| 25 Jul 2011 |
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Retail, Associations, Banking & Finance, Brand news, Clothing & Textiles, Cold chain, Commercial property, CRM, CSI, Distribution, e-Commerce, Exhibitions & Events, FMCG, Franchising, Green sustainability, Health & Safety, Hospitality, Import/Export, Informal retailing, Instore, Logistics, Manufacturing, Merchandising, Packaging, Refrigeration, Regulatory, Research, Retail marketing, Retail services, Retail trends, Retailers, Security, Shipping & Transport, Shopfitting, Supply chain, Technology, Training
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Retail
 Last week, the Bizcommunity/Chai FM Media & Marketing radio show, hosted by Kevin Fine on Wednesday, 20 July 2011, 6pm-7pm on 101.9 FM in Johannesburg, included the importance of supply chains and sponsorships, and how luxury brands survived the recession. The podcast is now available. Read more >>
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The Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC) decision to leave the repo rate unchanged has been welcomed by property and financial institutions. Read more >>
Turkey's Arcelik Group announced today, Thursday 21 July 2011, that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Defy Appliances, the leading home appliances manufacturer in southern Africa, from Franke Holding for an undisclosed sum. Read more >>
Lonrho Plc has acquired the business of Grindrod PCA from Grindrod (South Africa) for R50 million (£4.5 million) in cash. The acquisition has been unconditionally approved by the South African Competition Committee. Read more >>
South African retail trade sales at constant (2008) prices for May recorded 0.0% growth year on year (y/y) after a revised 10.0% (9.8%) growth in April, figures released today, Wednesday 20 July 2011, by Statistics SA showed. Read more >>
[Annaleigh Vallie] Premier Foods said yesterday, 18 July 2011, that it had concluded a major restructuring process that would see private equity firm Brait become a long-term shareholder and Kobus Gertenbach join the group from Brait. Read more >>
 [Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] It is believed that South African top retailers - a group including Pick n Pay, Shoprite and Spar - are terrified of the arrival of Walmart in SA, as the US retail giant makes a 'triumphal entry', bringing a huge dose of expertise and innovation to the African retail market. But one global retail expert, Simon Mathers, has urged SA retail groups not to be scared and to just do things right. [video] Read more >>
Banking & Finance
Reserve Bank Governor, Gill Marcus, has announced that the repo rate has remained unchanged at 5.5%, while the prime lending rate stays the same at 9%. Read more >>
In a claimed first for South African banking, FNB launched yesterday 20 July 2011, a banking app for smartphones and tablet computer devices. Currently it will be available on Android devices with V2.1 and above, Apple devices such as iPhone, iPad and iPod and Blackberry touch devices. Nokia Symbian is expected to be covered before the end of August 2011. Read more >>
Brand news
Clothing & Textiles
[Zeenat Moorad] The inaugural 46664 Apparel range is headed to retail department store Stuttafords, five months after the licence deal between Nelson Mandela's multifaceted global campaign, 46664, and SA's biggest clothing and textile manufacturer, Seardel, was announced. Read more >>
Corporate Social Investment
CRM
 By giving an online, cloud-based shopping platform more user details, shoppers can reduce the prices of good on offer. The British company, madai, uses sophisticated applications that can be easily integrated with any website or social network. Read more >>
Distribution
 IFFCO Worldwide, a United Arab Emirates-based international group, which manufactures and markets a well-integrated range of mass-market food products, related derivatives, intermediates and services, has stepped up its marketing activities in its new South African office. Read more >>
e-Commerce
 [Herman Manson: @marklives] Kim Reid, diplomatically perhaps, doesn't care what the competition of his online retail venture, Takealot.com, is up to. The ecommerce market in South Africa is so nascent that it makes more sense to focus on successfully implementing your own strategy and building your own business, rather than fretting about what other players are doing, he says. Read more >>
 "Merchants are tired of being sold 'clicks to a website', when what they really want are customer transactions and revenues," states David Strebinger, CEO of Wantsa, an international deal exchange that creates and distributes deals that benefit consumers, merchants and publishers. Read more >>
Exhibitions & Events
The fourth Retail Risk conference, aimed at assisting retail and security professionals to protect their retail business property, assets and customers, will take place on 4 August 2011 at The Campus in Bryanston, Sandton. Read more >>
The China Africa Business Forum will bring together trade and industry professionals, investors and diplomatic representatives to discuss and pave the way forward for increased trade between African and Chinese businesses. It will be held at Gallagher Convention Centre on October 20 2011. Read more >>
FMCG
Green sustainability
Hospitality
 The recently formed South African Sommelier Association (SASA) is fully behind The Bollinger Exceptional Wine Service Award, which will be held in early August 2011 in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Some of its members will be judges at the competition, which has announced the ten semi-finalists for this year. Read more >>
Import/Export
Informal retailing
 On 30-31 July 2011, Capitec will create a Swapping Mall, inside Atlas Studios in Johannesburg, to celebrate National Savings Month and encourage South Africans to swap unwanted goods, rather than buy new ones. Read more >>
Packaging
 [Stephen Beattie] With more than 3500 wine producers fighting for consumers' attention in South Africa, it is imperative that wine labels should stand out from the crowd, however, packaging is an often-overlooked or neglected product differentiator. Read more >>
Regulatory
Government has lodged an application seeking a review for the approval of the Wal-Mart/Massmart merger. Read more >>
[Paul Vecchiatto] Last minute legal advice altered the terms of reference of Parliament's public hearings into the 16.5 billion rand takeover of Massmart by Wal-Mart, rendering them all but moot. Read more >>
Research
Retail services
Retailers
[Zeenat Moorad] The SA Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) on Tuesday, 19 July 2011, lashed out at what it called an "unwarranted and unprecedented" attack on its integrity by the retailer Pick n Pay's (PIK) operations director Neal Quirk and a labour market analyst, Andrew Levy. Read more >>
Shipping & Transport
The income from freight transportation for the three months to May increased by 13.9% compared with the three months ended May 2010, Statistics SA's data showed today, Monday, 25 July 2011. Read more >>
[Andries Mahlangu] Shell SA says it is managing to sustain fuel deliveries from its Alberton depot in Gauteng with the support from the South African Police Service vehicle escorts, although the situation remains unpredictable. Read more >>
Supply chain
Technology
 The Federal Drug & Food Administration (FDA) has approved a green alternative to pasteurisation and chemicals, the commercial use of ultraviolet light for the liquid purification of fruit juices to remove, reduce or inactivate pathogenic organisms. Read more >>
Training
 LONDON, UK: Vodafone's 2Q results provide concrete proof that increased data usage and the increasing popularity of smartphones provide operators with the opportunity to create a robust and sustainable new period of growth amid declining voice revenues, says Paul Lambert, Senior Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media. Read more >>
More International news...
Associations
Consumer Goods Council CEO, Mncane Mthunzi, will be leaving the employment of the CGCSA at the end of August 2011 to join Massmart as their Group Supplier Development Executive. Read more >>Logistics
IMPERIAL Logistics International subsidiary, Panopa has expanded its Eastern European operations, establishing Panopa Logistik Magyar Kft in Kecskemét, Read more >>Retail services
An increasing number of South African companies are realising the benefits of using an online pest control management system and are signing up for Rentokil's exclusive PestNetOnline system. Read more >>Shipping & Transport
 The multicarrier aspect of IFS SmartFreight excels in the production of compliant carrier documentation with labels being clear, precise and well formatted. Having the ability to quickly check on previous despatches by date, volume, delivery address has allowed for a better response to customer service department enquiries. Read more >>
 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Chevrolet South Africa has added a Big Easy to its local line-up in the shape of an all-new, family-friendly, easy-riding Orlando MPV seven-seater Read more >>
 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Improving on a model series that has sold more than one million units world-wide since 2007 is no easy task but one which the white coats at Mercedes-Benz seemed to have accomplished with aplomb after taking on the challenge of making the face-lifted C-Class range, which has just released in this country, prettier, safer, more tech savvy and friendlier to Planet Earth. Read more >>
More Motoring news...
 [Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] The Protea Hotel North Wharf is really geared to longer stays, when having a fully fitted kitchen with dishwasher, washing machine and dryer comes as a godsend. What you can save on room service and laundry really makes this property very competitive. Read more >>
 NEWSWATCH: According to a Fin24 report, millions of litres of groundwater is leaking into the underground tunnels used by the Gautrain and there are growing concerns about the impact this will have on the environment. An environmental impact study was due to have been submitted to the Department of Water Affairs in March 2011. Read more >>
More Travel news...
 [Sindy Peters: Africa editor] I turned down tickets to see Kylie Minogue live in Cape Town in order to take a culinary trip to Greece at The Grand Café & Beach in Granger Bay. This fusion-driven restaurant always seems to produce the most divine starters and yet falters when it comes to the main course. This month's trip to Greece, though, improved much on June's rather ordinary sojourn in France. Read more >>
More BizLounge news...
- SAB appoints social media agency - more info
- RedStar Communication wins Nina Jarebrink account - more info
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- Finance for directors Institute of Directors in Southern Africa - Sandton, 25 July
- Consumer protection act workshop CGCSA - Johannesburg/Durban/Cape Town, 26 July
- Search engine marketing Britefire - Cape Town, 29 July
- Baby health and wellness workshop Pink Olive Marketing & Events - Cape Town, 30 July
- Free manicure and pedicure course The Nail Institute - Krugersdorp, 1 August
- Tell sell compel Training Shop - Johannesburg, 2 August
- Mac conversion course AAA School of Advertising - Johannesburg, 6 August
- Photoshop - the digital darkroom 2B Studio - Johannesburg, 8 August
- Free communications workshop offered Full Circle Communications - Milnerton, 10 August
- Photoshop for beginners 2B Studio - Johannesburg, 10 August
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