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Last week saw things heat up at Hostex, Cape Town, as the 20 finalists for the Global Pizza Challenge South Africa battered it out for top honours and the chance to represent southern Africa at the international competition in Australia. The 94.7 Rude Awakening Team also got in on the action - all in the name of charity - with the help of Mimmos, and those pizza-lovers in Gauteng can get a taste of the 'RAW' pizza till the end of March while also doing their bit to aid Food4Africa. 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
RetailNederburg does well with FIFA wines In terms of an agreement between the winery and FIFA, Nederburg is entitled to make and market a range of wines for the World Cup. The range, on sale until December 2010, comprises three single varietal wines, a Cabernet Sauvignon, a Sauvignon Blanc and a Rosé. Read more >>State will not grant winelands mining approval[Linda Ensor] The Department of Mineral Resources would not approve the controversial application by state-owned mining company African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation to prospect and possibly mine in the Western Cape winelands, director-general Sandile Nogxina said earlier this week. Read more >>Foodcorp boosted by restructuring, investmentFoodcorp, delisted from the JSE Limited in 1998, said on Wednesday, 10 March 2010, that it had successfully concluded a major shareholder restructuring following investment from UK-based fund manager, BlueBay Asset Management, and Capitau SA Partnership, a South African private equity investor. Read more >>Banking & FinanceConsumer Right's Month a good time to start managing debt[Paul Slot] During Consumer Right's Month, it is a good time to review debt and protect your rights, should you run into financial trouble. These tips may serve to increase your financial wellbeing. Read more >>Capitec named Brand of Tomorrow Swiss-based financial services group Credit Suisse used 3000 analysts in 50 countries to identify the brands around the world that are most likely to significantly outperform their markets and competitors over the next 3-5 years and one of them is South Africa's youngest retail bank, Capitec Bank. Read more >>Cash crunch nails middle class[Anton Ferreira and Sashni Pather] Desperate middle-class South Africans are battling bankruptcy as punitive taxes shrivel their salaries and a fresh wave of price hikes obliterates what's left. Read more >>Brand news'World's oldest' whisky unveiled in Scotland EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND: A Scottish whisky firm unveiled bottles of what it claims is the oldest single malt whisky in the world, having spent the best part of a century inside an oak barrel. Read more >>White chocolate available for chefs Stafford Bros & Draeger now offer quick melting White Choc Discs that are Kosher and Halaal for any recipe calling for chocolate. Read more >>Puma puts on its golfing shoes HERZOGENAURACH, GERMANY: Puma, one of the world's leading sports lifestyle companies that designs and develops footwear, apparel and accessories, signed an agreement on Wednesday 10 March 2010, to acquire 100% of the golf equipment brand Cobra Golf from Acushnet Company, the golf business of Fortune Brands, Inc. Read more >>Santam awards: Warwick's the winner The 2010 Santam Classic Wine Trophy Awards, announced late last week at an event at the recently opened Taj Hotel in Cape Town, named Warwick Estate as the overall winner. A panel of international judges praised the Warwick Trilogy, the estate's cabernet-driven flagship blend, for its handsomeness, elegance and qualitative consistency with each successive vintage. This follows its ‘Top 100' Wine Spectator listing in 2009 and 4½ Stars in Platter's South Africa Wines. Read more >>Quick executive meals from Denny [ActivRetail] Denny has launched a range of Two Meal Portion Packs, a way to make dinner for two by serving quality and convenience in just the right amounts. Aimed at the single executive or the small family looking for a quick and healthy alternative to preparing a meal from scratch, the packs can be added to meat or pasta. Read more >>Limited edition grappa launched in SA The 2009 Limited Edition Pinot Noir, single cultivar vintage grappa is a first from Giorgio and George Dalla Cia, the father-and-son wine and grappa-making duo. Read more >>Clothing & TextilesRex Trueform reports higher earnings Despite a difficult economic environment, clothing manufacturer and retailer Rex Trueform managed to improve headline earnings per share by 11.8% from 65.3 cents to 73 cents for the six months ended December. Read more >>Commercial propertyArabella hotels up for sale[Adele Shevel] Luxury hotels Westin Grand Arabella Quays Hotel on Cape Town's Foreshore and Arabella Western Cape Hotel & Spa near Hermanus are up for sale. Read more >>Corporate Social InvestmentiThemba School takes offThe iThemba School in Capricorn, a suburb in Cape Town, was officially opened this week with finance from Lufthansa Global Telesales (GTS) in collaboration with Help Alliance, a non-profit organisation in Germany run by Lufthansa employees and other sponsors. Read more >>Global recognition for local CSR initiativesThe Young Presidents Organisation (YPO) named Pick n Pay's new chairman, Gareth Ackerman, the winner of this year's CSR Award for Leadership on 9 March 2010. Marc Lubner, CEO of MaAfrika Tikkun, took home the CSR Award for Philanthropic/Non-Profit Organisation. Read more >>e-Commercekalahari.net launches eBookskalahari.net this week launched its electronic book offering with over 60 000 titles available as digital downloads. This offering includes best-selling fiction titles as well as titles across all other genres offered on the site. According to CEO Gary Hadfield, the online retailer will be growing the number of eBooks offered significantly over the next few months. Read more >>mimoney adds flower power to portfoliomimoney, a virtual currency powered by Standard Bank, has added NetFlorist as its newest retail partner. Read more >>ExhibitionsThink Beyond - Discover the Potential SAPOA conference themeThe SA Property Owners' Association (SAPOA) convention and property exhibition will be held at Sun City from 12-14 May 2010. This year's theme is Think Beyond - Discover the Potential and key topics range from local government and political change to untapped potential in 2010. Read more >>369 designs opens in JohannesburgCape Town-based 369 designs, founded by Dominique du Toit, has opened a branch in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. “The business has expanded at an incredible pace and we would like to offer more [Joburg] and KZN [KwaZulu-Natal] based companies our turnkey services," says du Toit. "We have had requests from prospective and current international and Gauteng clients to assist with stand building and opening this branch will enable us to offer them more competitive rates.”Agritech South Africa launches in KZN The international exhibition and conference on agriculture, farm equipment, dairy, food, poultry and livestock technology, Agritech South Africa 2010, will be held at the Royal Agricultural Showgrounds in Pietermaritzburg on 14-16 June 2010. Read more >>Earlier kick-off for 2010 Stellies wine festival The 9th annual Stellenbosch Wine Festival takes on a new format this year and will be held a month earlier to give soccer fans the opportunity to visit the myriad of cellars that make up the Stellenbosch Winelands. From 1 - 5 July 2010, visitors will be able to experience the winelands in all their glory through an extensive network of shuttles travelling between more than 140 farms that are taking part in the festival this year. Read more >>UJ art gallery hosts Studio 4332 collection Following its launch of the second collection of products in late February, Studio 4332's products will remain on show at University of Johannesburg (UJ) art gallery before returning to the studio in Braamfontein Werf. Read more >>Shaping meetings in 2020Fast Future Research launched late last week the findings of the Future Meetings Experience global online survey, which ran from November 2009 to January 2010. The research, conducted as part of phase one of the Convention 2020 strategic foresight study on the future of meetings, venues and destinations, saw 1125 respondents from 76 countries completed the survey. Read more >>Green sustainabilityClimate Change Leaders - making a difference in SANominations for the inaugural Climate Change Leadership Awards received 54 entries in the business category and 20 in the community category and, on 11 March 2010, five award winners were honoured at a banquet at the Sandton Sun. Read more >>Health & SafetyRift Valley Fever not a crisis - SefularoThe outbreak of the Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in the Free State and Northern Cape provinces does not constitute a crisis, says Health Deputy Minister, Dr Molefi Sefularo. RVF is a fever-causing viral disease mainly affecting domestic livestock such as cattle and goats, which can be transmitted to humans, mostly through handling of sick, dead or aborted foetuses. Read more >>HospitalityHostex fires up with Global Pizza Challenge The second annual Global Pizza Challenge (GPC) South Africa cook-offs took place at Hostex from 8 - 10 March 2010, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. A little more flavour was added to the competition this year with the inclusion of the Peppadew category, which offered entrants the opportunity to win R10 000, by using its diced sweet piquanté peppers. Read more >>Takeaway menus get a whole new lookFashion TV (FTV) has created menus for its cocktail lounge, nightclub and restaurant patrons that resemble fashion magazines, so not only can they order food but also take home a fashionable magazine filled with gossip and glamour. A quarterly issue, this quarter's cover features Jessica Alba.Entertainment, hospitality industries need data mining"Information buried in databases is worth huge amounts of revenue if harnessed correctly. By using the modelling capabilities and toolsets available within data mining software to support the entire process, organisations can quickly and efficiently produce models that help marketers to reach the right person, with the right offer at the right time," says Nathalie Ing, business lead for customer intelligence at SAS Institute. Read more >>Import/ExportQuality rise ups mohair sale pricesThe second sale of the year's summer season took place in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday, 10 March 2010, with 161 130kg on offer, and featured an average market indicator increase of 10.7%. Read more >>SA aims to double trade with UKSouth Africa plans to double its trade with the UK and become a gateway for European companies looking to establish bases in Africa, says Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies. Read more >>ManufacturingUnique products bring back the past[Shaanaaz de Jager] A Port Elizabeth-based company is producing unique clothing, furniture and accessories representing a bygone era - and their products can be found in exotic shops and locations ranging from the Okavango Delta to the Antarctic. Read more >>SA Jan manufacturing output upThe physical volume of manufacturing in South Africa in January 2010 rose 3.7% year-on-year (y/y) in January after an increase of 3.2% in December 2009, data released by Statistics SA on Thursday, 11 March 2010, showed. Read more >>Manufacturing boosted by motor industrySouth African manufacturing production rose for the second successive month in January, growing by 3.7% y/y from 3.2% y/y previously, data released yesterday, 11 March 2010, by Statistics South Africa showed. Read more >>AVI sets its sights on lower end of biscuit market [Michael Bleby] AVI, the maker of Bakers biscuits, yesterday said it was likely to extend its biscuit-making capacity by half to target a lower-income market it does not sell to yet. Read more >>PackagingNew packaging for KWV three-year-old In line with its commitment to reflect each of its range of premium brandies, KWV has refreshed the look of its three-year-old brandy. Read more >>Law targets food labelling"Fat-free" takes on a new meaning this year. The South African Department of Health has gazetted new regulations for labelling and advertising food so that consumers have a better idea of what they're buying and eating. Read more >>RegulatoryConsumer Protection Act made easyMost South African businesses seem to be unaware that the most draconian of the provisions of the new Consumer Protection Act will soon be coming into effect, said consumer law specialist Neville Melville at the launch of his latest book, The Consumer Protection Act made easy. Read more >>Tiger Brands 'not a target'Tiger Brands on Tuesday, 9 March 2010, moved to dispel a news article which referred to it as being one of the "targets" of an investigation by the Competition Commission on cartel activities. Read more >>Decision on tavern applications put on hold for now[Patrick Cull] Nelson Mandela Bay's city housing and land earlier this week agreed to postpone a decision on all applications for the establishment of taverns until the next meeting of the Liquor Board. Read more >>Pritt comes unglued in ad case The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said Henkel AG, manufacturer of Pritt, has no exclusive rights in South Africa to the red of its glue stick and the advertising associated with the product. Read more >>RICA provisions onerous on ISPsThe Internet Service Providers' Association of South Africa (ISPA) believes that many of the provisions of Rica (Regulation of Interception of Communications Act) remain impractical, perhaps even impossible, for ISPs to implement. It was commenting on the renewed focus by the Department of Justice (DoJ) on the implications that Rica holds for telecom services providers besides the mobile operators. Read more >>ResearchRoots 2010 results available today Roots 2010 urban retail and readership consumer research survey is available for retailers, marketers, media planners and strategists on Telmar systems free of charge as of today, Monday, 15 March 2010. Read more >>Building confidence increase FNB released its Building Confidence Index (FNB BCI) for the first quarter of 2010 and it shows a moderate increase based on the quarterly survey from the building, manufacturing and retail opinion surveys undertaken by the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) at Stellenbosch University, between 1 February and 1 March 2010. Read more >>Facebook fan marketing proves sweet - study Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business has researched and documented the power of Facebook fans by what is styled as the first-of-its-kind. According to Dave Duarte, director of the Nomadic Marketing course run by the UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB), this survey is the first to offer evidence that Facebook fan pages are an effective and low-cost way to market. Read more >>Retail marketingHelp Zack's celebrate anniversary; win a Stratocaster Zack's group of restaurants in Durban is offering patrons the opportunity to win one of three custom-built Stratocaster guitars (built by A and R Guitars) worth R10 000 each as part of its 10-year anniversary celebration for the BluesTrain. The first draw will be on Freedom Day, 27 April 2010. Read more >>Retail servicesNew retail branding for Glendinning AfricaKantar, one of the world's largest insight, information and consultancy networks, has formed Kantar Retail by combining Glendinning Management Consultants, Cannondale Associates, MVI (Management Ventures Inc) and Retail Forward's operations to create a leading retail insights and consulting business. Read more >>Interactive kiosk rental now available Following its successful ad hoc rentals of interactive touch screen kiosks over the past few years, JusTTouchIT has launched a formal Kiosk Rental Division for companies wishing to try out the technology or to use it for conferences, exhibitions or product launches. Read more >>RetailersNamibia rides out recessionAccording to Monica Pienaar, manager for JHI property services company in Namibia, the commercial property market has remained stable and resilient over the past year, probably because of its stricter credit laws and an economy less affected by the recession than South Africa. Read more >>SecurityMalls roped in on safety drive [Ray Maota] With the 2010 FIFA World Cup drawing closer, the City of Joburg is raising the hype by hooking in shopping malls to market the football competition. Read more >>Supply chainCountry Bird still keen on rival[Michael Bleby] Country Bird Holdings, SA's third-largest producer of chickens, said on Friday it was willing to reopen takeover talks with its smaller rival, Sovereign Foods, less than a month after it sold the large stake in Sovereign it had built up to strengthen its unsuccessful bid for the company last year. Read more >>TechnologyLimpopo farmers get ICT boost[Siphiwe Nyathi] Limpopo's Department of Agriculture has budgeted R6 million in this financial year to install technology-based information systems that will enable extension officers to provide relevant and accurate information to farmers instantly. Read more >>New iPhone, iPod accessoriesXtremeMac's new series of InCharge power solutions for iPhone and iPod deliver faster charge times and greater functionality and mobility. Read more >>TrainingIt's almost Nomadic Marketing time againNomadic Marketing - run Dave Duarte, director of the UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB), returns to Johannesburg and Cape Town in May 2010. The course focuses on Internet and mobile marketing strategies, augmented reality, location-based targeting of consumers, engaging in blogs and social networks, branding across multiple media channels, and measuring the efficacy of online and mobile campaigns. Read more >>Succeed programme open for 2010The Succeed programme, established by Deloitte, in partnership with the Businesswomen's Association (BWA) and Business Partners, is open for entries from women entrepreneurs for 2010. Read more >>
Retail marketingPringles New Tube promotion gets consumers singing for R20 000 - Fore Good Investments The Fore Good Group, exclusive distributors for Pringles in southern Africa, has announced the relaunch of Pringles potato chips with an innovative campaign called New Tube. The promotion is designed to create brand awareness for the new and improved Pringles recipe in its new tube, now with 90 perfect crisps. Read more >>
Powerful plays open the Ikhwezi Theatre Festival RETAIL [Michael Britton] Since 1998, the Baxter Theatre Centre has been running Ikhwezi, a cultural outreach festival. This year, the festival presents 12 new plays, and if the two plays showcased on opening night are anything to go by, it promises to be well worth getting along to see a few shows. With a host of new acting talent on display, and featuring the work of new playwrights, it's hats off to the Baxter for their efforts in bringing community players to mainstream theatres. Paul Snodgrass is so lonely RETAIL [Ruth Cooper] I think the Baxter main concert arena might be my new favourite place to hear bands, not surprisingly they have really great acoustics and hearing Taxi Violence belt it out as opener to Paul Snodgrass comedy routine was a great pleasure. After an electrifying performance of Jim's Revenge and Devil n' Pistol, Mr Snodgrass took to the stage and growled out an intense number, which basically consisted of him repeating I'm so lonely like a coked up and angry Axel Rose. Sinnfully delicious RETAIL [Riccardo Spagni] Restaurant reviews are a tricky trade. It's impossible not to arrange a review in advance unless you are some ridiculously famous reviewer, which I am not. At the same time, restaurants have a tendency to bring their "A game" when a reviewer is in the building. By an incredible stroke of fortune, however, my dinner at Sinns went unnoticed until the end. The manager and staff had no idea which person in the restaurant was the reviewer until long after I'd eaten and drank to my heart's content. The upshot is that this may be the most unbiased review I've written for a while. Bullock wins Oscar for role in The Blind Side RETAIL [Zeenat Ebrahim] Sandra Bullock won the award for Best Actress at the 82nd annual Academy Awards for her portrayal of Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side. I loved her performance in this movie, with her tough as nails act but maternal character as Mrs Tuohy. She came up against actor Meryl Streep amongst others for this award and looks like she's outdone them all. Van Coke Kartel - Skop Skiet en Donner RETAIL [Ruth Cooper] Van Coke Kartel's latest album Skop Skiet en Donner is excellent music to listen to while house cleaning, high praise indeed, house cleaning being just above listening to while driving, which this album also receives high points for. Though perhaps listening to while at work is probably not ideal as the album is complex enough for you to really want to give a fair amount of attention to it which works perfectly well for those more mindless tasks like driving and house cleaning.
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