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And... strut!Coming up on the catwalk this September are the creations of the 2011 Elle New Talent Design Award finalists. One young designer is no stranger to the competition - Kutloano Molokomme made the top 7 in last year's awards. Good luck to all the promising couturiers - may the best designer win! With our 10th birthday celebrations all but over, we only have a few last prizes to give away to our lucky, loyal fans. So without further ado, congratulations to Ridhwaana Baradien, winner of the online UCT marketing course, and Lauren Kruger who scored the UCT Photoshop course! A Biz thank you to everyone who wished us well and joined our party last week. We love you guys and look forward to celebrating the next 10 years with your support! Shan Radcliffe, Retail editor
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Retail
 The 2011 CFR SA Best Employers Awards announced on 24 August 2011, saw 69 organisations accredited as Best Employers in 2011, a 20% increase from 2010. Microsoft SA was ranked No 1 Best Employer followed by Accenture, SAP South Africa, Unilever SA, Ernst & Young, Vodacom, Netcare, Peninsula Beverage Company, Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs and Procter & Gamble. Read more >>
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 Bryan Boy, world-renowned fashion blogger, will hand over the Best Fashion Blogger Award at this year's Marie Claire Prix d'Excellence de la Mode awards on 31 August 2011 in Johannesburg and conduct blogging workshops and store visits at Sunglass Hut. Read more >>
[Luke Marowitz] South Africa was a net exporter of food until 2009, when the country was forced to seek alternative sources to meet increased domestic demand. The strengthening of the rand has helped avoid dramatic increases in food prices so far. Read more >>
Associations
 The results in the recently published Human Rights Watch report entitled 'Ripe with Abuse: Human Rights Conditions in South Africa's Fruit and Wine Industries', has been challenged by Su Birch, CEO of Wines of South Africa (WOSA). Read more >>
Banking & Finance
 The African Banker Awards have released the shortlist of nominees for the 2011 competition. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on the 23rd September in Washington DC, during the World Bank/IMF meetings. Read more >>
Brand news
[Rob Enderle] Sun Tzu has been dead for thousands of years, and he is still required reading in military and business courses. People, products, companies and countries pass, but knowledge is often sustained. Steve Jobs' unique approach to product strategy - and it really is product strategy - could outlast the country, let alone Apple. And I think it should, because it is that brilliant. Read more >>
Clothing & Textiles
The finalists of the 2011 Elle New Talent Design Award will have their collections come to life on the runway at the Elle New Talent Design Awards at Crowne Plaza, The Rosebank Hotel on 22 September 2011. Read more >>
Commercial property
 Anaprop Property Management has announced the opening of Phase 2 of Mall@Carnival on 22 September 2011 and the launch of the Piazza area at Mall@Reds during October 2011, as part of its regional shopping mall expansion. Read more >>
Corporate Social Investment
 Place in the Sun, a new Fairtrade-accredited range of wines, was recently launched as a means of accelerating community upliftment amongst farm workers. The concept aspires to advance production and trading conditions to benefit smallholders, farm workers and disadvantaged employees. Read more >>
Distribution
 The partnership between Yangzhou Perfect, a division of Perfect (China) Co and Leopard's Leap Wines will see nearly 2.9 million bottles of South African wine shipped to China by June 2012. Read more >>
e-Commerce
 Adding to the group buying craze is the newly launched Twister Lifestyle South Africa, a printed coupon book with a free web subscription that has daily updated specials for a year. It reportedly offers R100 000 worth of special deals. Read more >>
Exhibitions & Events
 In its fifth year, the Pick n Pay Taste of Joburg, in association with Orbit Sugarfree Chewing Gum, will take place 15-18 September 2011 at the Montecasino outdoor event area. It offers visitors French, Spanish, Afro-Asian, African, Italian and Indian cuisine amongst others. Read more >>
 [Sindy Peters] Unilever held the launch of its new Skip concentrated liquid detergent in Cape Town last night, 25 August 2011, at the Lampside Court at the V&A Waterfront. Themed "Art, fashion and re-invention", the event featured an impressive art installation, fashion from David Tlale, Malcolm Kluk and Monsoon and the sounds of jazz pop artist Auriol Hays. Read more >>
 Urban food security will be tackled at the Green Building Council of South Africa's (GBCSA) education day that precedes its fourth annual convention and exhibition in Cape Town from 26-28 October 2011. Urban geographer and UCT academic, Dr Jane Battersby, on behalf of African Food Security Urban Network (AFSUN), will join a team of ecologists, nutritionists, researchers and other thought-leaders in provocative workshops and talks exploring the vital role that urban planning can have in feeding the future. Read more >>
FMCG
Hospitality
The total income generated by the food and beverages industry in South Africa was down 0.9% to 3.011 billion rand in June 2011 compared with the corresponding period last year, Statistics SA said on Monday, 22 August 2011. Read more >>
Import/Export
 [Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] From a sleeping giant disabled by the ghosts of war, socio-political intolerance, neo-colonialism and human exploitation, Angola has risen to become one of Africa's emerging economic heavyweights and is now at a crossroads of history. Research shows that BRICS - Brazil, (the main culprit), China, India, and lately South Africa and to a minor extent Russia - feature strongly in the list of countries that are driving Angola's rise to the riches. Read more >>
Logistics
Manufacturing
The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose to 8.9% in July, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Thursday, 25 August 2011. Read more >>
Merchandising
With a little insight and attention to detail, retailers can go a long way towards bettering the experience for their customers and ultimately boost sales. Read more >>
Packaging
[Yolandé van der Riet] When reviewing food labels, it is useful to move into the position of a consumer and ask whether we understand "What do these labels communicate to us?"; "What does this information really mean?" and "In terms of the law, what should appear on foodstuff labels?" Read more >>
Regulatory
Research
Commenting on the sharp 50.8% decline in the number of liquidations for the three months to July 2011, versus the three months to July 2010, released on 22 August by Statistics South Africa, Adam Harris, director in the insolvency and restructuring department, Bowman Gilfillan, says these are instructive. Read more >>
Retail marketing
Retailers
South African supermarket group Pick n Pay on Thursday, 25 August 2011, welcomed the decision by the Federal Court of Australia to dismiss an application by the Australian competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), seeking to prevent Metcash from acquiring Franklins from Pick n Pay. Read more >>
[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] HP has opened a store-in-store (SIS) inside the Dion Wired in Woodmead, Johannesburg, where most of its new laptops equipped with 'Beat Audio' are being sold. The launch took place last night, Wednesday 24 August 2011, at the Woodmead Retail Park. Read more >>
Security
 Though the technology of fingerprint scanners controlled access reduces losses caused by clocking fraud and unauthorised access, the costs have been high. The launch of a new affordable system will give smaller operations access to all the advantages of fingerprint-based security. Read more >>
Technology
 SYDNEY: Electronics giant Samsung Monday, 29 August 2011, said it would launch a counter claim against US firm Apple in Australia as part of a dispute between the rival companies over tablet computers. Read more >>
 PARIS: A French publisher who had battled in court to stop Google from publishing books online without permission said on Thursday, 25 August 2011, it had come to terms and entered a partnership with the US-based Internet giant. Read more >>
LONDON: A British television channel said that it has commissioned an hour-long satire based on the phone-hacking scandal engulfing tabloid newspapers, politicians and the police. Read more >>
Though cloud computing has broadened our horizons, it has also exposed us to a range of new Internet security threats. Read more >>
 TOKYO: Japanese telecom giant Softbank on Friday (26 August 2011) said it was selling the bulk of its holdings in US Internet firm Yahoo! to Citibank in repayment of a 2004 loan. Read more >>
 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: If there is one thing everybody outside Sweden knows about the Swedes, it is that they are joyously uninhibited when it comes to sexuality. Funny, sexy Swedish adverts mainstays of late-night comedy shows on TV stations around the world. Read more >>
 MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, announces its successful results of business growth in the US and European markets for the first half of 2011. Read more >>
 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Australia's biggest movie magazine, Empire, marks its 10th anniversary this month with a 20-page feature celebrating the major movie events of the past decade. Read more >>
 LONDON, UK: PwC report urges manufacturers to protect, prepare and plan against a ticking time bomb of financial instability. Read more >>
 RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 180 million US Internet users watched online video content in July for an average of 18.5 hours per viewer. The total US Internet audience engaged in a record 6.9 billion viewing sessions. Read more >>
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FMCG
 Elizabeth Arden recently announced the appointment of three dedicated makeup artists as part of its refocus on colour. Read more >>It seems the old adage "you are what you eat" may not be quite accurate. It isn't what you eat, but rather how much, and how many kilojoules you consume. Read more >>Logistics
Significantly improved returns on equity have been recorded for the group, especially from the vehicle and industrial product distribution, financial services and autoparts industries. Read more >>Logistics capacity constraints in the United States (US), one indicator of the pace of economic recovery, continue to point to the prolonged aftermath of the Recession. At the same time, such constraints pressurise logistics and supply chain management businesses globally as the Western World continues to struggle with sovereign debt and markets fear a second recession. Read more >>
 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The Hyundai Elantra badge tends generally to conjure up an image of a rather boring, soulless car one would expect to find in car rental company fleets - certainly not the kind of wheels that could ever be described as stylish or classy, let alone sexy or desirable. Read more >>
 Team Ford Racing will be hoping to continue their impressive results as they head to East London for the sixth round of the Bridgestone Production Car Championship. Read more >>
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 [Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] The four-star rated Park Inn, Sandton delivers a lot of dash for not too much cash. We were surprised at how pleasant the hotel was, despite our gravitating towards five-star stays. Read more >>
More Travel news...
 [Corné Krige] It's hard to believe that it is four years since we won our second World Cup in France. So much has happened since then and rugby has changed dramatically. This fact was evident on Saturday when the All Blacks played the last game of the Tri-Nations. This also happened to be the first game in which you can really say that both sides were at full strength. What a phenomenal game it turned out to be and it was a sign of the quality of rugby we can expect at the World Cup in two weeks time. Read more >>
 [Max Huggins] So, you love getting out on the open road and pushing your body to the limit as you tackle the steep inclines of the city's highways and byways? Or maybe you love the thrill of pitting your skills against nature as you navigate boulders, bushes and gloriously grubby mud puddles? Either way, if cycling's in your blood we know how much you love your bike and all the bits that go with it. Read more >>
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 aKing, the Jesse Clegg Band, Plush front man Rory Eliot and singer-songwriter Josie Field are among the artists who will be performing at this year's White Mountain Festival, which is being held between 29 September and 2 October, 2011, at the White Mountain Lodge near Giant's Castle in the Central Drakensberg. Read more >>
 [Sindy Peters: Africa editor] Imagine a romantic movie without the French kissing, an action flick without the guns blazing, a drama without the climactic monologue - bleak right? Now imagine a comedy without the main ingredient; the funny. It's become apparent that the Happy Madison movie-making factory has run dry on humour - the production that is Zookeeper attests to this. Read more >>
 International star Julio Iglesias will be performing at the Big Top Arena, Carnival City, Joburg, on 5 and 6 November, before moving on to the GrandWest Casino, Cape Town on 8 November 2011. Read more >>
 Wrigley's 5 Gum has been announced as the presenting sponsor of this year's Rocking The Daisies Festival, which will be held between 7 and 9 October, 2011. Jack Parow is among the artists already committed to performing. Read more >>
 [Jordan Scott] James Cairns in one-man show Dirt plays three very different characters: Wayne, who is a small-and-squeaky man, and who is a bit of a nerd; then there is Sam, who is an egotistic womaniser who believes he is all that and a bag of chips; the third character is Grant, whose wife and new baby are driving him to distraction and, finally, Tom the dog. Read more >>
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"A girl should be two things, Classy and Fabulous. (via Fashion Quotes)" - Coco Chanel "The goal I seek is to have people refine their style through my clothing without having them become victims of fashion. (via All Great Quotes)" - Giorgio Armani "If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies.... It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it. (via Quote Garden)" - Albert Einstein "If cuts have to be made, the question then becomes which expenditure adds the least value? This is possibly what drives companies to reduce their advertising expenditure - simply because they do not understand its full value and especially as it is usually the single biggest investment on the balance sheet. (via Warc)" - Paul Dyson "In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and profits. Unless you've got a good team, you can't do much with the other two. (via Think exist)" - Lee Iacocca
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