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"Strong women - be them, hire them, mentor them." - Kate Schrire With one week to go until the Johannesburg leg of Business of Design, I interview the inspirational Kate Schrire of The Creamery Ice Cream Company. We talk about the importance of slow food and sustainability, why community is important for business owners, what it means to be a woman in business, and ice cream of course. Amazon launched its first Prime Air-branded cargo plane last week to speed up shipments between its distribution centres and ultimately delivery for its Prime subscribers. Called Amazon One, the plane is one of 40 planes that Amazon has agreed to lease through air cargo partners. In other news, Pioneer Foods has agreed to acquire the entire share capital of UK-based Streamfoods for £7.5m. Its fruit snacking brand, Fruit Bowl, is well positioned to generate growth in the health conscious UK and European markets, says Thushen Govender, international business executive at Pioneer Foods. We hope you have a restful, empowering Women's Day tomorrow. Click through to our #WomensMonth special section for a reminder of all the other inspiring businesswomen we've featured so far this August. Jessica Tennant, Retail Editor (@Biz_Retail)
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WASHINGTON - Online giant Amazon unveiled its first branded airplane on Friday, part of what is expected to be a fleet of 'Prime Air' cargo planes... Read | Jessica Tennant Strawberry basil, white nectarine, jasmine blossom, hot cross bun, pistachio, and Catawba grape are not your average ice cream flavours and when 'garden mint' in a sugar cone tastes like exactly that, it must be true that The Creamery is the cream of the crop in the ice cream business... Read | Adding to its product portfolio in the UK, Pioneer Foods, a leading South African FMCG company, has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Streamfoods in the UK for £7.5m... Read |
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 | Binu Pillai provides insight into Chinese importing opportunities, basic tips, and techniques for South African startups... read | |
|  | Issued by Rentokil Initial This National Women's Day, make sure your female colleagues are protected from cross-contamination at work. Initial discusses the hygiene risks of inadequate sanitary disposal... read | |
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 | The soft drink industry has weighed in on the debate around the proposed sugar tax and its efficacy in fighting obesity... read | | |
 | Marc Hasenfuss Directors of poultry group Sovereign Food Investments appeared to chicken out of answering questions about the identity of a partner in a lucrative factory shop joint venture... read | |  | Following five consecutive months of increases, international prices for major food commodities saw a modest decline in July according to the FAO Food Price Index... read | |  | Marc Hasenfuss Poultry group Country Bird Holdings (CBH) has dug its claws deeper into rival Sovereign Food Investments following a sizeable block trade on the JSE on Friday... read | |  | Marc Hasenfuss Shareholders in unlisted liquor group KWV Holdings will not taste a rich special dividend anytime soon... read | | |
 | The KFC team of Doug Smart, MD of KFC Africa, KFC champion Sydney Thela and KFC champion Sinanziwe Ndlovu joined the CEO SleepOut on 28 July 2016 on the Nelson Mandela Bridge to take a stand in fighting poverty and homelessness in South Africa... read | | |
 | Juan-Pierre Du Buisson In order to stand out from the rest, brands have introduced programmes that reward customer loyalty. Statistics have shown that increasing customer loyalty by just 5% could lead to an increase in the average profit per customer 25-100%. read | | |
 | Matt Zajechowski of Digital Third Coast and Shorr Packaging have researched the state of the e-commerce subscription services industry in the US. The research indicates that subscription box website visits have skyrocketed from just over 700,000 in 2013 to 21.4m today, a 3000% increase... read | |
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 | Ann Crotty Several of the conditions imposed on the merger between SABMiller and Anheuser-Busch (AB) InBev are likely to strengthen the competitive position of Distell, according to the Competition Tribunal's analysis of the reasons for granting conditional approval for the megabrew deal. read | |  | At the International Wine and Spirits Competition in London, Distell won Best Worldwide Brandy, Best Cognac and Best Vodka... read | |  | Jacobs Krönung has launched its 40g, 250g and special 250g+50g coffee packs... read | |  | Ann Crotty If all goes to plan October 5 will be the last day investors will be able to trade in the oldest industrial company on the JSE... read | | |
 | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi The manufacturing sector is showing signs of resilience in the face of a tough operating environment and has increased the application of production capacity... read | |  | Remanufacturing is gaining traction around the world and local companies in the automotive sector are stepping up their capabilities... read | |  | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi Use of factory capacity in SA increased in May from the same month in 2015, data from Statistics SA released on Thursday showed... read | |  | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi Manufacturing activity increased in July but at a slower pace than in June - mainly due to a significant drop in business activity, in line with a weak economy... read | | |
 | Joe Louw In 1949, in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell predicted a totalitarian state with continuous mass surveillance and a dilution of civil liberties by an all-powerful government. In many ways George Orwell's predictions have come true... read | | |
 | Doug Kimball and Srinivasan Muthusrinivasan Similar to competing in the Formula 1, businesses in today's ever-changing omni-channel environment need superior skill, agility and collaboration to succeed... read | | |
 | Azizzar Mosupi The first locally produced smartphone may not simply make significant strides in the technology industry - it will boast greater security... read | | |
 | Charles Mburugu Recent research has shown that less than 50% of new businesses survive beyond their fifth year, as today's business world is more dynamic and competitive than ever... read | | |  | BERLIN - A year of high-profile sports sponsorship has so far paid off for Adidas, with sales at its core brand up 25 percent thanks to events including the Euro 2016 football tournament... read | |  | NEW YORK - Former Christian Dior designer Raf Simons has been appointed Calvin Klein's new chief creative officer and will debut his first collections for the fall 2017 season, the US label announced on Tuesday... read | |  | WASHINGTON - Online giant Amazon said on Thursday profit in the second quarter surged ninefold as cloud computing and other services helped produce a fifth consecutive profit... read | | | More International | |
|  | The retail concept of Continental, ContiPartner, is being relaunched in Ghana through one of its selected partners, Rainbow Motor Workshop and Engineering... read | | | More Africa | |
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 | Leigh Andrews Create a business that exists and even flourishes without you was the knockout lesson from BeingBossZA, a well-attended females-only business event explaining how to survive your first 1,000 days in business and beyond as a womentrepreneur this past weekend... read | |
|  | Weylandts seeks a senior business development consultant to build and maintain relationships with identified key players, potential corporates and residential clients. Read more >> |
| | | Design thinking for brand buildingVega School - 8 Sep 2016, Durban | 8 Sep 2016 to 9 Sep 2016, Johannesburg | 8 Sep 2016 to 9 Sep 2016, Pretoria | 8 Sep 2016 to 9 Sep 2016, Cape Town |
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| Chinese Proverb "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." Napoleon Hill "What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." Frederick Douglass "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." John Wooden "Make each day your masterpiece." Beverly Sills "There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." |
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