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 | Supreme Flour, ensuring that it keeps abreast and up-to-date with the latest trends and changes in baking trends across the globe, indicates that consumers are looking for something different and more appetising and they want variety. Read more >>
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 | Linda Ensor Cabinet has approved measures that it said were aimed at assisting over-indebted households and strengthening their financial stability. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Mondelez South Africa Paolo Govetto, who is jetting off with his other half to the Big Apple, courtesy of Cadbury P.S., is overjoyed to be able to tick New York off of his bucket list. Paolo is the lucky winner of the Cadbury P.S. on-pack promotion that ran from July to the end of October. Read more >>
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 | Liberty Group has sold 52.3 million Synergy B- linked units, representing a 34% interest in Synergy Income Fund, to Vukile Property Fund boosting its investment exposure to retail property and the Western Cape region. Read more >>
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 | When Growthpoint Properties and the Public Investment Corporation bought Cape Town's V&A Waterfront in early 2011, many observers at the time thought that it would take years, if not decades, for the new owners to unlock the iconic precinct's remaining 220,000m² development potential. Read more >>
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 | An online OLX survey of South Africans indicates that 40% of respondents think they might be hoarders while 24% admit to being hoarders. Other stats reveal that 57% of people have at least three second-hand items at home they could sell online and 96% of people would sell their unwanted stuff online if it meant that they could make an extra R15,000 per year. Read more >>
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 | Digital Signage Expo (DSE), one of the world's largest international tradeshow and educational conferences dedicated to digital signage, interactive technology and digital out-of-home networks (DOOH), opens in Las Vegas on 11-13 February 2014. Read more >>
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 | Sandiso Ngubane This year has seen the closure of two prominent South African designer labels. Three months ago Tiaan Nagel announced he would be closing down his design studio and store. Now TWO, the luxury basics label, also announced its departure. Read more >>
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 | Lay's has launched a new range of Kettle Cooked potato chips with deli-inspired combination flavours: Cheese Gratin & Caramelized Onion; Sundried Tomato with Olive; Jalapeno & Cream Cheese; and Creamy Peppered Fillet. Read more >>
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 | Issued by IMPERIAL Logistics Imperial Health Sciences' Unjani Clinic initiative won the "Investing in the Future and Drivers of Change Business Award" at the recent Investing in the Future Awards, hosted by the Mail & Guardian and Southern Africa Trust. This annual event is aimed at recognising and honouring good corporate citizenship. Read more >>
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 | The Federated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa (FEDHASA) has redesigned its website to be more user-friendly. Read more >>
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 | Domestic new vehicle sales fell by 4.6% to 50‚806 units year-on-year in November‚ a decline of 2‚459 vehicles from the 53‚265 units sold in November last year‚ the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) said in a statement on Monday (2 December). Read more >>
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 | Activity in the manufacturing sector continued to improve, as suggested by the 1.7-point increase in the seasonally adjusted Kagiso purchasing managers index (PMI) in November‚ to 52.4. Read more >>
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 | Woolworths is introducing a new on-pack recycling label intended to assist national recycling efforts by making it easier for customers to recycle correctly. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Visser The second leg of the Nestlé SA and Pfizer Nutrition transaction - the divestiture of the infant milk formula business of Pfizer Nutrition in SA to Aspen Nutritionals - is set to be heard before the Competition Tribunal from today, 9 December 2013. Read more >>
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 | With almost nine out of ten South Africans (89.5%) saying they intend to celebrate the holiday season by giving gifts, on the top of the stocking list are gadgets, according to the eBucks Rewards festive survey, conducted online from 16 October to 8 November 2013. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Liquid Lemon The Mr Price Home online shopping platform launch, which was recently held in Durban at the Quays on Timeball, was a huge success. Liquid lemon was called upon to help connect their event with social media. Read more >>
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 | Spaza shops in the townships are more expensive than shops owned by foreigners and large retail shops, the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Nafcoc) said on Thursday (5 December). Read more >>
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 | Zeenat Moorad Freshstop, the retail franchise network owned by Fruit and Veg City, last week opened its 150th forecourt store with petroleum company Caltex. Read more >>
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 | FNB Commercial Agriculture, together with the Cane Growers Association recently held a Farmers Day programme in Eston and Noodsberg in KwaZulu-Natal to engage with cane farmers on economic and agricultural prospects, which show signs of improving in 2014. Read more >>
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: The global video gaming market is set to grow 11.1% a year until 2017, boosted by a new generation of consoles and the increasing popularity of online games, according to IDATE digital research and consultancy firm. Read more >>
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 | With its vetkoek promotion at Makro stores in Gauteng, Supreme Flour is encouraging South Africa's entrepreneurial spirit by providing an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to start their own bake-for-profit business. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Apple used freshly deployed iBeacon sensors to virtually - and personally - accompany iPhone, iPad or iPod-toting shoppers through its US stores. Read more >>
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 | FRANKFURT, GERMANY: - US company General Motors will drop its Chevrolet brand from the European market by 2016, citing the prevailing and difficult economic situation for the decision. Read more >>
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 | MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Russia's first domestically designed smartphone, the YotaPhone, was unveiled in Moscow and features an always-on second screen to differentiate it from the plethora of competitors. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Online retail sales for Cyber Monday grew 16% from last year to US$2.29bn, lifted by more shopping on mobile devices, a market tracker said on Tuesday, 3 December. Read more >>
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 | TOKYO, JAPAN: Sony confirmed on Tuesday, 3 December, that it has sold more than 2.1m PlayStation 4 consoles in less than three weeks, as it battles Microsoft and Nintendo for supremacy in the lucrative gaming sector. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: - Want that Amazon order in just 30 minutes? Amazon's chief executive Jeff Bezos hopes to soon achieve this using an armada of mini-drones able to drop small packages on the doorstep of users in USA cities. Read more >>
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 | Tax incentives are being introduced for businesses that can show measurable energy savings, the energy department has announced. Read more >>
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 | Credit ratings agency Moody's has confirmed the South African National Roads Agency Limited's (Sanral) issuer ratings of Baa3/P-3 (global scale‚ local and foreign currency) and of A3.za (South African national scale) as well as the short-term issuer rating of P-2.za was affirmed. At the same time‚ Moody´s assigned a negative outlook. Read more >>
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 | South African Football Association (Safa) President Danny Jordaan has added his voice to the global chorus of condolences to the family of former South African President Nelson Mandela. Read more >>
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 | Khulekani Magubane Clerics in Gauteng said on Monday, 2 December, that they refuse to purchase e-tags or pay tolls for improvements to Gauteng freeways and they have called on their congregations and all Gauteng residents to do the same. Read more >>
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 | Fleet owners respond to Department of Transport announcement that the Gauteng E-tolls system would go live today, Tuesday 3 December 2013. Read more >>
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 | Trafalgar has devised a programme for its guests that is designed to give them even more and take them further beyond the expected in 2014. Read more >>
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- Ubank appoints new head of group strategy - more info
- Poppy Evans joins COSMO as new fashion director - more info
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