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October is #SustainabilityMonth Famous Brands has made its first foray into the food service leisure sector, acquiring a 49.9% stake in the award-winning commercial catering company, By Word of Mouth. The intention is to expand the business' existing presence in the premium corporate market and establish its footprint in Cape Town and Durban. The partnership presents the opportunity to enter the home meal replacement retail space, through high-end stand-alone stores offering bespoke products created by founder Karen Short. Following the recent PriceCheck Tech & E-Commerce Awards, I interviewed Zando CEO Sascha Breuss on Zando's customer-centric approach to offering the 'best shopping experience' in South Africa. Keep an eye out for my interview with Aisha Pandor, founder of SweepSouth, who was named the Best Female Tech/E-Commerce Entrepreneur, as well as the Best Black Tech/E-Commerce Entrepreneur. In other top story news, RCL Foods announced that it's considering a restructure of its commodity chicken category in response to current market conditions, which have deteriorated as a result of an increased level of dumped chicken products in the local market. While the company will reduce the volume of commodity chicken produced, it will continue to pursue growth in its added value and foodservice categories. #InnovationMonth came to a close with me interviewing Bevan Ducasse of wiGroup on his experience at the Endeavor International Selection Panel in Boston as his prize for winning the FNB Business Innovation Awards for 2016. On that note, October is here and its #SustainabilityMonth at Biz, where we're featuring local businesses doing good to ensure a better future for all. Enjoy! Jessica Tennant, Retail Editor (@Biz_Retail)
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Advancing the Famous Brands' strategy outlined in 2014 to expand its business into the broader leisure and consumer product space, the Group has made its first foray into the food service leisure sector... Read | Jessica Tennant Popular fashion e-tailer, Zando was announced the winner of the best mobile and overall shopping experience at the 2016 PriceCheck Tech & E-Commerce Awards last week... Read | RCL Foods is considering a restructure of its commodity chicken category in response to current market conditions, which have deteriorated as a result of an increased level of dumped chicken products in the local market... Read |
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|  | Jessica Tennant As overall winner of the FNB Business Innovation Awards for 2016, Bevan Ducasse, founder and CEO of wiGroup, was sponsored a trip to the Endeavor International Selection Panel in Boston earlier this month... read | |  | Leigh Andrews Take one part online fashion and beauty content. Add in programmatic advertising and networking opportunities. Mix well. What do you get? Hybrid digital agency and media house Amorphous Stride's latest offering, the FashionBeauty.Network. CEO Grant Shippey tells us more... read | |  | Bandile Ndzishe If I was entrusted with running your retail company's marketing department in a capacity as your marketing director, where would I begin to innovate? Well, quite frankly, I would not spend time thinking about where to begin, I would just get on with it... read | |
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 | Shareholder activist Dave Woollam has been cleared by the Financial Services Board (FSB) of allegations of insider trading in shares in Lewis, SA's largest furniture retailer... read | |  | Hanna Ziady Gamification could be used to drive financial literacy in SA where education remains one of the biggest obstacles to achieving widespread adoption of digital payment technology, Mark Elliott, president of MasterCard in SA, said on Tuesday... read | |  | More than 100 merchants are among the first wave of South African online retailers to use Visa Checkout, including Aramex Global Shopper, Discovery, Emirates Airline, TicketPro, WebTickets and Yuppiechef... read | | |
 | This October, Foschini is raising awareness of breast cancer with its Courage to Conquer campaign to unite eleven breast cancer survivors to openly share their stories and encourage other women in South Africa to be bold and take courage... read | | ![KFC's Add Hope journey [infographic]](https://biz-file.com/c/1609/361828-120x120.jpg?1) | KFC's corporate social responsibility programme, Add Hope has grown to feed more than 110,000 children across South Africa each day, with more than R300m donated to the cause since launching 7 years ago... read | | |
 | Six months into deploying Interactive Intelligence's customer engagement software suite, Customer Interaction Centre™ at its 621- and 30-seat contact centres in Durban, Mr Price Group has seen improved operations and realised its ROI.... read | | |
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 | The 32nd Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction, held at Spier in Stellenbosch over the weekend, saw total sales exceeding R13,8m and new record wine prices for red, white, Méthode Cap Classique and Port. read | |  | Showcasing the very best of both international and local design, Design Joburg in collaboration with Media 10, is taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre from 12 to 14 May 2017... read | |  | The fourth International Addis Agrofood Agriculture, Agricultural Machinery, Food, Food Technologies and Packaging Exhibition is one of the fastest growing agro-food events... read | | |
 | Supré, an Australian fast fashion chain aimed at the youth market, and owned by the Cotton On Group, has announced that the opening of three stores in South Africa by November, including Cavendish Square, Centurion Mall and Menlyn Park... read | | |
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 | Issued by Tiger Wheel & Tyre Readers of the Daily News in KwaZulu-Natal have again voted Tiger Wheel & Tyre the "Best Tyre Shop" in the province in the newspaper's annual "Your Choice Awards"... read | |  | Following on from Grand Foods' announcement that the first Dunkin' Donuts in South Africa would open in Cape Town at the end of October 2016, the American donut company and coffeehouse chain is challenging customers to... read | | |
 | Karl Gernetzky Unions and employers in the retail motor sector are expected to meet this week to discuss a revised wage offer that could avert a strike at fuel pumps and some component manufacturers... read | | |
 | Issued by Pyrotec From 14 to 15 September 2016, food & drink technology (fdt) Africa - the trade fair for processing, filling, packaging and logistics - presented the industry's latest developments... read | |  | Fifi Peters Packaging company Astrapak reported a 67% surge in first-half after-tax profit on Thursday as a turnaround plan yielded the desired results... read | |  | Issued by Pyrotec Fix-a-Form booklet labels, available from Pyrotec PackMedia, have helped customers all over the world to communicate large amounts of text on pack, including brand benefits, cross-range promotions and multilingual information... read | | |
 | The North Gauteng High Court has rejected the South African Poultry Association (SAPA)'s brining review application, as well as its application for suspension. This means that the amount of brine that can be injected into chicken will be capped at 15% from 22 October 2016, as per the new regulations. read | | |
 | Issued by Shopfitting Depot Shopfitting Depot was the undisputed supplier of choice for the award-winning design which scooped the prestigious 2016 Retail Design and Development Award for Plan-It Design for store design under 1,000m²... read | | |
 | Deloitte and Apple have teamed up to create a business tool for the African market that will better connect employees, supply chains and operations... read | | |
 | It's been 25 years since VAT was introduced in South Africa, and although it's efficient, there are still some areas that need refining... read | |  | Leigh Andrews As we near the end of 2016, the recent data explosion means you now know more about your consumers' preferences than ever before. Tyler Greer, Exponential's head of strategy for the APAC region and South Africa, explains how to cut through the clutter of big data and use it to improve your business functioning... read | |
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