| 10 Oct 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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Cheque, mate!I suspect the R-word is officially verboten in most SA households after yesterday's narrow defeat... and many of us are doing what South Africans do best in these situations - drowning our sorrows in an ice cold beer. So, if you're looking for the perfect draught after the perfect disaster, I suggest you get Xolani Sidinana, SA's official Stella Artois' Draught Master, to pour you one. And then call yourself a cab home...! Cheers! Shan Radcliffe, Retail editor
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 [Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] Population growth, rapid urbanisation, adoption of new technologies, unlocking of abundant resources and the deepening of the financial sector are the five major trends that are set to drive Africa's economic growth, Simon Freemantle, Standard Bank Africa senior analyst, told a media roundtable in Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday, Thursday 6 October 2011. Read more >>
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 [Anice Hassim] A few months ago, I had the privilege of watching a "Steve-note" live, as Steve Jobs introduced iOS 5.0, Lion and iCloud at Apple's WorldWide Developer Conference in San Francisco. As he entered, the room erupted in an outpouring of love as 5000 developers and Apple people paid homage to an icon of our age. Read more >>
 [Walter Pike] If you visit apple.com today, Thursday, 6 October 2011, you will be greeted with a black and white picture with the title "Steve Jobs (1955 -2011)" - a simple elegant tribute to a legend, a master marketer who understood that the brand is built by the customers' experience and by what they tell their friends. He also understood how to look at the world and totally disregard the status quo and reinvent it afresh. Read more >>
[Sharda Naidoo] Diversified Turkish conglomerates are on the acquisitions prowl in SA, stalking listed and private companies in the construction, fast-moving consumer goods and infrastructure sectors. Read more >>
Banking & Finance
The average cash withdrawal values across South Africa for September 2011 was R414, 1.97% up on August's average withdrawal of R406, as measured by the Spark Cash Index (SCI). Read more >>
Brand news
 Clover Industries (CFR) has embarked on a rebranding initiative that entrenches the "Way Better" theme across its product line and throughout all of its operations, from the "All You Need" pay-off line that they used previously. Read more >>
Clothing & Textiles
SA's clothing industry has crossed the Rubicon. It has secured a three-year wage deal that will allow it to pay new entrants into the workforce 20%-30% less than existing workers. Read more >>
Commercial property
 Resilient Property Income Fund, one of the largest retail property investors in the Mpumalanga and Limpopo province, started development yesterday, 3 October 2011, on the new Burgersfort Mall regional shopping centre, scheduled to open in April 2013. Read more >>
Corporate Social Investment
e-Commerce
The final round of the 2011 South African E-Commerce Awards has produced the top 20 websites in South Africa. These awards have been designed by Jump Shopping to recognise and reward those companies and organisations that have demonstrated excellence using the Internet, with specific emphasis on e-commerce. Read more >>
Exhibitions & Events
 Fresh RM, a market leading specialist exhibition organiser in the food, drink and hospitality sectors, announced yesterday, 5 October 2011, the African launch of its leading global food and drink event, IFE, to take place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg from 18-20 September 2013. Read more >>
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Franchising
[Nomsa Masuku] Micro franchising could be an effective way to reduce the high failure rate among micro enterprises, because franchise businesses are subject to specific operational processes that make them sustainable. Read more >>
KFC SA on Friday, 7 October 2011, said it had become aware of a falsified promotional pamphlet lobbying for potential new franchisees on its behalf. Read more >>
The finalists in the 2011 FASA Awards for Excellence in Franchising, now in its 21st year and presented by the Franchise Association of South Africa, have been released ahead of the awards ceremony taking place on Saturday 15 October at Montecasino where the winners in each category will be announced. Read more >>
Green sustainability
The results from the Ogilvy Earth South Africa Sustainability Survey, designed to see how aware people are and what their attitudes are towards sustainability and environmental issues, indicate that 85% of respondents would boycott a company or brand if they suspected it was acting in an irresponsible or damaging way towards its people, its community or its environment. Read more >>
Health & Safety
[Zeenat Moorad] SA has an important role to play in the global food system, and never before in history has the country been so well-positioned to advance in food safety, according to the Wal-Mart's Vice President of Food Safety. Read more >>
Following an advisory notice SGA Trading, suppliers of multi-plugs to Woolworths, the retailer is requesting customers to return any a 6- or 10-way multi-plug (batch-codes: YD-6NS2; YD-5NS and barcodes: 6009101821518; 6009101821525) purchased any time since September 2011. Read more >>
Hospitality
 Late last week, the Sunday Times 2011 Food Awards, in association with Foodcorp, was celebrated in Cape Town, as the winners were announced, culminating in the award of Sunday Times Chef of the Year, which went to Wynand van Rooyen from the Mount Nelson in Cape Town. Read more >>
Manufacturing
Packaging
 The 2011 Pentawards, held on 29 September 2011 in New York was a sell-out, as 25 countries were represented at this awards ceremony for the best packaging in the world. Read more >>
Regulatory
[Stephen Hollis] Since the late 90s, global record sales have fallen dramatically while the entertainment industry has grown exponentially. This is because the internet has spawned a direct distribution system of content to consumers and created a competition monster for music retailers and distributors. Today, one in 20 downloads is estimated to be legal. Read more >>
Research
Vehicle sales in September registered strong gains, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (NAAMSA) said. Read more >>
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Leading retailer group TFG (The Foschini Group) has bought niche luxury menswear brand Fabiani, effective from 1 October 2011. Established in 1978 by Arie Fabian and renowned for the exceptional cut of its suits, highest quality fabric and powerful design details, it expanded its offer to include casual clothing, shoes and fashion accessories and is considered one of the leaders in the luxury menswear market. Fabian will join the group as the brand director. Read more >>
[Zeenat Moorad] Discount retailer The Crazy Store (TCS), plans to expand its footprint and cash-in on Africa's burgeoning middle class. Read more >>
Supply chain
Seizures of counterfeit goods are reportedly increasing by 46% annually, which makes the manufacturing of counterfeit goods one of the fastest growing industries worldwide. This is according to Nishan Singh, senior associate and counterfeiting expert at attorneys Adams & Adams, who adds that in August 2011, SARS seized 66 000 counterfeit rugby jerseys, with an estimated street value of R43 million. Read more >>
Technology
Training
SANTIAGO / NEW YORK: The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago and the Vale Columbia Centre on Sustainable International Investment (VCC) at Columbia University in New York have released the results of their first annual survey of outward investors from Chile. Read more >>
 CANNES: According to Disney Media Networks co-chair and Disney/ABC Television Group president Anne Sweeney, the global television audience will grow to 3.7 billion people this year and television viewing will increase by 140 billion hours in 2011. "Television is the medium around which all others revolve," she told MIPCOM delegates in Cannes this week. Read more >>
NEW DELHI: India, on Wednesday 5 October 2011, launched its long-awaited "computer for the masses", unveiling a US$46 tablet device designed to bring the information technology revolution to tens of millions of students. Read more >>
SEOUL: South Korea's Samsung Electronics said, on Wednesday 5 October 2011, it would seek a ban in France and Italy on sales of Apple's newly released iPhone, in the latest round of its legal battle with the US technology giant. Read more >>
NEW YORK: Yahoo shares surged on Wednesday 5 October 2011, driven by speculation that Microsoft would lodge a new bid for the web giant, more than three years after being rejected. Read more >>
 Millions of computer users, along with business leaders, colleagues, employees, friends and, ofcourse his family are all mourning the loss of Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs, who died of pancreatic cancer after fighting a long battle with the disease. Read more >>
GENEVA: Newspapers will disappear and be replaced by digital versions by 2040, the UN intellectual property agency's chief said in an interview published Monday (3 October 2011). Read more >>
 LONDON: The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) recently announced the publication of its latest white paper, "Building Permission Based Mobile Marketing". The white paper explains what permission based mobile marketing is, how it works and the benefits to consumers, brands, agencies and mobile network operators. Read more >>
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Logistics
IMPERIAL Logistics has received two Diamond Arrow Awards at the 2011 Professional Management Review (PMR) Awards. Read more >> Leading wheel and tyre retailer, Tiger Wheel & Tyre, is once again teaming up with The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) on a blood drive throughout the month of October. This comes just in time for the countdown to the festive season, when available blood stocks will more than likely not meet the demand. Read more >>In celebration of the eighth birthday of the Volition brand, the organisation has produced a book entitled "Making Business Better: A Selection of Supply Chain Improvements Projects". This book showcases a collection of supply chain business improvement projects managed and executed by Volition in partnership with its clients over the years. Read more >>
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 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] A mixed bag of 10 French, Italian, German and Korean vehicles have made it through to the finals for the 2012 South African Car of the Year competition. The finalists were determined in a vote by the full members and a jury made up of 30 selected members of the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ). Read more >>
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] New car sales of 37 832 units during September were 26.2% up on the same month last year thanks to a strong demand from car rental companies which accounted for 21.4% of total new car sales. Of the total number of new cars sold in September, one out of every five were acquired by the car rental industry. Read more >>
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 [Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] The Grace Hotel, Rosebank, the high bar for bespoke luxury and personalised service in Johannesburg, that shut its doors earlier this year, has successfully been acquired by Southern Sun Hotels. Read more >>
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 [Corné Krige] I am only 36 years old, but one of the many valuable lessons I have learned is that life isn't fair. Sometime you get things when you don't deserve them and other times when you absolutely deserve it then you don't get it. This was the case on Sunday morning when the Springboks played Australia in Wellington, New Zealand. Read more >>
 The nominees for the premier category of the 2011 Eat Out DStv Food Network Restaurant Awards have been announced. This year there are also six new categories: Best Asian Restaurant, Best Italian Restaurant, Best Steakhouse, Best Country-Style Restaurant and Best Bistro as well as the Boschendal Style Award for the most stylish restaurant. Read more >>
 The Rock the River SA New Year's Festival will take place from 31 December to 2 January at the Cape Town Ostrich Ranch, 20 minutes' drive from Cape Town on the N7, towards the West Coast. More than 100 acts expected to attend, including Fokofpolisiekar and Hog Hoggidy Hog. Read more >>
 [Justin Williams] Pollsmoor Prison is a high security prison situated in Cape Town's southern suburbs, which we know to be one of the most violent in the world, thanks to TV shows such as Ross Kemp's episode on life inside the prison, as well as many others that highlight the negative aspects of life behind the bars at Pollsmoor. Read more >>
 [Corné Krige] What an incredible week in World Cup rugby. The competition really was set alight by shocking news and phenomenal games. The shocking news is that New Zealand's match winner Dan Carter will take no further part in the World Cup. Read more >>
 Band of Skulls, the British rock band, will be the headline act for the main stage on Saturday night, 8 October, and the French electro duo Mustard Pimp will be the main act for the Red Bull Studio Live Electronic Stage on Friday night, 7 October 2011. Read more >>
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