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 | Danette Breitenbach Professional services firm, Deloitte was a title sponsor of the inaugural World Retail Congress Africa, held last month in Sandton. I spoke to Ilse du Toit, a manager within the Strategy & Innovation practice at Deloitte Consulting. Read more >>
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 | Following the announcement of the death of Nelson Mandela on 6 December 2013, the auction site, bidorbuy.com has seen an increase in interest for Mandela-related items. Read more >>
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 | Maarten Mittner The latest retail sales data suggest a poor festive season for most households as the level of debt remains high while finances have deteriorated further. Read more >>
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 | Tralone Khoza Since the global recession, spending behaviour has gone through various transitions, the consumer has become more and more budget savvy. Could it be that desperate times do indeed call for desperate measures? Read more >>
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 | Australian retail company, the Cotton On Group, has launched a retail careers websites to provide updates on employment opportunities, store openings and information relevant to the portfolio of brands that fall under the group. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Mondelez South Africa Every year we leave milk and cookies out on Christmas Eve for Santa to enjoy. The cookies are the treat that keeps Father Christmas going during his long night after all. It would therefore only make sense to leave Milk's Favourite Cookie out for Santa to enjoy! Read more >>
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 | Joan Muller Despite talk of a looming over-supply of office space and concern about increased road congestion, commercial real estate investors and developers continue to pour billions into the Sandton central business district. Read more >>
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 | One of the premier shopping destinations of Vanderbijlpark and the Vaal Triangle, the Vaal Mall, will add 20,000sqm of retailing in a major expansion in 2014. Read more >>
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 | Pick n Pay chief executive, Richard Brasher, has announced the profits from trading on Sunday 15 December 2013 will be donated to charitable causes in honour of Nelson Mandela. Read more >>
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 | Andiswa Maqutu Online shopping in South Africa is growing as increasing familiarity with the internet means more people are willing to make at least one purchase online this festive season. Read more >>
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 | The annual Good Food and Wine Shows, which showcase the latest in global food trends and some of the world's best chefs and food personalities, have added new features to attract and entertain its visitors. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Mondelez South Africa Families and football supporters gathered at the Stimorol Fives Futbol Festival on Saturday, 7 December, for an action-packed day of five-a-side football at the Fives Century City courts. Read more >>
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 | Doran Vineyards has released its maiden vintages, with its Chenin Blanc being awarded a 4-star in the Platter Guide. Read more >>
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 | Tartrazine, derived from coal tar, is a commonly used colour all over the world, mainly for yellow. Used to give some foods a yellow colour, yellow dye number 5 is found in desserts and sweets, beverages, snacks and cereal. Read more >>
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 | Fast-food retail group Spur Corporation announced has bought the Hussar Grill‚ a Western Cape-based steakhouse chain‚ for R35m in cash. Read more >>
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 | Measured in current prices‚ total income generated by the food and beverages sector in SA increased by 5.2% in October compared with the same period last year according to data released by Statistics SA. Read more >>
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 | Nicky Smith The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) said the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) had "fabricated" the number of e-tags in circulation for Gauteng's tolling programme adding that the agency will probably fall short of its revenue requirements. Read more >>
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 | The annual percentage change in the producer price index (PPI) for final manufactured goods was 5.8% year-on-year (y/y) in November‚ compared with 6.3% y/y in October‚ Statistics SA figures showed on Thursday (12 December). Read more >>
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 | Alistair Anderson The plastics industry is one of the few manufacturing industries to be doing well in SA, according to industry association Plastics SA. Read more >>
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 | Christophe van Zyl After a four-year battle with its competitor Nestle, the UK Appeals Court has refused the registration of Cadbury's trademark application for the specific colour purple that Cadbury has used for over 150 years in relation to its chocolate wrapping. Read more >>
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 | The BMi Research annual quantification reports on the prepared custard and ice cream market show that while custard grew in 2013, the ice cream market reported limited or no growth. Read more >>
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 | Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices)‚ wholesale trade sales increased by 6.0% year-on-year in October after a revised 8.4% (8.3%) rise in September‚ data released by Stats SA on Thursday (12 December) showed. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Clover Kicking off on 14 December, Tropika ensured beach bums across South Africa had the opportunity to win great spot prizes while sampling Tropika's great flavours! Read more >>
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 | DionWired is offering consumers shopping vouchers in exchange for their used mobile phones, tablets, iPods and notebooks. Read more >>
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 | Jonas Thulin As more shoppers go online this festive season, here are five safety tips for secure online shopping to prevent one's computer from becoming infected and/or one's banking credentials being stolen. Read more >>
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 | Following the Supreme Flour vetkoek promotion in Gauteng stores, ten people have won their own Supreme Flour vetkoek trolleys and prizes from the Jabulani School of Cooking. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Apple says that music fans snapped up more than 800,000 digital versions of Beyonce's new album in just three days, smashing an iTunes record. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Spotify extended its free music streaming service to smartphones and tablets boosting its challenge to rivals such as Pandora. Read more >>
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 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: South Korean company Samsung lost its latest claim in a long-running global copyright battle against bitter rival Apple, a surprise blow to the electronics company in its home market. Read more >>
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 | SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Car company General Motors said it will close its Holden plants in Australia by 2017, prompting Toyota to review its operations and unions to warn that the local car industry was 'finished'. Read more >>
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 | Tourist arrivals to South Africa grew by 5.1% during the first six months of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012. Read more >>
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 | Large numbers of staff at Johannesburg and Eastern Cape airports will be deployed around the clock to ensure that mourners can get to Qunu land before Nelson Mandela's funeral. Read more >>
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 | Brian Berkman The Emperors Palace complex by hotel group Peermont provides a number of hotels, casino, entertainment centre and a convention centre where I was attending an event. Read more >>
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 | Brian Berkman When Rolf Steiner and Marisa Silva, two Swiss Re executives working out of Sao Paulo, Brazil purchased Rhulani Safari Lodge in the Madikwe Reserve, near the South African border of Botswana, passion, not profit, was their motivation. Read more >>
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