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From the hills of Kyoto comes Matcha, a tea steeped in Japanese lore. It's a finely ground tea leaf that was first used by Zen monks, as it was believed to invoke mental clarity and physical energy. The Japanese regard Matcha as the equivalent of 10 cups of green tea! Read | Jessica Taylor As founders and directors of Source and Southern Guild, curators of Watershed and Work Shop New Town, and programme directors of Design Network Africa, it suffices to say that Trevyn and Julian McGowan are doing extraordinary things in support of local design... Read | Marc Hasenfuss Shares in upmarket retailer Woolworths (Woolies), the darling of the JSE's consumer sector, were shredded yesterday, with nervous investors fretting over less compelling prospects for the financial year ahead... Read | Brandon Williams To stay relevant, retailers should reinvent their brick-and-mortar locations brand identity every three to five years... Read | Phakamisa Ndzamela JSE-listed investment firm Brait is looking to sell its interests in glass maker Consol and media group Primedia, marking the end of the private equity portfolio that held the assets... Read | Dave Nemeth In 2012, after much research, we at Trend Forward presented the future of marketing trend presentation to a small group of around 50 individuals across a broad sector of industries, including advertising, retail, marketing and few photographers... Read |
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 | Category winners in the 2015/2016 PPC Imaginarium Awards were announced this month with entries doubling that of the initial year of the competition... read | | |
 | Fifi Peters Pioneer Foods, the JSE's second-largest food producer with a market capitalisation of more than R31bn, said on Friday it had no choice but to pass on the burden from soaring grain prices, rand weakness, and high wheat import tariffs to the already pressured South African consumer... read | |  | Marc Hasenfuss It feels as if the listing of Gold Brands Investments, the owner of the Chesa Nyama fast-food franchise, on the JSE's AltX market has been on the boil for some time... read | |  | Fifi Peters Reducing imports and stocking up on locally produced goods saved Italtile from the weak rand made worse by subdued building activity during the six months to December... read | |  | Payment service provider PayGate has entered into a partnership with Trans Africa Solutions, an African secure payment solutions company whose patented Smart Code product, SCode, allows barcoded invoices to be settled in cash at retailers and Post Offices throughout South Africa... read | |  | Marc Hasenfuss Poultry group Sovereign Food Investments has tweaked its controversial black economic empowerment (BEE) deal, thereby saving a bundle in costs and precluding a competitor from "grossly abusing" an appraisal rights mechanism... read | |
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 | JLL South Africa has released its Q4 2015 research reports for the Johannesburg retail market, office market, and industrial market, as well as the Cape Town office market... read | | |
 | The Moolman Property Group and Investec Property Fund have announced the extension of the existing Great North Plaza Shopping Centre. The co-developers broke ground for the new development on 16 November 2015, and the anticipated date of opening is April 2017... read | |  | The South African Council of Shopping Centres has said that there was some welcome news coming out of the country's malls and retailers at the end of 2015, notwithstanding tough trading conditions in local markets... read | |
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 | Jessica Taylor The annual Clover Mama Afrika Smarties Week, Clover's flagship CSI programme, took place in Johannesburg last week, from Sunday, 31 January to Friday, 5 February, including an awards evening for rewarding the mamas' previous years' work and commitment to their respective communities... read | | |
 | Ryan Kidman If a company falls short on accommodating the needs of their customers, sales decrease, and the business - fails. If you've been in business long enough, you know that not every customer will be satisfied. However, if a majority of your customers aren't pleased then Houston, you have a problem... read | | |
 | Machine-to-machine (M2M) technology could affect energy, agriculture, asset tracking and retail payments sectors across Africa, where it will not only improve efficiencies but also reduce costs... read | | |
 | On the last episode of Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show host Warren Harding focused on two events happening in Cape Town next week from 17 February 2016... read | |  | Jacques Coetzee French insurance giant AXA has bought an eight percent stake in Africa Internet Group (AIG), one of the continent's largest e-commerce players. The deal is valued at €75-million (over US$83-million)... read | |  | Manish Bhalla A startup wave has hit the world and given birth to various big and small e-commerce websites. Following this, everyone aspires to build an Etsy like startup, but they either lack software choices or knowledge of a multi-vendor script/system required to create an online store... read | | |
 | Appletiser will celebrate its golden anniversary this year and intends to celebrate its 50 years of crowning moments with one special year of creating them... read | |  | Marc Hasenfuss Astral Foods, the "big bird" of the local poultry sector, is on the prowl for acquisitions that will boost growth but warned hostile takeover attempts would not fly... read | | |
 | There are no guarantees when it comes to business. Even owning a franchised store with a great consumer brand, store location and franchisor support can't stop a business from getting into difficulties if management skills aren't up to the challenge of everyday operations... read | | |
 | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi Manufacturing and mining output remain constrained, providing little prospect for employment and GDP growth... read | | |
 | Issued by Pyrotec Does your product packaging allow for different merchandising options? Is your product getting noticed in the busy retail environment?... read | | |
 | Zeenat Moorad In a move to quell growing disapproval of its lending practices, furniture retailer Lewis will launch a call centre to enhance compliance, transparency and oversight of its in-store sales and credit-application process... read | |  | Issued by Knowledge Resources Do you know which legally compliant food labelling factors to keep in mind when developing and conceptualising trademarks, brand names and related content on packaging for foodstuffs?... read | | |
 | Virtually all South Africans have items in their homes they aren't actively using - 99% of us, in fact, according to a survey done by Gumtree South Africa. The informal study asked respondents about the items that end up unused in their homes, including small appliances, sporting goods, baby and children's items and furniture... read | |  | More than three billion loyalty cards will operate as mobile only, or be integrated into mobile apps by 2020, up from 1.4 billion last year according to a new study from Juniper Research... read | | |
 | Zeenat Moorad Edcon, the retailer that owns brands such as Edgars, CNA and Jet, will cut jobs at its head office as part of its turnaround strategy... read | | |
 | Retailer Spar Group on Tuesday reported an increase in sales of 14.1% for the 18 weeks to 30 January... read | | |
 | Brands Africa has chosen Cquential's warehouse management solution to run its extensive warehouse facility... read | | |
 | In this world, you ultimately receive exactly what your inward authentic self truly feels you deserve, no more and no less. Building your profile in business is very much about building your profile in life... read | |  | Auguste Coetzer Chief financial officers are not generally known for making miscalculations, but they are currently in danger of making a big one... with huge ramifications for their future prospects... read | |
|  | We are looking for an industry research analyst to join our growing research team. If you are passionate about industry research and an info junkie, please send us your CV. Read more >> |
| Lumoss Mouldings is looking for a sales/key accounts manager for its retail division in the Western Cape. The candidate must have a minimum of five years' experience in FMCG. Read more >> |
 | Weylandts have a great opportunity for an experienced retail manager at their store in Green Point. Working in a beautiful space, running the showroom in accordance to overall company policy. Read more >> |
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| Joshua J. Marine "Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." Bobby Unser "Success is where preparation and opportunity meet." Albert Einstein "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." Yvon Chouinard "How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top." Harriet Beecher Stowe "Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." |
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