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 | According to Distell, 2014 will be a great vintage for its reds, Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc wines. Commenting on the harvest, group GM for grape and wine supply, Erhard Wolf, said it had been one of the best vintages experienced by the company in recent years. Read more >>
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 | Alistair Anderson The Estate Agency Affairs Board is hoping that a 12-month-long internship programme it unveiled for aspiring black agents will boost transformation in an industry which is about 90% white. Read more >>
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 | National retailers, such as Checkers, Woolworths, Edgars, Game, Clicks and Dischem are ready for the October 2014 opening of Heidelberg Mall, encouraged by the mall's excellent position and catchment area. Read more >>
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 | Erika Morphy Forty-five percent of mobile searches are "goal-oriented," and are done with an eye to accumulating information to make a decision or purchase in the near term. The mobile search is an important indicator of buying intent. It increasingly is becoming part of the "last mile," meaning a searcher who goes to mobile to seek out information typically is close to pulling the trigger on an action. Read more >>
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 | The inaugural Hostex East Africa, which took place in March 2014 at the KICC in Nairobi, Kenya, was a successful addition to Montgomery Exhibition events in Africa. Montgomery ECO, the East African arm of Montgomery exhibitions, announced that 40 exhibitors from 10 countries participated with the show with 1674 visitors from 21 countries. Read more >>
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 | Last week CNN's Inside Africa programme discussed the vintage movements in fashion that is currently popular with young South African fashion trailblazers. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Tiger Wheel & Tyre Heavy rainfall and widespread flooding have left a trail of potholes in their wake. While road crews are working frantically to repair the damage across the country, Tiger Wheel & Tyre warns motorists to drive cautiously in affected areas. Read more >>
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 | The volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 4.4% year-on-year (y/y) in February 2014. Read more >>
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 | The producer price index (PPI) for final manufactured goods - considered as the headline PPI - accelerated more than expected by 8.2% year-on-year (y/y) in March after increasing by 7.7% y/y in February‚ Statistics South Africa figures showed. Read more >>
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 | Motor retail group Combined Motor Holdings (CMH) reported that its diluted basic earnings per share were 154.9c for the year ended February, up from 142.4c a year ago. Read more >>
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 | To celebrate South Africa's 20 years of democracy, Absolut has released its limited edition packs. Read more >>
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 | Grolsch is calling on all design schools, artists and designers, as well as the public, to design a new label for the Swingtop bottle. Submissions can entered in one of three categories - artist/designer, student (from participating tertiary institutions only) or public. Entries close on 11 May 2014. Read more >>
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 | Simba has launched its first potato chip strip pack to answer the market's need for added convenience and choice in the snack aisle. Read more >>
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 | Leana Engelbrecht On 24 March 2014 the Competition Tribunal dismissed all charges against South African Breweries Limited (SAB) and its authorised distributors in a matter that has been on-going for ten years. Read more >>
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 | New research from MEF, a global community for mobile content and commerce, indicates that South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya are major adopters of mobile education apps and these growth markets demonstrate the value of such apps. Read more >>
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The third edition of the international Orange Young Designers ideas competition featured five schools from France, UK and South Africa, whose 47 talented young designers produced 32 projects on 'the personal digital space of tomorrow'. Read more >>
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 | The current second-year Cape Winemakers Guild (CWG) protégés will again be able to make their own wines, as Cape Cooperage Group has extended its sponsorship of French oak barrels for another three years. Other annual sponsors supporting this initiative are Consol Glass, Amorim Cork and CDS Vintec that donate the bottles, corks and capsules for the protégé wines. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Apple courted investors with plans to split its stock as iPhone sales pushed up profits while underscoring pressure for the company to unveil "the next big thing." Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON: US regulators proposed new restrictions on the US$2bn market in e-cigarettes, which until now have been free from federal regulation. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Amazon scored has struck a deal with HBO to distribute old shows from the premium cable TV channel to its Prime subscribers, landing a blow to rival Netflix in the streaming video battle. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: French Economist Thomas Piketty's book on income inequality rose to the top of online retailer Amazon's best sellers. Read more >>
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 | More than 46,000 Gauteng taxis have registered for e-tolling, as of 31 March 2014, which means they are exempted from the payment of e-tolls, says the South African National Road Agency (Sanral). Read more >>
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 | Linda Ensor About 5bn cigarettes are being produced illegally in SA each year and sold at prices well below those of legitimate, tax-paying businesses, according to estimates from the tobacco industry. Read more >>
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 | Mpho Sibanyoni Cash-strapped consumers are expected to be in for more of a hiding when the SA Reserve Bank's (SARB) monetary policy committee meets for the first time after the elections next month. Read more >>
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Graeme Palmer |
Franny Rabkin |
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 | Brian Berkman When new GM, Eben Lassen was largely responsible for the success of Le Franschhoek Hotel & Spa, you can believe it when he says he has big plans to upgrade Three Cities' Bantry Bay Suite Hotel and is sending his already excellent staff for butler training. Read more >>
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Mercedes-Benz has taken its first steps into the popular compact SUV market with a new GLA which is not only the most appealing A Class to date but also the three-pointed star's challenger in the upper end of the market where is takes on the BMW X1 and the Audi Q. Read more >>
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 | Ruth Cooper If you're like me you might have thought that the Wellness Warehouse stores only housed wasabi flavoured peanuts, organic face washes and super-healthy meals for the hippies and hipsters, but no, they also run a well-equipped beauty salon, WellSkin, which offers massages, facials, waxes and mani/pedis. Read more >>
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Motivate stores to keep visual and fashion as their focus enhancing the
customer experience. Markham always attracts talented people who are fashionable, youthful, energetic, confident, and fun. Read more >>
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 Measuring marketing ROI and customer engagement! Attend this workshop on 10 June - Learn how to master the calculations from financial and customer data to guide your marketing spend and determine ROMI. Read more >>Power Generationsecolo consulting and training services - 19 May 2014 to 23 May 2014 Sandton NOSHCON 2014NOSA - 9 Sep 2014 to 12 Sep 2014 Central Drakensberg |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson "All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better." John Wooden "Make each day your masterpiece." Napoleon Hill "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." Thomas Edison "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." |
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