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Shop-hoppingThis morning, the winners of Jump Shopping's annual E-Commerce Awards were named, in what organisers say has been the biggest year for the competition yet. Bid or Buy was voted as the public's favourite site as well as Best E-Commerce Services Website, while Yuppiechef won Best E-Commerce Store Award and Best Shopping Process Award for the second year running. Although the findings of the SA Competition Appeals Court hearings for the Wal-Mart/Massmart merger have yet to be released, the US retail giant has scored a win over the border in Namibia. Back on the home range, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says government is happy that Wal-Mart has chosen to invest in South Africa. Happy Monday, kids! Shan Radcliffe, Retail editor
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[Marc Hasenfuss] Are smaller retail counters - known as alternative retailers - worth bagging for longer-term yields? Read more >>
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 The wool market continued its upward trend at this week's sale and the Cape Wools Merino indicator gained 3.9% on last week to close at R104.03/kg (clean) - an increase of 13% on the opening sale. Read more >>
 [Zeenat Moorad] With the festive season around the corner, Africa's largest retailer, Shoprite is optimistic that consumers will continue to spend despite high levels of personal debt and escalating living expenses. Read more >>
Associations
Limpopo Young Professionals Network (LYPN), founded initially in Johannesburg by group of young professionals from Limpopo, will host its first seminar in Meropa Casino, Polokwane, on Saturday 5 November 2011. It has teamed up with corporates Old Mutual, iWYZE, Mangwanani Spa and Greys Personnel (Polokwane) to host a successful seminar, which is set to ignite positive attitude from young professionals. Read more >>
The Southern African Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association's (SAVRALA) members, representing over 450 000 vehicles, have agreed not to register their vehicles for e-tags until their concerns over toll roads have been addressed. Read more >>
Banking & Finance
Brand news
Impala beer, made from cassava, will be brewed in Mozambique by SABMiller's local subsidiary, Cervejas de Mocambique (CDM), marking the latest step in the group's ambition to create a portfolio of high-quality, affordable beers, made by using locally-sourced raw materials, for lower income consumers in Africa. The group first invested in CDM in 1995. Read more >>
Clothing & Textiles
 The second StyleSociety Pop up Boutique will be held on Saturday 3 December 2011 at the Fire and Ice Hotel in Cape Town from 9.30am, closing at 5.30pm. This event follows the innovative, international way of shopping that offers discerning shoppers the opportunity to stay ahead of trends by securing fashionable buys at great discounted prices from a handpicked selection of local designers and international brands. Read more >>
Commercial property
 In response to demand from both retailers and shoppers, the successful Pan Africa Shopping Centre in Alexandra will expand the centre by 2 500 square metres. The expansion begins this month and is scheduled for completion in April 2012. Read more >>
With volatility and uncertainty becoming common features of financial markets, investors continue to seek stable investment opportunities in the commercial property sector, according to Rael Levitt, CEO of Auction Alliance. Read more >>
Corporate Social Investment
CRM
 [Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] There is no question that a little bit of serendipity goes a long way in creating a great shopping experience. And, more than anything else, a great shopping experience brings customers back. And serendipity - that pleasant, unexpected surprise - is staring retailers in the face, if they'd only just look for it. Read more >>
e-Commerce
 The winners of the 2011 E-Commerce Awards were released earlier today, 7 November 2011, by competition organisers, Jump Shopping. This year contenders were encouraged to engage with their communities to gain votes. Over 120 000 public votes were cast during the 2011 competition, making these awards the biggest one yet. Read more >>
indhi Fashion Design Studio, a Cape Town based fashion label owned by Mel Brookes-Samuels, and dual city fashion blog, Boguslavskysisters.com, are partnering to create exclusive fashion outfits for the sisters to sell online. Read more >>
Exhibitions & Events
 Cape Town Entrepreneurship Week (CTEW), 15-21 November 2011, forms part of Cape Town Activa, the City's broader entrepreneurship and small business development strategy. This has built upon the success of Barcelona Activa and focuses on stimulating new business growth and innovation. Read more >>
FMCG
Health & Safety
Hospitality
Manufacturing
Beige Holdings (BEG), a leading contract manufacturer and distributor of cosmetics, soaps, household products, toiletries, laundry soaps and allied bath and body care products for South African and international markets, said on Wednesday it had received notice that The Lion Match Company (Proprietary) Limited, a BBBEE company, had entered into an agreement to acquire Thebe Investment Corporation's shareholding in Beige. Read more >>
Phase 1 of Eco Industrial Park opened yesterday 31 October 2011 in Sasolburg, to provide a reliable supply of utilities, support services and infrastructure, to ensure an environment that is conducive to successful production, logistics and marketing. Read more >>
Merchandising
 In an effort to make it even more simple and convenient to buy and sell the much-loved South African brands of Halls, Cadbury Éclairs and Chappies, Kraft Foods has partnered with the Awethu Project to launch its new 3-in-1 display unit to the market. Read more >>
Packaging
 The rise of new media has only served to increase the importance of the seamless integration of packaging and on-pack campaigns with social and mobile media platforms, in order to increase campaign outreach and consumer engagement. Read more >>
Regulatory
Massmart and Wal-Mart on Friday, 4 November 2011, welcomed the ruling by the Namibian supreme court, which upheld Wal-Mart's legal challenge to a ministerial notice imposing foreign investment restrictions in Namibia. Read more >>
Retailers
[Zeenat Moorad] Clocking in a 25.6% rise in half-year profit, retail bigwig The Foschini Group (TFG) on Thursday, 3 November 2011, said it would embark on an aggressive expansion into the rest of Africa, adding 57 new stores over the next three years in countries like Nigeria and Mozambique. Read more >>
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says that government is happy that giant US retailer Wal-Mart has chosen SA as an investment destination and that it had made a very comprehensive investment. Read more >>
 [Gwen Watkins] Since I arrived in Gaborone in June 2011, the retail environment has just been getting better. One of the initial reasons that I rented our house in this area, (Broadhurst Ext 44) was the large sign, less than a kilometre away, that read "Sebele Centre opening end June - Pick n Pay, Woolworths and many more shops". Read more >>
 Retailer Shoprite Holdings on Monday, 31 October 2011, reported that for the first quarter ended September, total turnover increased by 10.8% - with total internal inflation at 3.8%, this represents real growth of 7.0%. Read more >>
Supply chain
[Abe Uys & Ken Light] We live in an information age of consumerism and globalisation. Product lifecycles are getting shorter. Customers are becoming ever more perceptive and fickle. Demand cycles are increasingly volatile. Goods need to go from research and development to the shelf in record time in order for companies to compete for a shrinking slice of a rapidly evolving market. Logistically, the goalposts are continually shifting. Read more >>
Technology
Training
 BEIJING: CHINA: Nescafé is the leading coffee brand in China. It enjoys high brand awareness in top tier cities and a 75% nationwide market share. However, despite success within the coffee segment, this doesn't mean a great deal in a nation of tea drinkers. Read more >>
 [Mintel Oxygen reports] LONDON, UK: While social networking sites have, for many, become an integral part of our daily lives - it appears that it is not only adults using them to keep up with the latest trends. Indeed, in a new report looking at British children in 2011, Mintel finds that half of all children aged 7-12 visit social networking websites - and nearly half (49% or an estimated 0.97 million) of those who do, go on Facebook 'every day'. Read more >>
 RESTON, US: comScore Inc has released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the US mobile phone industry during the three-month average period ending September 2011. Read more >>
 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN / AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS: Perfect Fools, the Stockholm and Amsterdam creative studio, is launching 'Camo Bear', a fun viral film, as part of an online campaign for the Nikon Coolpix AW100. Read more >>
 LONDON, UK / PARIS, FRANCE: With all the excitement surrounding the relationship between games and brands, it can be easy to overlook the innovations in games marketing. Read more >>
 RESTON, US: comScore, Inc has released the report The Effects of the Recession on Brand Loyalty and 'Buy Down' Behaviour: 2011 Update. The report analyses how the most recent US recession has impacted consumer purchasing behaviour within various product categories, leading to increased 'buy down' behaviour among consumers, or purchasing less expensive brands in order to save money. Read more >>
 CHICAGO, US: Researcher Diana Derval, founder and president of the international firm DervalResearch, has never been afraid of controversy. And that's a good thing, because the science that is her life's work has been known to stir up debate in scientific and marketing circles alike. Read more >>
 NEW YORK, US: During the past decade, automobile manufacturers have experienced a steady decline in customer loyalty for specific brands. This change signals the need for a new approach to marketing automobiles in the future, according to a new survey conducted by GfK Automotive. Read more >>
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FMCG
 Vital Health Foods launched their first employee driven corporate social responsibility project on 31 October 2011. Read more >>Braun products now available at DionWired. Read more >>Twique Digital, a member of the ForeBrands Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) Group, has announced that it will be launching Twique Viral using the American platform that won 2011 PODi best practise award. Read more >>Logistics
e-Logics has achieved average growth of 60% in annual revenue and a 641% increase in staff complement over its first decade in business. Milestones include securing its first contract in Africa (2006), USA-based e-Logics Inc. launch (2009) and IMPERIAL Logistics becoming a 51% shareholding in the company (2010). Read more >>
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Following the arrests at the weekend of two motorists who offered traffic officers bribes, Minister of Transport Sibusiso Ndebele has warned that bribery and corruption will not be tolerated and that motorists can expect a clamp down on road offenders. Read more >>
 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] To some it looks like the automotive version of a Japanese Sumo wrestler while others (including yours truly) think it carries the same weight on the sexy scale as catwalk model Lara Stone in high heels and French lingerie. But one thing is sure - the way-out new Nissan Juke which has just arrived here is going to set the tongues wagging in a big way. Read more >>
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 [Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] When Cape Town's first dry hotel opened, under The Coral International brand, the idea that a hotel would survive without serving alcohol, was much discussed. Whatever the reason for the change, the property owner appointed Hilton Worldwide to manage the site. Read more >>
 Table Mountain is still hoping to be listed as one of the 'new seven wonders' of the world but there are just days left for South Africans to put their weight behind Cape Town's bid to have the mountain listed according to a report in The New Age. Read more >>
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 [Eugene Yiga] Heads you live, tails you die. That pretty much sums up the fate of Adam Lerner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a 27-year-old radio producer who seems to be living the good life. After being checked out for back pain that he thought just resulted from too much running through Seattle's streets, his aloof oncologist gives him even more painful news. He has a rare form of cancer in his spine. His chances of survival? About 50/50. Read more >>
 [Justin Williams] Halloween parties are usually thrown at a house or at a night club, but the problem with these venues is that they are not very spooky. Now, throw one of these parties in a building (which is rumoured to be haunted) that is over 100 years old, along with a line-up of terrifyingly talented DJs, and you have got The Haunting of City Hall 2011 - a party hosted by Griet, which took place this Halloween weekend. Read more >>
 US music icon Usher will be the headline act for the Hansa Festival of Legends Tour at Cape Town's Grand Arena on 3 March, the ICC Durban Arena on 7 March and, finally, at the Orlando Stadium, Soweto, on 10 March, 2012. Read more >>
 Synergy Live 2011 is back with a killer line-up from 25 to 27 November, 2011, at the Boschendal Wine Estate, Franschhoek Valley, Western Cape. The international main stage headline act will be Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Read more >>
More BizLounge news...
Cape Town retailer requires the skills and exertise of an AA brand manager who has brand management experience in beauty and/or fashion. Read more >>A creative trainee position has arisen within the CRM department of TFG. If you have the relevant qualification do not hesitate to apply for this opportunity. Read more >>
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- Crude oil and condensate value and trade Conference Connection - Singapore, 10 November
- Goal setting for 2012 MindTrust Marketing - Parktown, Johannesburg, 10 November
- Energizer entertainment CH Communications.co.za - Roodepoort, 12 November
- Durban youth fashion week GQL Productions (Pty) Ltd. - Durban, 12 November
- Sterling EQ live at Barnyard Theatre Five Seasons Entertainment - Durbanville, Cape Town, 14 November
- IP expo Montgomery Africa - Johannesburg, 15 November
- Social investment leaders forum GreaterGood SA - Cape Town/Johannesburg/Durban, 15 November
- Purchasing and supplier controls GlobalCompliancePanel - Wilmington, 16 November
- Start to grow - small business essentials Gecko Connect PR & Events - Cape Town, 17 November
- e-Waste collection drive IWMSA - Countrywide, 19 November
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