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FIFA fashion police - nil; Bavaria - the world
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. Image: See this "free the Bavaria babes" video on YouTube. Top stories
RetailPick n Pay set to regain lost ground[Dave Marrs] Pick n Pay is on course to regain the ground it lost to competitors during the high inflationary environment that preceded the recession, CEO Nick Badminton told shareholders at Friday's annual general meeting. Read more >>April retail trade sales upSouth African retail trade sales at constant (2008) prices for April increased 3.2% year-on-year (y/y) after a revised 2.7% (1.0%) growth in March, figures released on Thursday, 17 June 2010, by Statistics South Africa showed. Read more >>AssociationsEnter now for Terroir awards Entries for the fifth SA Terroir Wine Awards, which uniquely recognise the country's top wines, based on the region in which they are cultivated, close on Tuesday 22 June 2010. This year's winners will be announced at a function at the Meerendal Wine Estate near Cape Town on 21 July 2010 and special presentation packages of top rated wines from all the categories will be put up for sale by Cybercellar. Read more >>Banking & FinanceCredit reports by cellphoneThe National Credit Act of 2005 gives the consumers the right to access, one 'Free Credit Report' a year, so that consumers can become knowledgeable about their credit information and exercise their right to challenge the information. Consumers' access to their Free Credit Report has just become much easier through Credit4life, which allows consumers to access their free credit reports via their cellphones. Read more >>Brand newsXbox LIVE comes to SA Microsoft is expanding its online gaming network with the launch of Xbox LIVE to nine new countries - Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Russia and South Africa - the company announced yesterday, 14 June 2010. Read more >>Clothing & TextilesCommercial propertyCorporate Social InvestmentDistributionCiro and Chilla in partnership [ActivRetail] The Chilla offering of fully imported gourmet frappes, fruit smoothies, hot chocolate and chai spiced lattés has been added into Ciro Beverage Solutions extensive beverage range. The wholly owned subsidiary of AVI Limited recently announced its strategic partnership with the Chilla Beverage Co. Read more >>e-CommerceExhibitionsFranchisingGreen sustainabilityHospitalityMugg & Bean goes Total Mugg & Bean has signed an exclusive agreement with Total for the development and rollout of the 'Grab & Go' concept at its service stations across the country. The first one has opened in Sandton Drive, Sandton, Johannesburg. The exclusivity of the agreement with Total pertains only within the service station sector of the economy. Read more >>Import/ExportExports slump 'shows need to diversify'[Linda Ensor] The devaluation of the euro and the continued sluggish demand for goods in Europe, one of SA's largest export markets, had apparently made conditions tough for local exporters of manufactured goods to the region, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said this week. Read more >>ManufacturingManufacturing centre launched in SoshanguveTrade and Industry Minister Rob Davies launched a manufacturing technology demonstration centre in Soshanguve, North of Pretoria on Monday, 14 June 2010. Read more >>RegulatoryBavaria knew it was breaking law - FIFA[Chantelle Benjamin] Dutch brewery Bavaria knew what the legal implications of its actions were when it flew out two women to run its marketing campaign during a World Cup game last Monday, as FIFA had sent it a letter explaining SA's laws, FIFA said last week. Read more >>Bad Chinese takeaways[Larry Claasen] Local fishermen are paying the price for China's appetite for abalone and government's bad decisions. With poachers making as much as R100000 for a day's work, it's not surprising a well organised cottage industry has sprung up to harvest abalone illegally for the Far East market, where they fetch as much as R7000/kg. Read more >>FIFA loses 5-0 [Herman Manson: @marklives] Beware Orange. It signals caution at stop streets, announces to South Africans that they are close to experiencing rolling blackouts, or identifies you as a Dutch soccer fan. These days it also serves as a 'go directly to jail' card thanks to the ministrations of FIFA and a whipped South African parliament. Read more >>Bavaria flew in 'orange dress' - FifaDutch brewery Bavaria flew in two co-ordinators from the Netherlands to organise the "orange dress" ambush marketing campaign, world football body FIFA said today, Thursday 17 June 2010. Read more >>ResearchThirsty World Cup fans boosting beer salesPARIS, FRANCE: Millions of extra pints in England, stores emptied in South Korea and sales up in Japan, beer consumption has soared during the World Cup after falling globally in recent years. Read more >>Consumers lose confidenceGiven that FNB/BER consumer confidence index (CCI) surged briefly by 27 index points when South Africa won the bid to host the World Cup in 4Q2004, consumer confidence could easily have increased once more during 2Q2010 as a groundswell of excitement took hold of the whole country in the last month before the start of the final event. Read more >>Retail marketing2010 ambush marketing: Bavaria does it again! [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Dutch brewery Bavaria has done what it did at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany: advertise its brand 'illegally' despite knowing very well that the practice amounts to ambush marketing. While in Germany, its 'marketers' did escape the long arm of the law, but this year in South Africa two Dutch women involved in the controversial marketing campaign were arrested, named and shamed. Read more >>Fresh Living TV from Pick n Pay Conceptualised and produced by specialist branded entertainment agency, 2.0 Media, Fresh Living TV, a unique lifestyle makeover reality TV show on e.tv, will launch during the channel's prime time slot on Monday 6 September 2010. The series forms part of Pick n Pay's new, consumer-focused approach to advertising. Read more >>Retail servicesNew sourcebook for interiors - it's all in the Detail The first edition of Detail, the new sourcebook for interiors will be launched at Decorex Joburg, 5-9 August 2010 at Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand. Read more >>BEE ICT company gets infrastructure outsourcing deal Integr8R, reportedly the largest privately owned BEE ICT company on the African continent, has been awarded an infrastructure outsourcing deal, including the delivery of field support services to all the Incredible Connection and Hi-Fi Corporation branches throughout Southern Africa. Together, the operations include in excess of 90 locations in high traffic metropolitan based shopping malls and areas, including Windhoek and Gaborone. Read more >>RetailersLargely elegant boutique opens in Sandton The GG Boutique, serving women sized 38-48, has opened at the shopping emporium of Radisson Blu Gautrain Hotel, in Sandton. It carries 40 international plus-size designer labels, including Jones New York, Tahari, Liz Elana, Le Suit and Nippon Boutique, as well as GG's own in-house label. Read more >>TechnologyTraining
iPhone ad platform gets US$60m in advance bookings[Mark St Andrew, creamglobal.com] CALIFORNIA, USA: Apple's iPhone 4 will be the first smartphone to run the company's iAd mobile ad network, with 17 advertisers already lined up to target mobile app users. Read more >>Pepsi to strip if Argentina winsMONTEVIDEO, ARGENTINA: Following an announcement of Diego Maradona, in which he pledged to run round the streets of Buenos Aires naked should Argentina win the World Cup, Pepsi has decided to follow suit. Read more >>European financial services market quiet LONDON, UK: 2010 so far 'unremarkable' for European FS M&A activity but 'hot beds' of activity are starting to emerge, says PricewaterhouseCoopers. Read more >>
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DJ JB Intl goes worldwide with Electro Therapy tour [Sindy Peters] We met DJ JB Intl about a year ago and since then his career and swifly taken off to grand new heights. The Cape Town music-maker has signed a five-year two album and distribution deal with Crownn Records in Berlin, Germany after being discovered on his social media pages by Jerome Bo Fitts, A&R manager of Crownn Records and founder of Bofi Clothing. Read more >>New Musica Megastore at The Zone @ Rosebank [Ilva Pieterse] A new Musica Megastore in The Zone @ Rosebank opened last week showing the company's new vision for its retail outlets. The store is filled with CDs, DVDs, games, books, and accessories, and features live bands Read more >>
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