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Up 'n running!

Just when we thought it was going to be a quiet week in the retail sector after the post-festive madness (although, for the most part it was), a few major things happened: the merger between SA online giants Kalahari.com and Takealot was approved by the Competition Commission with conditions; Truworths is stocking its interests in kids' wear with the acquistion of the Naartjie and Earthchild brands; and newly-listed Rhodes Food Group is buying Pacmar fruit juice manufacturer and distributor (whose products include Wilde and Amazing juice, amongst others).

In other news, Claire Cobbledick explains the power shift in e-commerce, from Me-commerce to We-commerce, and Craig Whittaker gives us his top five spending trends for 2015.

Go big this year!

Shan Radcliffe, Group Head - Retail (@Biz_Retail)
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Weekly top stories


Unlocking value from customer relationships in 2015
[Joseph Neusu] I recently presented a paper titled "Thriving in the Digital Age: Elevated Experiences, Interactions and Analytics" at a conference that focused on how businesses can manage relationships with their customers in the digital era... read more>>

Top five spending trends for 2015

Craig Whittaker

As we usher in the New Year, consumers and businesses alike look at international trends that have the potential to impact the South African economy in 2015...

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Shopping simplified with new local shipping app

eSolutions, part of DPD Laser, has launched the first free Shopify shipping app, specifically for the South African e-commerce logistics market...

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Give your brand a marketing boost with A-Listers

Leigh Andrews

Looking to break into the lucrative African market? The key may lie in a new online directory with the power of social network functionality that links your brand to African celebrities...

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Chicken imports may rise as duty lapses

Amanda Visser

Preliminary antidumping duties against imports of frozen bone-in chicken from three of SA's trading partners in the European Union have lapsed in the new year, opening the way for increased inflows...

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Brand loyalty - a thing of the past for technology brands?

Sid Peimer

This year's Consumer Electronics Show will feature everything from biometric socks and other 'wearables' to 3D printers, drones, robotics, virtual reality and TVs where the clarity is best described as 'breath-taking'. However...

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Me-commerce to We-commerce, explains e-commerce power shift

Claire Cobbledick

Trade will find you in the comfort of your own home, with a veritable flood of merchants next door. Individuals are thinking differently about the dead capital in their homes...

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Rhodes Food to buy fruit juice firm Pacmar

Nick Hedley

Rhodes Food Group said yesterday, 7 January 2015, it would buy a Western Cape fruit juice business for R165m, its first major acquisition...

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Truworths focuses on kids' clothing market

Bekezela Phakathi

Retailer Truworths is set to become the dominant player in the money-spinning children's-wear market after agreeing to buy iconic specialists Naartjie and Earthchild...

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Takealot, Kalahari merger approved

The competition authority announced the approval of the merger application of Takealot.com and Kalahari.com, two of South Africa's leading e-commerce players, yesterday, 5 January 2015...

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HR & Recruitment
Six tricks to avoid the new year's sales slump

Roane Swindon

After the holidays, it is difficult for anyone to be motivated for work. Here are six tips that may help you get results through the weary start of the year... read more>>
Retail
New vehicle sales in December up 10.7%
The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa) on Wednesday, 7 January 2015, reported new vehicle sales in December rose 10.7%‚ or 4‚979 vehicles year on year... read more>>
E-commerce
Up, up and online for Africa's retail industry
The eCommerce Africa Conference & Exhibition will bring together senior-level e-commerce and marketing professionals from all major industries... read more>>
Exhibitions & Events
SP Young Chef 2015 gets off to frying start with judge selection
Chefs David Higgs, Joe Barza and Uwe Micheel are the new Middle East and Africa's jury members for the local selection of S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2015... read more>>
Go retro at Harbour Market Vintage Saturdays
Stomp the vineyard at Muratie Estate this summer
Grape Scott! Harvest celebrations roll around again
FMCG
Full cream products are in favour

Nick Hedley

Consumers are buying more of Clover Industries' full cream products and slightly fewer of its low fat offerings, says CEO Johann Vorster. read more>>
Hospitality
Jozi likes Asian action
Johannesburgers sure love their Asian food and they are willing to pay for it... read more>>
Import/Export
China replaces rare earth quotas with export permits
BEIJING, CHINA: China has instituted a system of export permits for rare earth metals, used in hi-tech goods such as mobile phones, the government said... read more>>
Manufacturing
Factory data 'not market-moving'

Maarten Mittner

Manufacturing growth data for November are to be released on Monday and that month's retail, wholesale and motor sales figures later in the week... read more>>
Uncertainty mars tender for digital TV

Amuel Mungadze

A state entity is forging ahead with a R4.3bn tender for the manufacture of television set-top boxes without the government having finalised its policy on the devices. read more>>
Regulatory
Fidelity, Protea merger approved
The Competition Commission has approved with conditions the intermediate merger whereby Fidelity Cash Solutions and Fidelity Security Services intend to acquire several businesses from Protea Coin Group... read more>>
Research
De Beers' rough sales forecast to have risen

Charlotte Mathews

De Beers' sales of rough diamonds are likely to have risen 14% to more than $6.5bn in the year to December compared with the previous year... read more>>
Research
How to react when making market research mistakes

Caitlin Stewart, courtesy Ashlan Bonnell

WASHINGTON DC, US: In each stage of the market research process, there are common mistakes that can be made. So how should you handle them? read more>>
Retail Marketing
Suzelle takes us YouTube shopping

TJ Strydom

Peeling apples with a drill and making a traditional dish in a hollowed-out pumpkin caught the attention of hundreds of thousands of South Africans on YouTube last year... read more>>
On your marks, cook, snap!
Retargeting may work, but pretargeting may work better

Erika Morphy

Retailers
Spar plans to open 35 new stores this year

Charlotte Mathews

Spar, which services independent retailers trading under the Spar, Tops at Spar, Build It and Savemore brands, plans to open 35 new Spar stores in the year ahead... read more>>
Supply Chain
Ceres farmer wins Freshmark Supplier of the Year
Award-winning Rossouw Cillié of Laastedrif Farming in Ceres has added another accolade to his already impressive collection of awards... read more>>
Meat producers take note

Dr Koos Coetzee

Lower grain and higher meat prices imply improved profitability for livestock producers globally. With some provisos, this is also true for South Africa... read more>>
Technology
'Selfie sticks' give new perspective at tech show
LAS VEGAS, USA: "Selfie sticks" - the lightweight monopods which hold smartphones to get a better angle for self portraits - are making the tech community look at things from a new perspective... read more>>
New Acer smartphone - making liquid a solid
Sony unveils new product range at CES 2015
International
China smartphone maker Xiaomi wants slice of Apple pie
SHANGHAI, CHINA: When the charismatic founder of upstart Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi took the stage at an Internet conference, he was open about his ambition: world domination... read more>>
Singapore firm launches mobile app for halal foodies
SINGAPORE: A Singapore-based company has just launched a mobile application that enables Muslim foodies and travellers to share halal restaurant discoveries around the world... read more>>
MEF identifies 10 key mobile trends for 2015
LONDON, UK: MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, looks at the year ahead to predict the ten key mobile trends that will shape the global mobile landscape in 2015... read more>>
Data extraction - helping businesses see the bigger picture

Ritesh Sanghani

Today the rate at which data is generated has seen a manifold escalation. This data is generated both internally and externally... read more>>
Jurors announced for One Show
Jurors named for Clio Image Awards 2015
Tribute to Charlie

Andrew Heslop

Pedigree Doggy DentaDash... for dog dental care
IMA final call for entries: Deadline extended to 15 January
New York Festivals World's Best Radio Programs 2015 competition open for entries
World's press condemns attack against Charlie Hebdo
Creative Leaders Retreat - be inspired and empowered
The Best of Global Digital Marketing Awards for December 2014
Ukraine TV lands in hot water over Russian pop songs
'Small screens' prevent kids from sleeping: US study
Madonna in race row over Instagram pics; defaced Mandela image
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Government
Allocate all Eskom and SAA shares to citizens

Temba Nolutshungu

South Africans in general and taxpayers in particular have become accustomed/hardened/seasoned to the perennial, colossal financial blunders otherwise known as South African Airways (SAA) and Eskom... read more>>
BCI dropped in December
The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) says the business confidence index (BCI) shed 2.5 index points in December 2014, coming in at 88.3... read more>>
Tax hikes on the way
The tax committee under Judge Dennis Davis has submitted proposals to Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene on how the Treasury can find R15bn in additional taxes annually... read more>>
SARS has reached its limit of effective collection

Loane Sharp

In a new series of TV advertisements called "Paranoia", the South African Revenue Service (SARS) warns people: "We're closing in on you..." read more>>
Transnet dashes hopes for future of historic station
Matriculants should study agriculture - IFP
Resignation hits SABC board... More to follow?
SA condemns terrorist attack in France
Confronting racism on the internet: A response to Nzimande

Anton Harber

Don't abandon your studies - Motshekga

More Matshediso

Education key to economic freedom - Ramaphosa
Avoiding fiscal cliff will have taxpayers staggering

Jannie Rossouw, Fanie Joubert and Adèle Breytenbac

Eastern Cape ANC: Ad boycott? What boycott?
Kadalie has harsh words for SA's leaders
Blade makes blunt attack on media...
Education on the right track, says minister

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Motoring
Handsome and comfortable Accord
The Honda Accord 3.5 V6 looks smart, slick and sophisticated but it also rings some nostalgic bells that hark back to the days when family sedans were big, spacious and as the comfortable as well-worn old leather chairs you would find in gentlemen's clubs... read more>>
Opel Adam is a little beaut

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

Under its stubby hood lives a minuscule engine not much bigger than a coffee-grinder but when it comes to driver-pleasing technology, customisation options and stand-out trendy looks the new baby Opel Adam is streets ahead of just about everything else on the road. read more>>
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Jobs offered


New events to diarise
Get Started 2015
My StartUp Edge - 26 Jan 2015 Johannesburg

Africa Energy Indaba 2015
Siyenza - 16 Feb 2015 to 20 Feb 2015 Johannesburg

Working World Exhibition
Inkanyezi Event Organisers - 4 Mar 2015 to 6 Mar 2015 Port Elizabeth

Retail World Africa 2015
Terrapinn Ltd - 10 Mar 2015 to 11 Mar 2015 Johannesburg

5th Annual EnviroMining Conference
Intelligence Transfer Centre - 18 Mar 2015 to 19 Mar 2015 Gauteng

2nd Annual SA Entrepreneurship Expo 2015
New Life Communications - 23 Apr 2015 to 24 Apr 2015 Johannesburg

18th Kenya International Trade Exhibition
Expogroup - 7 May 2015 to 9 May 2015 Nairobi

Africa's Big Seven
Exhibition Management Services (Pty) Ltd - 21 Jun 2015 to 23 Jun 2015 Midrand

SAITEX
Exhibition Management Services (Pty) Ltd - 21 Jun 2015 to 23 Jun 2015 Midrand

Rustenburg Car, Fashion and Bike Expo
urban entertainment movement - 28 Aug 2015 to 29 Aug 2015 Rustenburg

Quotes
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs."
Sean Aiken
"The belief that you can have a meaningful career is the first step to finding one."
Nietzsche
"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."
George Bernard Shaw
"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them."
Elbert Hubbard
"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today."

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