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Mid-year sale We're almost halfway through the year and you know what that means in the retail world. Africa's Big Seven is coming up fast with its vast array of opportunities that make up this seven-in-one expo. The event menu this year includes the biennial meat industry expo - IFMA, FoodTech and DrinkTech, the Pan African Retail Exhibition and Retail Solutions Africa, among others. SAITEX will once again be running alongside AB7 at Gallagher Convention Centre. On a last note, Sealy celebrates 130 years of mattress-making - happy birthday! Shan Radcliffe, Retail editor
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HONG KONG, CHINA: New auction records for rare wines have been set in Hong Kong, after three lots, including the rare Romanée-Conti, were sold over the weekend, auctioneer Acker Merrall & Condit said. Read more >>
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 The winner of the second CaesarStone Kitchen Competition was announced, when judges Darren Bester of It Is Design and Elloise Rudman of Sharson Contractors selected Katja Johnson-Wright of Alpine German Kitchens with Lize Collins as the CaesarStone consultant. Read more >>
SA's food and beverages industry generated a total income of R3.198 billion year on year (y/y) in March, representing a 7.6% rise compared to a rise of 9.7% recorded in February, according to data released by Statistics SA on Monday, 23 May 2011. Read more >>
Associations
 Nominations for the Special Star Awards 2011, a South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) initiative, close on Wednesday 1 June 2011. There are two awards per region - Retailer of the Year and Service Provider of the Year. Read more >>
Banking & Finance
Brand news
 The Sealy mattress company was started by Daniel Haynes, a cotton gin builder from Sealy, Texas in 1881 in the town of Sealy, when filled a request for a cotton-filled mattress and then another. His business grew exponentially, which led to more innovations and several patents. Among them, a machine that compressed cotton. Read more >>
 Louis Wolthers has been appointed Managing Director of McCain SA, effective from May 2011. Read more >>
Clothing & Textiles
The first ever Durban Fashion Extravaganza, a three-day fashion show featuring Durban-born fashion designers and models will take place from 2-4 June 2011 at the Docklands Hotel and Moyo Pier from 7pm each evening. During the three days, a trunk sale will be held at the Docklands Hotel between 10am and 6pm, to provide retail space for all participating designers. Read more >>
Commercial property
Commercial property services group Broll has released its latest retail barometer for shopping centres larger than 20,000 square metres. Read more >>
Corporate Social Investment
 [Gwen Watkins] At a media launch for the Bidvest World Chefs' Tour Against Hunger, held yesterday 24 May 2011 at Punchinellos at Southern Sun Montecasino, Dr Bill Gallagher made a plea for support from corporates and the public for the forthcoming event, scheduled for 21-30 August 2011. Read more >>
Distribution
e-Commerce
South Africa's online marketplace, bidorbuy, reported a growth in its clothing, shoes and accessories section of 73% from early 2010 to the same period in 2011. Read more >>
 [Herman Manson: @marklives] A series of Facebook pages, started several years ago, has been so successful that its creator has teamed up with two friends to start a group-buying business called CityMob off the back of it. Daniel Solomon started the "I Like Cape Town" fan page on Facebook on a whim and has seen it grow to a group with over 30 000 members. Read more >>
Random House Struik, South Africa's leading publishing house, has released an initial selection of Afrikaans books for Kindle, making it the first mainstream publisher to do so. Read more >>
Exhibitions & Events
 Described as the biggest food and beverage expo on the continent, Africa's Big Seven (AB7) brings an African culinary experience to show visitors, as it takes place alongside the Southern African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX) from 17-19 July 2011 at Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand. Read more >>
 The Thailand Trade Show 2011 will take place from Thursday 30 June to Saturday 2 July 2011 at the Sandton Convention Centre to focus on showcasing Thailand-based companies looking for local buyers, agents and distributors. It is the tenth such expo, geared at promoting closer ties between South Africa and Thailand and will be officially opened by his Excellency Tharit Charungvat, the Ambassador of Thailand to South Africa. Read more >>
FMCG
Franchising
TMS Research has interviewed over 1000 individual franchisees, drawn from 14 different industry sectors, to provide a credible study on the franchising industry for the commercial strategy division of First National Bank. Read more >>
Green sustainability
Health & Safety
Hospitality
Organised by the Federated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa (FEDHASA), judges for the 2011 Imvelo Responsible Tourism Awards have been announced. Read more >>
 Announcing the opening of the new 'Best Of Wine Tourism Awards', from the Great Wine Capitals global network, South African wine industry spokesperson, André Morgenthal, said there was a new mood of optimism among local wineries. He urged local wineries to enter the awards, both to benchmark themselves against international best practice and to generate wider awareness of their offerings. The awards close for entry on Monday 20 June 2011. Read more >>
Logistics
 Volition, a subsidiary of Imperial Logistics, has acquired a majority stake in Commerce Edge, a leading procurement training and education company. Both companies have clients in Africa and the Middle East, offering a strengthened expansion focus. Read more >>
Regulatory
Research
 The annual Sunday Times Generation Next 2011 Brand Survey awards took place on Tuesday, 24 May 2011, to acknowledge the brands selected by Generation Y (between the ages of 8 and 22) as the coolest in the local youth market. Read more >>
 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] South Africa has emerged as the most valuable nation brand on the African continent in 2011, scoring a value of US$149.7 billion, distantly followed by Egypt (US$79.2 billion) and Nigeria (US$56 billion) in third place, while MTN is voted Africa's most valuable corporate brand, according to a UK-based Brand Finance study's findings released today, Wednesday 25 May 2011, in Johannesburg by the Brand Leadership Academy. Read more >>
Commenting on the most recent Statistics SA release of the liquidations and insolvencies numbers, which showed a drop of 25.5% (April 2010 - April 2011) in liquidations and a 30.6% drop in year-on-year March 2011 insolvency statistics, Adam Harris, a director in the insolvency and restructuring department of corporate law firm Bowman Gilfillan, says this could be an indication of the buoyancy of the nation's economic recovery. Read more >>
Retailers
Shipping & Transport
Technology
 [Luke McKend] The arrival of Google Street View in the winelands is only one aspect of how South African wineries and exporters are increasingly looking to technology and innovation to capture and retain new customers, both locally and globally, in a competitive and ever-changing market. Read more >>
Training
 Late last week in Cape Town, the City & Guilds presented its international Medals for Excellence to four South African students. These recognise and reward exceptional candidates who have completed their International Vocational Qualification (IVQ), comprising both theory and practical assessment, at a City & Guilds approved centre outside the UK or Ireland. Read more >>
 TORONTO, CANADA, RENTON, US: comScore, Inc and PMB Print Measurement Bureau have announced the release date of May 26 for their second fused database linking Canadians' online media habits with other media consumption data, along with product and brand usage, all in a single database. Read more >>
 LONDON, UK: Half of mobile operators planning to launch LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks will do so initially in the 2.6GHz band. Read more >>
 MONTREAL, CANADA: Although Bombardier has numerous global engineering accomplishments to its credit, the Canadian media often portrays the firm in a negative light, due to the involvement of Canadian government loan guarantees in the aeronautical bidding process. With the 2010 Olympics taking place in Vancouver, Bombardier wondered if by leveraging the momentum of Canadian pride the Olympic platform could be an opportunity to illustrate the brand's commitment to Canadian business and prosperity. Read more >>
 TEL AVIV, ISRAEL: In Israel, the renowned brand Pampers faces a unique challenge. The "un-kosher" diaper brand was competing again "kosher" brand for share in Orthodox Jewish households. Read more >>
 LONDON, UK: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service which showed that 20 million mobile users across the five leading European markets (UK, France, Spain, Germany and Italy), representing 8.5% of mobile subscribers in these markets, accessed their bank account via a mobile phone in March 2011. Read more >>
 MOSCOW, RUSSIA: MediaCom Russia has hired Sergey Khokhlov, who currently holds the position as CEO of Made, as CEO designate for MediaCom Russia, Ukraine and CIS. Read more >>
 ROLLINSVILLE, US: Rising client ad budgets, more new product launches and more client confidence about the general business environment are some of the key indicators that the advertising business is improving globally, according to a recent survey of principals of independent advertising and marketing communications agencies around the world by the ICOM global network. Read more >>
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Retail services
 Mi-Fone has become known for the creation of bespoke mobile platforms for Africa's aspiring musicians and fashion designers. Here's more on their latest offering. Read more >> Isilumko Media and the City of Johannesburg celebrated World Health Day on 07 April 2011 at the OR Tambo Clinic in Diepsloot with the launch of Health TV, a new media platform that will flight essential health messages to clinic visitors in the Greater Johannesburg area. Read more >>Retailers
 Cadbury introduced PERK, two crispy wafer chocolate bars that promises to deliver an instant energy hit. Read more >>
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 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] In line with its new motor sport leanings, Renault has introduced two new sporty-looking Mégane GT Line models to appeal to enthusiastic drivers whose credit cards can't quite stretch to the Clio Sport and Megane Cup ranges. Read more >>
 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] It might look like just another tiny Tinkerbelle designed as a fashion statement for ladies but having just been given a midlife makeover Hyundai's chirpy little i10 now has enough appeal to make it one of the top three entry-level choices on the local market. Read more >>
 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Cape Town motor racing personality Deon Joubert beat five other South African motoring heroes of the 1990's at this year's Simola Hill Climb at Knysna. Read more >>
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 [Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] Buck Rogers landed at The One&Only Hotel Cape Town in the men's area of the Spa. He may have also visited the women's wet spa area but as I haven't, I can't say. Read more >>
 Le Touessrok, flagship of Sun Resorts and member of The Leading Hotels of the World, has been named 'Best Hotel in the Indian Ocean' by The Daily Telegraph's luxury travel magazine, Ultratravel. Read more >>
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 [Corné Krige] A couple of weeks ago I was very worried about the Springboks chances in this year's World Cup. The reason for my concern was that the senior players in most of the franchises were struggling with their form. This was escalated by the fact that Bulls were struggling for form and that many of the Springboks going to the World Cup would come from their ranks. Read more >>
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 OppiKoppi 17, the "Unknown Brother" Festival will be held from 5 to 7 August, 2011, at OppiKoppi Farm, Northam, Limpopo Province, has announced its initial line-up of performers. Read more >>
 The SAMA organisers have congratulated the winners at the 17th MTN South African Music Awards, held recently at Montecasino. Over 5000 guests and members of the public attended the ceremony and the performances were broadcast live on SABC1, as well as by a live webcast backstage show. Read more >>
 [Johann Smith] I once had the privilege of having a tête-à-tête with Hannes Smith, Namibian journalist, muckraker, animal lover and enigma, in his late stages of Alzheimer's. Of the many colourful stories and anecdotes of Hitler and the first tarred road he recalled in his 50 years of reporting, he told me of a bitter-sweet affair of his first love. Midway through, he stopped. Waiting with an insatiable urge, I implored him to carry on. He replied with those tear-filled glassy eyes that only elderly folks have and muttered to the ceiling: "Do you want me to cry?" Read more >>
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- Physically challenged chess tournament Gauteng Braille Chess - Pretoria, 4 June
- 50% discount sale Princess Christian Home - Pretoria, 4 June
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- Social investment leaders forum GreaterCapital - Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, 7 June
- Markex - Johannesburg, 7 June
- African marketing show - Jeremy Maggs Future Publishing - Illovo, Johannesburg, 8 June
- E-marketing and social media - hospitality/tourism Britefire - Johannesburg, 9 June
- Jewellery-making Stellenbosch University - Stellenbosch, 13 June
- Moving to mobile Buzzcity - Johannesburg, 14 June
- SAARF® LSM training - 2011 SAARF - Johannesburg, 14 June
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