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Think local, act globalThe CGCSA's annual conference opened last week with the association's CEO, Gwarega Mangozhe, calling on the industry to build structures. Gareth Ackerman later reminded delegates that, with the arrival of international players such as Wal-Mart, SA is very much a part of the global retail world. Speaking of Wal-Mart, the Competition Appeal Court has finally issued its verdict and has ordered Massmart to contribute R200 million over five years to a supplier development fund as one of the conditions of approval of the two companies merger. This supplier development programme is already bearing fruit for local suppliers - with Seven Sisters wines now on shelves in US Wal-Mart stores. Cape Union Mart is looking to develop local suppliers too, with the group's annual Suppliers' Open Day taking place this Wednesday. Have a successful week! Shan Radcliffe, Group Head - Retail
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[Mariam Isa] The main question for the local economy this week centres on the performance of retail sales, with views divided on whether they quickened or slowed in August. Read more >>
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The second annual Innovation Awards, organised by the SAB Foundation, has announced the 25 finalists for 2012. These go through to the gala dinner on 1 November 2012, where the winner will receive a grant of R1 million and two runner-up grants of R500,000 each. Read more >>
[Zeenat Moorad] Richard Brasher, the newly appointed CEO of struggling grocer Pick n Pay, said Tuesday, 9 October, that he would ensure the company again becomes the most successful retailer in Southern Africa. Read more >>
 The annual Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction defied the recession with record sales of R5 739 000 (excluding VAT) with a complete sell out of all the wines on offer. Brisk bidding at a rate of R1 million per hour set the tone for a record breaking 28th auction in the Stellenbosch winelands over the weekend. Read more >>
Associations
At the recent conference held by the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa, Pick n Pay Chairman Gareth Ackerman, reminded delegates that South Africa was very much part of the global retail world. "This can be seen by the arrival of foreign retailers such as Wal-Mart and global fashion retailer Zara." Read more >>
The CEO of the Consumer Goods Council South Africa (CGCSA), Gwarega Mangozhe, officially opened its annual conference on Wednesday, 10 October 2012, by saying that it appears that Africa is finally setting course for living up to its promise, but as with any large scale, fundamental change, it comes with pain of shaking off the old order. Read more >>
 The Seed Engine Business Accelerator is launching a competition this week for those that have great business concepts in any industry but need financial and coaching support to turn it into reality. The ten winners each receive R100 000, coaching, mentoring, workspace and access to investors where each business can raise up to R2 million after a 13-week accelerator boot camp. Applications are open until the end of November 2012. Read more >>
Brand news
Famous Brands (Fbr) has entered into what it terms a "ground-breaking joint-venture partnership" with the Coega Dairy Company - an existing dairy manufacturing business in Port Elizabeth owned by local farmers‚ factory and farm employees - regarding the supply of cheese products to the group. Read more >>
Commercial property
Corporate social investment
e-Commerce
NEW YORK, USA: Online commerce giant eBay unveiled a new look for its website Wednesday, 10 October 2012, inspired by social networks, giving consumers personalized suggestions to help them sift through the huge shopping site. Read more >>
Exhibitions & events
For the first time, Cape Town will host the International Dairy Federation (IDF) World Dairy Summit (WDS) and Exhibition the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 4-8 November 2012. It will be attended by 56 member countries of the IDF that account for about 86% of total current milk production world-wide. Read more >>
 One of the premier catering and hospitality shows, Hostex, will be back in Johannesburg at the Sandton Convention Centre from 17- 20 March 2013. Read more >>
 This weekend saw the culmination of months of competition as the 10 finalists in the Championship Boerewors competition battled it out at Sun City to produce the best boerewors. Piet Nkambule (62) who hails from Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal, was crowned Boerewors King and received the grand prize of a new Toyota Hilux 2.7 Double Cab Raider. Read more >>
FMCG
Green sustainability
Health & safety
 [Alexander Parker] Toyota Motors South Africa said on Wednesday, 10 October, that South African Toyota owners would be affected as part of a wider global recall of 7.4-million cars‚ but was unable to confirm immediately the full extent. Read more >>
Hospitality
Manufacturing
The seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) by Kagiso Tiso Holdings lost four index points in September to 46.2 points from 50.2 in August. Read more >>
Packaging
Regulatory
 Experts say consumers could lose out on valuable product information because food labelling legislation has made the publication of nutritional information on packaging much more complex and costly. Read more >>
[Amanda Visser] The Competition Appeal Court on Tuesday, 9 October 2012, ordered Massmart (MSM) to contribute R200m to a supplier development fund over five years as a condition for the approval of its merger with US retail giant Wal-Mart. Read more >>
Research
 BMi has released its white milk report for 2011, as part of its BMi 2012 Food Feedback series. The report indicates that in South Africa the products saw some growth during 2011, gaining back some of the volumes lost during 2009, which saw a decline. Read more >>
SA's retail and consumer industry is facing a difficult and challenging business environment in the aftermath of the global economic recession‚ a report from professional services firm PwC revealed on Tuesday, 9 October 2012. Read more >>
Retail marketing
Retail trends
 The culmination of an annual gathering by the world's foremost creative design, architecture and fashion experts, ColourFutures 2013 has recently been launched by Dulux to predict key trends for the coming year. Read more >>
Retailers
Security
 [Mark Chertkow] With the rise of convergence and the evolution of the data network to incorporate multiple technologies, security and video over IP has become increasingly popular. Thanks to increased bandwidth availability in South Africa, IP security cameras are becoming a more viable option, and do offer many benefits. However there are also downsides to this technology, particularly in light of the fact that local bandwidth remains inconsistent and is still relatively expensive, and video streaming requires large amounts of stable bandwidth to perform to its best ability. Read more >>
Supply chain
Cape Union Mart group is offering small suppliers the opportunity to introduce themselves at the group's annual Suppliers' Open Day on 17 October 2012 in Cape Town. Read more >>
 The Massmart/Wal-Mart Supplier Development Programme is beginning to create opportunity for small local suppliers, as is demonstrated by the success of Seven Sisters, a range of locally produced wines from the Swartland area in the Western Cape, recently introduced to the US market by Wal-Mart. Read more >>
Technology
 [Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] There are two definite trends taking place in the world today and its going to be interesting to see which of those ends up being the most successful. Read more >>
Training
 The Wholesale and Retail SETA (W&RSETA) has accumulated close to R350-million in a discretionary fund over the last 10 years because of unclaimed skills levies and is requesting industry to utilise its skills development levies and to ask assistance from the SETA if necessary in order to claim back funding. Read more >>
 FRANKFURT: The world's biggest book fair which opened with the spotlight on children's literature, traditionally an "under-recognised" sector but now seen as a driving force in publishing. Read more >>
NEW YORK, US: Two out of five American teenagers have an iPhone, in a sign that Apple is the "pre-eminent technology brand" for youth, a survey by a financial firm shows. Read more >>
 BOGOTA, COLOMBIA: Comcel created a new product and character to become the preferred mobile provider on the coast of Colombia. Read more >>
WASHINGTON, US: Building on their longstanding commitment to public health, the world's leading producers of beer, wine and spirits have agreed to a new series of actions in five key areas that are designed to strengthen and expand existing efforts to reduce the harmful use of alcohol. Read more >>
 LONDON, UK: House of Fraser has knocked ASOS off top spot to become the most visible site for fashion retail-related searches, reveals the latest research from leading independent digital marketing agency, Greenlight. Read more >>
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Corporate social investment
 Nampak Liquid in Isithebe, manufacturers of Conipak® and Pure-pak® liquid fibre-board cartons, is sponsoring 167 trees from Food & Trees for Africa. Food & Trees for Africa is an NGO specialising in tree planting as a means of mitigating the effects of climate change and greening previously disadvantaged local communities. Read more >>Instore media
Marketing communication and Digital Signage is becoming a staple in today's business environment and effectively integrating them into your business is critical. This is best accomplished by incorporating Digital Signage into the DNA of your marketing communication strategy. Read more >>Manufacturing
The notion that you might get 80 000km of driving out of your tyres sounds like pure fiction, right? As for off-road tyres achieving that, well that's bordering on science fiction. Or is it? Read more >>
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 PRETORIA: Crime Line has welcomed the launch of the South African Police Service's 'Operation Duty Calls' festive season campaign and has pledged to continue providing the public with a 100% anonymous and safe service to blow the whistle on crime. Read more >>
 PRETORIA: National Treasury says it has noted Standard and Poor's (S&P) decision to downgrade South Africa's long term foreign currency credit rating to BBB from BBB+ and the long term local currency credit rating to A- from A. Read more >>
PRETORIA: Cabinet has noted with concern the unfortunate international macro-economic outlook, which has not left South Africa unscathed. Read more >>
 PRETORIA: Cabinet has noted with concern the developments that have unfolded at South African Airways (SAA). Read more >>
 The Departments of Economic Development, Trade and Industry (dti) and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) have welcomed the Competition Appeal Court's decision, instructing retail giant Wal-Mart to set up a R240m supplier development fund as a condition for it acquiring South African retailer Massmart. Read more >>
The seven suspects who were arrested over the weekend in connection with a series of safe and ATM bombings and armed robberies are to appear in court in Limpopo today. Read more >>
More Government news...
 This is the most comprehensive Kinsey Report yet, - 64 vehicle in 8 categories. The categories are slightly different this year - and hopefully will prove to be satisfactory to both the public and manufacturers alike. Read more >>
More Motoring news...
 [Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] Just a hop, skip and jump away from Grahamstown towards Port Elizabeth is Pumba Private Game Reserve. Read more >>
 [Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] There is a dramatic change in scenery the moment you cross the Kei River and the coffee is good at that garage stop at the border so give yourself a few minutes to enjoy it. There are also braai (BBQ) facilities in the vicinity and you can buy meat and wood at the garage convenience store. Read more >>
 Low cost airline Mango's entire fleet, comprising six new-generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft, is now online. The G-Connect In-Flight Wi-Fi service has exceeded all expectations with over 250 GB of data usage supported by an above global average take-up rate of 8% during the installation period. Read more >>
More Travel news...
 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The top end of the compact SUV market is no longer the almost exclusive playing field of the three German badges because an impressive newcomer by the name of Infiniti is setting its sights on a slice of that lucrative market segment. Read more >>
More BizLounge news...
Scan Retail Solutions is looking for someone with extensive project management and sales experience to grow its retail division in Johannesburg. Send CV's to heather@scandisplay.co.za. Read more >>
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- Three day labour law in practice with Andrew Levy Nolwazi Africa - Midrand, 16 October
- Amazon open day DUO Marketing Communications - Johannesburg, 17 October
- Media skills for executives Kwazi Communications - Johannesburg, 18 October
- Small workshops - Johannesburg, 18 October
- Xtraordinary women networking session Xtraordinary Women - Cape Town, 19 October
- iPhone film maker workshop Media-Academy - Cape Town, 20 October
- Jozi South Marathon Gold Reef City - Johannesburg, 21 October
- How to shoot and edit 3D South African Guild of Editors (SAGE) - Johannesburg, 23 October
- A basic practical guide to starting a business Viljoen Consulting - Soweto, 24 October
- 2012 South African Horrorfest Halloween Event Flamedrop Productions - Cape Town, 24 October
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