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A taste of things to come Taste Holdings has announced that the first Starbucks stores in South Africa will be opened in Rosebank and the Mall of Africa in Midrand next month. Asked if it was the right time to introduce the brand into an economy projected to grow less than 1% this year, Taste CEO Carlo Gonzaga said: "Business is a long-term game. Economies will fluctuate. (But), if you give customers a good experience, the sales will follow." Local competitor Vida e Caffe recently partnered with wiGroup to take its loyalty programme mobile. On purchase, you earn instant loyalty points, and can now share the #VidaLove by sending a friend a voucher, for which you also receive points. As part of its strategy to 'steal' market share, Edgars CEO Bernie Brookes said the debt-burdened retailer is moving towards more local sourcing and in-house design of private label products. In his article, Plain packaging for sugar may prove unhealthy, Gerald Bourne says the policy initiative regarding sugar tax raises the question: is a similar plain-packaging movement the next policy step? While Tilly Jayne mentions a few of the new and noteworthy e-commerce ventures the aspiring entrepreneur should be aware of... Jessica Taylor, Retail Editor (@Biz_Retail)
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Zeenat Moorad Taste Holdings on Thursday announced that the first Starbucks stores in SA would be opened in Rosebank and the Mall of Africa in Midrand in late April... Read | Fifi Peters The eagerly awaited location of SA's first Starbucks coffee shop, which will be ushered in by franchise group Taste Holdings, was bitterly received by the market on Thursday... Read | Gerald Bourne In his budget speech, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan indicated sugar has officially descended into the realm of "sin". The penalty for such sin has come in the form of a sugar tax that will be introduced from April 1 next year... Read | Tilly Jayne There are a lot of different ways to earn money online. In fact, many traditional jobs are now transitioning to a virtual environment, which means that the methods a person can use to earn money via the web are almost endless. Of course, some methods are easier to break into than others... Read | Zeenat Moorad As part of its broader plan to tackle declining sales and profit, Edcon's core Edgars chain is undergoing changes to try to claw back market share... Read | A new study from Juniper Research has found that 1.4 billion loyalty cards were mobile only or integrated into mobile apps in 2015 worldwide. The research forecasts this will rise to 3 billion by 2020... Read |
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 | Shoppers can now use MasterPass, the digital commerce platform from MasterCard, to pay for in-store or face-to-face purchases at over 2,000 iKhokha retailers and service providers in South Africa using their smartphones or tablets... read | |  | Nicky Smith Steinhoff International's deal-making prowess has come to the fore again - it has made a second stealth play in as many weeks, this time on electronic goods firm Darty in a bid worth £662m... read | | |
 | Emfuleni Resorts has outlined its proposal to develop a R1.3 billion mixed-use development on currently under-utilised land in the Boardwalk Precinct in Port Elizabeth. The Boardwalk Mall would include a retail mall, a multi-purpose events venue, entertainment offerings and corporate offices. Emfuleni, together with partner Parktown Capital, believes that the current site offers exceptional opportunities for all... read | |  | For retailers to make sales their doors need to be open for longer. That's the word from Marius Muller, CEO of shopping centre investor Pareto. read | |  | Construction on the R950 million Springs Mall at Blue Crane Eco Park development is well underway according to the main contractor, Giuricich Bros. The 46,000m² regional shopping centre is on schedule to open before Easter 2017... read | | |
 | In order to give South Africans the chance to give financial assistance to those communities left without water, The Shoprite Group has introduced a till-point donation facility... read | |  | Issued by Canon SA Canon South Africa and the University of Pretoria's Department of Genetics are helping to bring to fruition a facial screening project that will assist with the early diagnosis of disorders in children... read | | |
 | Marc Hasenfuss Fashion retailer Rex Trueform (Rextru), one of the more conservative family-controlled companies on the JSE, has made a move to market its wares online... read | |  | Marc Hasenfuss Enduring empowerment company Brimstone Investment has sewn up profits at its 100%-owned clothing manufacturing subsidiary House of Monatic (HoM), with the help of a fashion retailing thrust... read | |  | Models stride seamlessly down the runway - a sleek white canvas where perfectly coiffed hair and beautifully made up faces provide the backdrop for the hottest, newest fashion trends to grace the shelves of favourite boutique stores, influencing the local fashion scene for the months - if not years - to come... read | |  | Kirigo Kamore When they weren't rubbing shoulders with the likes of the dearly departed David Bowie and Miriam Makeba, the founders of Klûk CGDT were working arduously to set a new benchmark in fashion design across the African continent and beyond. The enduring, masterly composition of their work over the years has put them among Africa's fashion top brass... read | | |
 | Issued by Clover Fruit juice-based brand, Tropika, which gained a market share high of 74.7% in 2015, has just won the coveted "Product of the Year 2016" award at the Innovation Awards... read | | |
 | Lucinde Rhoodie and Freddie Terblanche On 29 January, the commissioner of the Consumer Commission published the long-awaited draft franchise industry code under Section 82 of the Consumer Protection Act for comment... read | | |
 | Sustainable Brands Cape Town has announced its speaker lineup for SB'16 Cape Town. The over 100 speakers will lead discussions into how to innovate brands for sustainability.... read | | |
 | Simon Barber WASHINGTON - With the arrival of US frozen chicken portions in South African stores at the weekend, Pretoria satisfied conditions for retaining US trade privileges under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), US Trade Representative Michael Froman said on Wednesday... read | |  | Fifi Peters Dairy products and beverages group Clover has become the second South African company this year to shelve its Nigerian expansion plans due to stringent import-regulation and foreign exchange controls that have made operating in Africa's largest economy difficult... read | | |
 | Issued by Pyrotec The Ingress Protection rating system provides an international standard for classifying the degrees to which electronic equipment and enclosures are sealed against dust, water, impact and other foreign bodies... read | | |
 | Fifi Peters Packaging company Nampak expects to double the number of wine bottles it manufactures for clients such, as KWV and Nederburg, this year... read | | |
 | Fifi Peters After almost three decades at the helm of sprawling industrial giant Bidvest, CEO Brian Joffe is to step down following a major restructuring. But he is not going far, and remains a director at one of the major units... read | | |
 | Bradly Howland, account director of Epic MSLGROUP says that marketers, along with psychologists such as Nobel Economics laureate, Daniel Kahneman, have long understood that people are not rational decision makers... read | | |
 | A new consumer campaign from Albany Bakeries, called Love at First Bite, will give radio listeners and Facebook users a chance to showcase their sandwich-making skills, whilst learning more about the Albany product range... read | |  | Issued by Marin's Southern Africa Marin's South Africa introduced an awesome bundle of displays for the launch of the Battlefront Video Games... read | |  | Issued by Brabys A winning combination of enduring quality, top-class content and visual appeal have made Future Bride an indispensable tool for brides-to-be, as well as one of the best platforms for advertisers to reach their niche market... read | |  | Issued by Scan Display Shopping centres wanting to make the most of empty floor space, and small retailers looking for affordable platforms to sell their products, have turned to Scan Retail's Modular Retail Kiosk (MRK)... read | | |
 | Mark Allix Cashbuild, a major retailer of building materials in Southern Africa, reported a "strong set of results" for the six months ended-December, excluding a once-off empowerment cost of R63m... read | |  | South African retailer Kids Emporium is set to open in the upmarket Angels Gate shopping district in Guildford, Surrey, UK. The opening of the new store will be complemented by the launch of the Kids Emporium UK online store, for online shopping with the additional convenience of door-to-door deliveries... read | |  | Zeenat Moorad Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste met questions late on Monday over the group's bid for Home Retail Group (HRG) with polite parry, saying only that the UK company's Argos chain was an attractive business for Steinhoff to add to its portfolio... read | | |
| | |  | COPENHAGEN - Danish toy maker Lego reported Tuesday that its profits jumped by almost a third in 2015, driven by bumper sales of its range inspired by the Disney blockbuster "Frozen"... read | |  | FRANKFURT - German retail and distribution giant Metro will decide by the end of this year on whether to expand into Myanmar and post-sanctions Iran, its chief executive said in a magazine interview on Thursday... read | | | More International | |
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