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The way to brand and rebrand As part of #BrandManagerMonth, I interviewed Yuppiechef's marketing team because for them it's all about teamwork in getting the brand message across. Then Leigh Andrews interviews New Media Publishing's Elmari Rautenbach and Andrew Nunneley on how Ackermans rebranded itself with the February edition of the Ackermans Club magazine. She also chats to Rob Nelson at Reel2Real Interaction about the evolution of digital out-of-home signage and how it guides the shopper path to purchase. In other news, Tiger Brands appointed Lawrence MacDougall as CEO. He is currently executive vice president and regional president at Mondelez International for Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Noel Doyle will continue to serve as acting CEO until MacDougall joins the organisation. And South Africa's online marketplace bidorbuy.co.za announced the addition of Bitcoin as a payment method through its partnership with BitX. For more on how it works and the advantages of enabling bitcoin payments, read Bidorbuy now taking bitcoins. Lastly, Vincent Hoogduijn, CEO for Media 24's e-commerce division, explains why the slow adoption of e-commerce is more of an offline problem than an online one. "The underlying reason that e-commerce is not growing as fast as it should be in SA is not due to the online experience. Retail is over-developed in SA, and it's not helping e-commerce..." Jessica Taylor, Retail Editor (@Biz_Retail)
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South Africa's online marketplace bidorbuy.co.za, today announced the addition of bitcoin as a payment method through their partnership with BitX, a leading global bitcoin platform... Read | Tiger Brands has appointed Lawrence MacDougall as CEO of the company, the company said on Wednesday, 9 March 2016... Read | Jessica Taylor It wouldn't be fair to crown one person because Yuppiechef is its people - a food community of real people who really do care about their customers... Read | Leigh Andrews Digital out of home (OOH) signage is more important in the marketing mix than ever before, especially as it guides the shopper path to purchase... Read | Leigh Andrews It's one thing to create a successful local brand and something else entirely to successfully rebrand 100 years later. Here's how Ackermans did so with the February edition of its Ackermans Club magazine, based on reader input... Read | E-commerce experts remain upbeat that the market is developing sufficiently and is about to boom, despite slow e-commerce uptake in South Africa over the past five years... Read |
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 | Yvonne Fontyn If you have been eyeing a new luxury car, even though yours is barely a year old, or yet another pair of imported shoes, give yourself a break. You may be displaying the worst of consumerist excess, but according to psychologists, it's what humans are programmed to do: to consume as much as we can, and to display our most attractive traits and acquisitions to gain prestige and impress a mate... read | | |
 | Fifi Peters Diversified consumer brands company AVI is looking beyond the economic slump, and has almost tripled its war chest by raising its debt facilities to R1.5bn... read | |  | Marc Hasenfuss A new development could be hatching at Sovereign Food Investments, with a rival poultry group swooping in on its shares... read | | |
 | Issued by Verve Magnum, Nelson Mandela Square opened to the public on 12 March 2016 for eight weeks only... read | | |
 | Joan Muller The glut of new shopping centre space that continues to grow in major cities and towns is starting to bite into landlords' returns, results released last week by two of SA's largest retail property owners show... read | |  | Property fund Attacq is confident it will achieve stronger capital growth when its major expansion projects including The Mall of Africa and the second phase of Waterfall City, kick into gear... read | |  | Space at prime South African retail properties was made to work harder throughout 2015 and delivered real growth on an inflation adjusted basis... read | | |
 | Bentley has a new home in SA. The luxury British car maker has appointed LSM Distributors, the company behind Porsche in the country as its new distributor after the previous arrangement... read | | |
 | Meaghan Rose E-commerce is in vogue. According to eMarketer, it will account for almost nine percent of total retail sales by 2018, up from 5.9% in 2014. And by 2019, e-commerce spend is set to surpass US$3 trillion. But with Amazon currently snatching "23% market share of online retail sales," it may seem like a behemoth to beat... read | |  | Charles Mburugu Social media has become an increasingly vital element of e-commerce. With the millions of people using social media on daily basis, many companies are realising the power of sites... read | | |
 | Palesa Vuyolwethu Tshandu As the South African economy weighs down retail sales, The Foschini Group may be looking at expanding its UK retail offering with its rumoured acquisition of upper-end mass market retailer Whistles International to act as a hedge against the falling rand... read | | |
 | The Cape Brewing Company is challenging traditional perceptions of craft beer by introducing its newest creation in the latest generation of aluminium can. CBC, which has not previously used a can for any of its beers, felt that the quality of the latest generation of aluminium can was finally good enough for its customers, and its beer... read | |  | JP Gené It's nothing but oil and additives, without a single fresh ingredient whatsoever. But it's affordable and well-packaged, and so it sells. We're talking about margarine: the poor man's butter... read | |  | Savanna has taken on a Mexican twist with the launch of a limited edition release cider, Savanna Loco, which combines the crisp taste of Savanna Dry with fresh tequila flavour in a market first for South Africa... read | |  | Nature's Source Muesli is now available in a new resealable pack in a sleek, modern design for added freshness and appeal... read | | |
 | Issued by Tiger Wheel & Tyre Tiger Wheel & Tyre has added three new tread patterns to its popular and affordable range of Velocity tyres. The new Reacta, Speed Max, and Raptor Van 2 tyres are now available at Tiger Wheel & Tyre stores countrywide... read | | |
 | Entrepreneurial development is a priority for South Africa; however the country still faces many challenges in creating an environment for entrepreneurs to flourish... read | | |
 | Issued by Rentokil Initial Rentokil is the market leader in the global pest control field, and this is especially evident when it comes to online pest management... read | | Issued by Rentokil Initial | | |
 | Jonathan Chapman We live in a world drowning in objects: households with a television in each room; kitchen cupboards stuffed with waffle makers, blenders and cappuccino whisks; drawers filled to bursting with pocket-sized devices powered by batteries - batteries which themselves take a thousand times more energy to make than they will ever provide... read | |  | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi Mining and manufacturing - which together make up 20% of the economy - began the year in the negative, indicating just how poor economic growth will be, as SA battles to stave off a credit ratings downgrade... read | |  | Manufacturing production declined 2.5% in January this year compared with a year ago after increasing by 0.5% year on year in December... read | | |
 | Mark Allix Moody's outlook for the global paper and forest products industry is "stable", reflecting its expectation that operating income growth of the 46 paper companies it rates globally will be flat to modest over the next 12 to 18 months... read | |  | Issued by Pyrotec Do-It hang tabs and merchandising display strips are plastic self-adhesive hangers that allow products to be displayed vertically and face-forward to increase your product's brand awareness and maximise your merchandising display options... read | |  | Issued by Pyrotec This year marks the 50th anniversary of Pyrotec, a privately owned and managed business that was established in 1966 and continues to offer products and services founded on a dedication to quality, operational reliability and service excellence... read | | |
 | Leigh Andrews Late last week, the local retail and marketing industry was abuzz with news that The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town had won the local integrated account for Burger King... read | |  | Brendan Seery In advertising, you have brand, the sexy sister, and you have retail, the ugly sister or, if you prefer, the sexy brother and the ugly brother... read | | |  | NEW YORK, USA: US online giant Amazon on Tuesday, 8 March 2016, announced its first live show for its streaming video service, a 30-minute show dedicated to fashion which will be free to all viewers... read | |  | NEW YORK, USA: Online retail titan Amazon is starting up its own air cargo service, laying down a challenge to companies like Fedex and UPS, which deliver much of its goods... read | | | More International | |
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