's founder[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The real enemy of the hospitality industry, which is a sector of occupancy, labour and energy costs, is ourselves, and unless we change our thinking about the industry's fragmentation and keep up with trends, we are headed into big trouble, said South African franchising heavyweight Ben Filmalter yesterday, Wednesday, 24 February 2010. Read more >>Franchising directory available to public The annual franchising directory from the Franchise Association of Southern Africa (FASA) will go on sale at selected bookstores countrywide. This is the first time the directory will be made available to the public and it will cover such articles as what franchising is all about and how to evaluate a business opportunity. Read more >>Green sustainabilityDesign Indaba encourages African filmmakers, green designers Design Indaba 2010 encouraged students with awards and exposure to enter the world of design. A showing of a short film and the exposition of the top 10 student designs ensured this South African talent met the world. Read more >>[Flux Trends] Let's strive for eco-justice, says green bishop [Issa Sikiti da Silva] [Flux Trends] Most people are not aware of the alarming state and the critical position the planet earth is in right now, SAB Environmentalist of the Year Bishop Geoff Davies said today, Thursday, 25 February 2010, adding that people are failing in their responsibility to protect the earth. Read more >>Health & SafetySA to become one of top three emerging biotechnology nationsThe declared goal of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to see SA become one of the top three emerging biotechnology nations by 2018 came closer last week with the launch of Biosafety South Africa, based in Somerset West. Read more >>HospitalityFET chefs can enter great competition Potatoes South Africa (PSA) and the South African Chefs' Association (SACA) launched on Friday 26 February 2010, a collaborative chefs' competition with a difference. Aimed at hospitality learners in selected Public Sector Further Education Training (FET) colleges, the Mzansi Budding Chefs' Competition offers them an opportunity to compete for cash and training; a prospect few are ordinarily afforded. Read more >>Probe into 2010 hotel price-fixing allegations[Donna Bryson] South Africa's tourism ministry has ordered an investigation into allegations that World Cup hotel prices are unreasonably high, one month after a similar government probe was launched to find out if local airlines were colluding to inflate fares. Read more >>Last call for Global Pizza Challenge entries Calling all individual pizza makers in a stand-alone pizzeria, restaurant, take-away outlet, linked to a hotel, suburban hot spot or home enthusiast to turn up the heat and enter the Global Pizza Challenge by 1 March 2010. Read more >>ManufacturingJanuary PPI up 2.7%Producer Price Inflation (PPI), which is the price of goods leaving factories and mines, came in at 2.7% for January 2010, reported Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Thursday, 25 February 2010. Read more >>MerchandisingHang on... there's a Hang Tab Stephen Beattie, marketing and sales manager, Pyrotec PackMedia, sole distributors of Do-It Hang Tab products in South Africa talks about his company's little attention-grabbers.. Read more >>RegulatoryCommission appeals Pioneer bread cartel penaltyThe Competition Commission has lodged an appeal with the Competition Appeal Court against an earlier ruling by the Competition Tribunal on the administrative penalty imposed on Pioneer Food (PFG) for its involvement in a bread cartel. Read more >>Japan to seek nationwide smoking banTOKYO, JAPAN: Japan, which is one of the world's biggest consumers of cigarettes, plans to call for a nationwide ban on lighting up in bars, restaurants and other public places, officials said. Read more >>ResearchIncome distribution research shows high skewThe Bureau of Market Research today, Monday, 1 March 2010, has released its report "Personal Income Patterns and Profiles for South Africa 2009", which shows that 3.8% of the adult population earns 39.4% of total personal income, evidence that South Africa has a very skew income distribution. Read more >>Dec income from food, beverages down 7% y/yIncome generated by the food and beverage industry in South Africa declined 7.0% year-on-year (y/y) in December 2009 compared with December 2008, according to data released by Statistics South Africa on Monday, 22 February 2010. Read more >>Retail marketingConference on kids' marketing Knowledge Resources is hosting two, one-day Kid Republic conferences in conjunction with the Your Child Kids Expo in Cape Town (25 March 2010) and Johannesburg (22 April 2010). The conference will take place the day before each expo and is specifically aimed at marketers, brand managers and advertisers responsible for kids and family products. Read more >>Retail servicesPlan your window décor virtually Decorland's recently revamped website allows visitors to use the innovative ‘Envision' room viewer and after choosing the room they plan to redecorate - bedroom, kitchen or living room - ‘personalise' it by changing the colour of the walls and linen and adjusting the floor finishes to match their own. Read more >>RetailersPick n Pay to delist 25.7 million sharesFood retailer Pick n Pay late last week said the JSE had approved the delisting of 25,736,561 ordinary shares in the capital of the company following the re-purchase and cancellation of these shares. Read more >>Food Lover's lucky 13 in Centurion Fruit & Veg City has launched its 13th Food Lover's Market in Centurion, a 2500m² upmarket food emporium in Gateway Centre. Read more >>Bakos Bros in Menlyn
SAB's BBBEE deal opens for retailers Global brewing giant SABMiller plc's (SAB) local unit, The South African Breweries, announced Monday, 22 February 2010, that the retailer component of its broad-based empowerment transaction - SAB Zenzele - is now open for participation by retailers. Read more >>Supply chainButterworth communities set for record harvestThe farming community outside Butterworth is expecting to harvest a whopping 5000 tons of maize this season - a 200% improvement from last year. Read more >>TechnologySmartphones dominate corporate spaceThe Mobile Corporation in South Africa 2010 report reveals that 75% of South African companies have deployed smartphones within their organisations, compared to almost none two years ago. This is a surprise finding from a new research study released yesterday, Thursday, 25 February 2010, by World Wide Worx. Read more >>Eskom rebate guaranteed with solar water systemTheo Rutstein, the man who introduced both affordable TV and cellular phones to South Africa, started Teljoy Solar, which has introduced a new initiative to ensure that all South African homeowners can install solar water heating systems immediately and save between 30-50% of their electricity bill. Read more >>TrainingBidorbuy auction challenge for studentsbidorbuy has developed its Auction Challenge, in which the students attend a workshop on auctioning; get a cash loan to buy items for re-sale; list the items on bidorbuy auctions starting from R1; receive payments and organise delivery; and reconcile their income and expenses (and get to keep any profits made). Read more >>Property management course proves popular Wits University Professor Francois Viruly, head of the school of Construction Economics and Management, in conjunction with the SAPOA Property management committee, developed the Property Management Programme (PMP) in 2009 and, as applications for 2010 have nearly doubled, has proved the need for the course. Read more >>YEP entrepreneurs arrive in USFollowing the Young Entrepreneurship Program's (YEP) November 2009 competition to select suitable entrepreneurs, the first 12 successful young South Africans recently arrived in the US to begin their two-year studies. Read more >>[Design Indaba conf] Martha Stewart flamed [Louise Marsland] The always spectacular Design Indaba will this year be remembered, not only for the fabulous speakers such as Harry Pearce, Bruce Nussbaum, Priyush Pandey, Stefan Bucher, Mokena Makeke, etc, but for the worst presentation it’s ever hosted – by famous ‘homemaker’ Martha Stewart. Who will also now be credited with launching the first local “twitcom”. [view twitterfall] Read more >>[Design Indaba conf] Martha Stewart: what went wrong? [Terry Levin] Sitting in my customary Design Indaba position a few rows from the front, I was not aware of the fact that people were walking out of Martha Stewart’s Design Indaba 2010 presentation on Friday, 26 February 2010. I became aware of people beginning to laugh at inappropriate [ie not meant to be funny] moments, especially the lady sitting next to me, but hoped the minor embarrassment for all concerned would soon be over. [view twitterfall] Read more >>[Design Indaba conf] Overview of day three[Terry Levin] The last day of the 2010 Design Indaba conference, Friday, 26 February 2010, turned out to be one of highs and lows, which saw standing ovations for three acts, a mass walk out for one and a medical emergency which briefly halted proceedings. The day also saw the tipping the gender scales, with an eclectic lineup of women – well-known Dutch trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, product designer Christien Meindertsma, Chinese fashion designer Han Feng and American entrepreneur Martha Stewart... [view twitterfall] Read more >>
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Zaki Ibrahim gets the traffic grooving RETAIL [Ruth Cooper] Socially conscious musician Zaki Ibrahim, who was brought up in both SA and Canada showcased her unique and soulful singing style to the Taxijam Crew. Dressed in angel wings and accompanied by her posse she took a drive down Kloof Street dispensing good vibes and smiles along her way. Brady brings “Making it Up” back to SA RETAIL Wayne Brady will be returning to South Africa with a tour of Joburg, Cape Town and Durban between 13 and 22 May, 2010 with his international hit show “Making it Up”. South African's can once again look forward to his improvisation, skits, and music and dance routines. Splashy Fen's Easter line-up RETAIL Splashy Fen will be held this year from 1 to 5 April, 2010, on a farm near Underberg in KwaZulu-Natal. The line-up features many of the traditional big names as well as the cream of South Africa's rising new talent.
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