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| Issued by Atmosphere PR How can FMCG manufacturers and retailers best walk the tightrope between maintaining profit margins on the one hand and remaining affordable to cash-strapped consumers on the other?... read |
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| Gareth Ackerman CEOs from the world's most influential consumer and retail brands will gather at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on June 15-17 for the 60th Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit - the first of its kind on the African continent... read |
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| Issued by Atmosphere PR Issues impacting retailers and manufacturers will come under the spotlight at The Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit in Cape Town from 15 to 17 June... read |
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| Leigh Andrews This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Kevin Dunbar, the only student nominee in the 2016 IAB Bookmark Awards and currently lead designer at craft cider startup, Sxollie Cider... read | | | Leigh Andrews With everyone and their grandma reading content on their phones these days, digital magazine apps are by no means just the realm of the youth. Here's how Edgars Club Magazine is repeatedly delighting its downloaders... read | |
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| Reeza Isaacs, group finance director of Woolworths Holdings and a CA(SA), was named South Africa's CFO of the Year at the 2016 CFO Awards gala event in Johannesburg on 12 May 2016... read |
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| Dave Nemeth If you have ventured to the brand new Mall of Africa you may have seen the new ABSA bank branch. Creating a stir with the images and video that are doing the rounds on social media, it's an ongoing project by Design Partnership... read |
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| Mark Allix In a departure from its usual security focus, Trellidor, which recently listed on the JSE, will also enter the home improvement market... read |
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| Issued by Millward Brown L'Oréal Paris remains the most valuable personal care brand in the 2016 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking, released by WPP and Millward Brown, with a 1% rise in value to $23.5bn... read |
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| Issued by Millward Brown Amazon has become the World's Most Valuable Global Retail Brand in the 2016 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking, released by WPP and Millward Brown... read |
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| Joan Muller The flurry of new listings, mergers and acquisitions in the JSE's R450bn listed property sector continues unabated. But not all deals are garnering initial market support... read |
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| The Vaal Mall's extensive R420m expansion and revamp, nine years after opening, is nearing completion and already offers shoppers more choice... read |
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| South African comparison website PriceCheck has announced the launch of the PriceCheck Tech & E-Commerce Awards... read |
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| Danette Breitenbach As part of its headline sponsorship of Grand Designs this year, that took place recently at the TicketPro Dome, north of Johannesburg, Stanley Black & Decker hosted a number of DIY workshops... read |
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| Shoprite's biggest savings promotion of the year, Big Red Friday takes place tomorrow, when customers can get savings of up to 50% off on a wide range of food and household products, for one day only... read |
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| At the beginning of the new millennium the South African textile and clothing sectors faced serious challenges... read |
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| Stafford Thomas Even in the best of economic times it takes confidence and nerve for a company to present a five-year forecast. The Foschini Group (TFG) has done just that... read |
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| Source Africa, now running for its fourth consecutive year, is currently underway at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The opening seminar, 'AGOA - The African Advantage' placed the spotlight on African trade and market growth in the textile and apparel sector, post the AGOA agreement renewal to 2025... read |
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| Bekezela Phakathi The government's efforts to boost the clothing industry are beginning to bear fruit, with the sector increasing its exports... read |
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| Colleen Goko International clothing brands may be getting a foot up against local firms, thanks to the weaker rand... read |
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| Fifi Peters Food producer Tiger Brands on Thursday pulled the plug on a second major African market, with the sale of its stake in an Ethiopian business - less than six months after it disposed of a Nigerian venture... read |
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| Ann Crotty The Competition Tribunal is expected to give the go-ahead to the Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller merger in the first week of July, with some tweaking of the conditions imposed by the Competition Commission... read |
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| Issued by Clover Clover has claimed top spot in the Reputation Institute's study of the most reputable companies in South Africa in 2016... read |
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| Ocean Basket comes of age this year, bringing massive transformation and an exciting new journey for both franchisees and the consumer - a journey that promises brand longevity and exceptional growth for the local brand that has successfully taken to the highly competitive global stage... read |
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| TJ Strydom KFC will shut its 12 outlets in Botswana next week as they are no longer viable, closing its doors after operating in the southern African nation for 20 years, its owners said on Friday... read |
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| A partnership of leading international organisations, including the United Nations, has announced the launch of a first-ever global standard to measure food loss and waste... read |
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| Philani Nombembe and Graeme Hosken The Department of State Security had downplayed warnings of an increased likelihood of Islamic terrorist attacks in South Africa issued by the US, UK and Australian governments... read |
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| Issued by Insight Survey Insight Survey's latest SA Tea Industry Landscape Report 2016 carefully unfolds the global and local tea markets based on the latest information and research... read |
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| Chiara Di Rago In a recent article I read, a woman explained how, after coming across an Instagram post of one of her favourite bloggers, she rushed to the stores in search for the very doormat she saw in the post. After searching high and low she eventually got hold of the doormat and felt compelled to share the news on social media... read |
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| On the latest episode of Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show host Warren Harding spoke to Amanda Cromhout... read |
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| Asha Speckman This week, the cabinet could approve policy recommendations that would lead to the disappearance of marketing of alcoholic beverages from primetime slots on TV... read |
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| Issued by Sureswipe Sureswipe, a leading payment service provider, has acquired Concorde Solutions, a provider of integrated payment processing solutions for businesses and independent retailers... read |
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| Robert Laing Hardware retailers led a fall in building confidence, a quarterly poll by Stellenbosch University's Bureau for Economic Research (BER) reported on Thursday... read |
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| Retailer Clicks will takeover managing private hospital group Netcare's 37 Medicross branded retail pharmacies and its 51 hospital "front shops", the two JSE-listed groups said in a joint-statement on Wednesday... read |
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| A mobile payment platform, wiGroup, was recognised as the overall winner of the 2016 FNB Business Innovation Awards, for using innovation to drive business growth... read |
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| According to the latest Ericsson ConsumerLab report, "Wearable technology and the internet of Things", it has been revealed that six in 10 smartphone users state that wearables have uses beyond health and wellness... read |
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| NEW DELHI - Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos has pledged to invest $3 billion in India, in a big bet on the growth of online shopping in the fast-growing South Asian economy... read |
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| HONG KONG - Cosmetics giant Lancome closed some of its outlets in Hong Kong Wednesday as protesters gathered at a major mall after the company cancelled a concert featuring a local singer critical of China... read |
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| Bogosi Motshegwa What is a deadline? A deadline is a description of a specific time and date or period (usually) set in the future... read |
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| john sanei With the rapid pace of technological change disrupting industries faster than ever before, past trends may no longer be a reliable indicator of future job prospects... read |
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| The digital age has seen smaller businesses compete effectively with their bigger counterparts thanks to business agility. This buzzword refers to the ability to adapt and respond to the rapid rate of change... read |
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