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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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Share the loveIt's the end of an era for Nick Badminton as he announced his resignation as CEO of Pick n Pay last week, marking the final days of his 32-year career with the company. The retail giant is now on the hunt for a "hard-as-nails" CEO. Bizcommunity would like wish Nick all the best with his future ventures, wherever his bicycle may take him. Love it or hate it, there's no stopping it. It's Valentine's Day tomorrow. Sales results for the occasion will be the focus this week with shoppers going back to basics, says Kalahari.com. Even Puma is getting in on the action with its "share the love" campaign. Although it's aimed at helping die-hard football fanatics tell their girl that he's her no.1 fan, I have a feeling that any girl with her own football-loving freak will hijack the concept. Go on then, be a team player and share the love. Shan Radcliffe, Retail editor
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 [Arno du Toit] Retailers who focus solely on smartphone users are missing a trick or two and will certainly miss the real benefits that mobile can bring to their customers and their bottom line. Read more >>
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[Zeenat Moorad] Growth in SA's retail trade sales at constant (2008) prices for December is expected to ring in at 6.7% year on year (y/y), from a y/y growth of 6.8% in November, according to a survey of leading economists by I-Net Bridge. Read more >>
Pick n Pay CEO Nick Badminton will be resigning from the board of Pick n Pay, effective the end of the financial year, the retail giant announced today, 8 February. Badminton will, however, be available to assist the company and its chairman in the transition period. Read more >>
Banking & Finance
 The average cash withdrawal values across South Africa for December 2011 was R417, a 2.63% year-on-year increase on January 2011's average withdrawal, as measured by the Spark Cash Index (SCI). Month-on-month values revealed a drop of 8.81% from the record rate in December 2011 of R458. Read more >>
Brand news
 [Janice Roberts] Brewing giant SABMiller plc will invest US$80m in a new brewery at its Ugandan subsidiary, Nile Breweries (NBL), doubling the company's design capacity to 3.6m hectolitres by 2013. Read more >>
Clothing & Textiles
[Bekezela Phakathi] Despite Seardel's proposed move to retrench about 1500 staff, the future of the clothing industry remained one of optimism and sustainable growth, Apparel Manufacturers of SA director Johann Baard said yesterday, 6 February. Read more >>
Commercial property
Corporate Social Investment
CRM
The Regus Second Annual Global Survey 2010, involving 17 000 managers and business owners across 80 countries, revealed that 52% of businesses globally and 55% of businesses in South Africa are using web sites such as Twitter to engage, connect with and inform existing customers. Read more >>
Exhibitions & Events
FMCG
Franchising
 The Franchise Association of South Africa's 2012 franchise directory, out now, has over 20 new franchises that have joined over the past year, representing the highest number of member franchisors in its 33-year history. The book explains the fundamentals of franchising and looks at what makes up a good franchise offer, gives guidance in areas such as financing, operations and viability and lists all its members, detailing their activities, history, opportunities offered and the financial costs of the franchises. Read more >>
Green sustainability
Health & Safety
Import/Export
 [Annaleigh Vallie] A UK trade mission is hoping to convince South Africans to once again serve up British beef on their plates, after a 15-year ban on its products was lifted at the end of last year. Read more >>
Manufacturing
According to George Marais, information analyst at Coface South Africa, worldwide manufacturing continues to perform well, recently posting strong quarterly gains in major economies, despite fears of another recessionary dip. Read more >>
Packaging
Regulatory
 [Nick Altini] The ever-growing volume of consumer complaints relating to unsolicited and unwanted commercial messages seems to be having a legislative effect, as the issue of privacy and the right to reject and not receive unsolicited commercial messages is a theme in existing pieces of legislation and in the draft Protection of Personal Information (PPI) law. Read more >>
[Nashira Davids] The Muslim Judicial Council's halaal certification organisation will be placed under the microscope by an independent review panel soon. Read more >>
Research
 [Helmo Preuss] Valentine's Day on Tuesday will make sure that this week the focus is on the consumer, as online retailers are likely to say how well this year's sales were compared with last year, while the official data will show how much consumers spent last year with the retail sales due on Wednesday, while the following day the Bureau of Market Research will release its fourth quarter 2011 Consumer Financial Vulnerability Index. Read more >>
 Close to 50% of shoppers plan to splurge on their partners this Valentine's Day, this in spite of the global economic downturn, according to online retail giant Kalahari.com. Read more >>
CareerJunction, one of South Africa's leading online recruitment solutions, has released industry-related salary figures for 2012 based on the FMCG, retail & wholesale and manufacturing, production & trades industries. Read more >>
A free webinar, entitled 'Macro to Micro Implications of Top Mega Trends in India to 2020' and hosted by Sarwant Singh, partner at Frost & Sullivan, together with Archana Amarnath, program manager at Frost & Sullivan, is available for download. Read more >>
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Brand advocacy is crucial in marketing, according to Kate Cloete and Renay Lotz, co-founders of brand bakery, who encourage local marketers to find and cultivate brand idols, who will utilise 'fast moving consumer experience' (FMCE) to promote brands. Read more >>
 [Sharon Keith] When you see the finished object - the advertising campaign, the packaging, the new flavour, the shiny social media campaign, it's tempting to think that these things are relatively simple and straightforward to plan and execute. But those of us "in the know" know. It's a long hard slog. Read more >>
 In terms of retail, the information revolution has far-reaching consequences and brands owners are confused as to where to direct the focus of their marketing efforts. "In order to connect and relate to our audience today, we need to know where to start the conversation," says Stephen Beattie, marketing manager of Pyrotec, a leading privately owned South African company specialising in innovative product identification solutions. Read more >>
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 Jump Shopping has launched FindPrice, a new online price comparison platform. It list products from South African online shops so that shoppers can compare prices in one convenient location. Read more >>
Retailers
Retail made doom-and-gloom new year headlines in the US and UK. A Deloitte survey revealed that retail insolvencies in the UK soared by 25% in the final three months of 2011 and more are expected. In South Africa, large retailers are proving resilient by comparison. Read more >>
Holdsport (HSP), which runs the Sportsmans Warehouse and Outdoor Warehouse stores, said on Monday, 6 February, that total sales for the five months ended 31 January 2012 increased by 11.5% compared to the corresponding period last year. Read more >>
Shipping & Transport
Technology
Training
 [Mintel Oxygen Reports] LONDON, UK: Acting on their social, environmental and ethical concerns has become second nature for the majority of Brits, but new research from Mintel finds when it comes to finance, cynicism prevails and most consumers feel green and ethical claims in finance are nothing but spin. Indeed, today, nearly two thirds (60%) of Brits believe green and ethical "talk" by finance companies is a PR stunt. Read more >>
 PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY: The 2012 Digital Media Europe conference is dedicated to "Thinking Outside the Box", starting with the conference venue and programme itself. Read more >>
 RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released the 2012 US Digital Future in Focus report. This annual report examines how the prevailing trends in social media, search, online video, digital advertising, mobile and e-commerce are defining the current marketplace and what these trends mean for the year ahead. Read more >>
 NEW YORK, US / LONDON, UK: Major global brands have more work to close the gap between their performance in the marketplace and their citizenship, according to the inaugural Global Corporate Reputation Index, released by Burson-Marsteller, Landor Associates, Penn Schoen Berland, and BrandAsset Consulting. Read more >>
 CANNES, FRANCE: MIPCube, the two-day high-level networking and live learning experience for the business and creative architects driving the future of TV, has announced an exceptional and growing line-up of speakers and participants. MIPCube will take place in Cannes on 30-31 March, just ahead of the 2012 edition of MIPTV (1-4 April). Read more >>
 RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released its Q4 2011 US retail e-commerce sales estimates, which showed that online retail spending reached US$49.7bn for the quarter, up 14% versus year ago. Read more >>
More International...
FMCG
The Fore Good Group has been selected to distribute brands from the leading UK FMCG group, Premier Foods, in South Africa. Read more >>Logistics
IMPERIAL Logistics provides its clients with 137.5% B-BBEE preferential procurement recognition, the highest of all major Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) in southern Africa. This level of recognition is higher than that normally offered by a Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) rated company. Read more >>
Significant economic results show that the volume growth of electricity was up by 20% year-on-year (y/y) and Business Live says that coal exports from Richards Bay surged by 34,3% y/y in January. Read more >>
 [Francis Hweshe] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has once again rallied behind South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma to contest the position of African Union Commission chairperson. Read more >>
 Former President Nelson Mandela will become the first person to appear on the country's banknotes since the dawn of democracy, Jacob Zuma has announced. Read more >>
 South Africa will spend billions of rands over the coming years on new infrastructure, with the government to focus on building rail, road, and economic links in five regions in the country and building new universities and refurbishing hospitals, President Jacob Zuma said in his State of the Nation Address last night. Read more >>
 South Africa's unemployment rate fell to 23.9% in the fourth quarter of 2011, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday. Read more >>
 [Gabi Khumalo] Fifteen staff members and students at the University of Zululand are facing criminal cases and disciplinary action after a forensic investigation into the university's affairs has been concluded. Read more >>
More Government news...
 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The 29 experienced motoring journalists who make up the jury which selects the South African Car of the Year have concluded their final evaluations in tough trials at the Gerotek test facility near Pretoria and after the votes have been counted and audited the winner will be announced on the evening of March 14. Read more >>
 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] General Motors South Africa has extended its popular Sonic range with the addition of two new sedans, an impressive baby diesel hatch and the first six-speed automatic transmission in the small car segment. Read more >>
More Motoring news...
 The luxurious De Hoek Country Hotel, situated at the foothills of the magnificent Magaliesberg Mountains, has taken a deep breath of renewed energy for 2012 and amongst its new offerings for guests, it is adding to its already celebrated function menu. Read more >>
 South African Tourism's chief marketing officer, Roshene Singh, is now an Internationalist - and has joined very exclusive group that shows outstanding thinking in global brand communications. Read more >>
 Mango steps up anti-fraud procedures and asks travellers assistance - CEO takes hard line against dishonesty. Read more >>
 BERLIN, GERMANY: The first edition of Travel Tips covers a host of information. The German National Tourist Board themes for 2012 are exciting and cover new aspects of Germany. Read more >>
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More Sport sport...
 [Ruth Cooper] Up The Creek has been awarded a special place in my heart, perhaps because it coincides with my birthday, but even if this wasn't the case it would still garner the most love from me when compared to its younger music fest siblings. Anyone who has been lucky enough to venture the few hours' drive to Swellendam and floated down the Breede in a lilo's loving embrace will know what I mean. Free from pretention, corporate branding bombardments, hordes of teenage boys, howling gales and own-alcohol restriction areas, UTC blows all other CT fests out of their designated body of water, be it river, dam or creek. Read more >>
 [Jana van Heerden] Every music festival has its little something that makes it unique. Up The Creek's USP is that it is awesome; it's like being on holiday. Only you can (legally) drink heavily alcohol-infused slushies on the beach and the entertainment is a real live act and not some obscure R'n'B act blaring from a cellphone speaker 10 metres away. Read more >>
 [Jordan Scott] It is unfortunate that something I was so excited to see turned out to be, well, disappointing to be completely honest. The first thing that went wrong was the venue change; on the website and Computicket the venue was still D'Aria Wine Estate. However, when we arrived there we found out the venue had been changed to the Ostrich Ranch. (Oh, and now hosted by Good Hope FM?) Read more >>
 [Daniel Dercksen] There is life after death in this charming life-affirming look at the transformation of a family that is uprooted by an unforeseen tragedy, and how its consequences have a profound impact during a soulful journey to a new beginning. The end of happiness and the loss of love are only stepping stones to new horizons and strange adventures. Read more >>
 The next 5 Gum experience will feature Two Door Cinema Club in Joburg and Cape Town on 2 and 3 March 2012 respectively. Want to buy tickets? Well no, you can't. You need to keep an eye on the 5 Gum Facebook page for information to secure your spot or follow @5GumSA or the hashtag #5GumExperience on Twitter. Read more >>
 [Daniel Dercksen] The Iron Lady is an exceptional and dignified master work that affords anyone a unique opportunity to step into the shoes of one of the most famous women in history and grasp an understanding of fame, glory and infamy. Read more >>
 [Francois Campbell] Festival organising is not for the faint of heart and should be approached with caution and great care. This past weekend an event took place which had many people very excited: Paul van Dyk (PvD) was returning to our shores - the man who pioneered electronic dance, a true power house of electronic dance. Read more >>
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