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 | Jackie Burger Disruptive dynamics, disregard for convention, customisable brands and the rise of the 'nodel' are a few of the fashion trends we can look forward to experiencing this year. Jackie Burger, salonniere of www.salon58.co.za and editor-at-large, unpacks these trends and more. read | |  | Dion Chang and Raleen Bagg Dion Chang's top six trends for 2017 include artificial intelligence, after hours retail experiences, and the art of being woke... read | |  | Leigh Andrews I've attended many, many conferences over the past year, and quite literally hundreds if I think back over my decade in the online marketing and media space. Funny then that the event messaging that's stuck with me most has been from a few of the most recent workshops I've attended, with a handful of insights set to impact the year ahead... read | |
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 | The value of Bitcoin surged above $1,000 on Monday as the digital unit continues a dizzying rise that made it the best-performing currency of 2016... read |
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 | NEWSWATCH: Thanks to social media, big corporates are under close consumer attention at the moment, with banks the foremost of those, expected to build trust. Now, with an undisclosed amount of FNB safety deposit boxes stolen this past weekend, customers are upset at the lack of communication... read |
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 | The world's largest soft-drink maker, Coca-Cola, is to buy multinational beverage and brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev's 54.5% stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), including the South African operation, for $3.15bn, AB InBev announced on Wednesday... read |
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 | Bongani Mthethwa, Taschica Pillay and Matthew Savi The Competition Commission is poised to get tough on South Africa's school uniform monopolies, which force parents to cough up thousands of rands for new school kit even though similar items can usually be bought elsewhere at a fraction of the cost... read |
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 | Hanna Ziady The share prices of Steinhoff and Shoprite plunged on Wednesday following the announcement that the retail conglomerates were discussing a potential merger of their African retail interests to create a "retail champion" on the continent... read |
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 | Robert Laing Shoprite and the African operations of Steinhoff are to be merged into a new group called Retail Africa, major shareholders of both retailers Christo Wiese and the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) announced on Wednesday... read |
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 | Ann Crotty Beer colossus Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has not had a good first year on the JSE. The company's share price is down 27% since it listed, amid much excitement, in early January. It briefly touched R2,000 in February and again in May before trending down to end the year at about R1,400... read |
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 | Shoppers are likely to trim their budgets instead of opting for all the trimmings this festive season, according to research conducted for South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) by Urban Studies... read |
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 | Morné Stoltz With retail space becoming ever more expensive and the viability of long-term tenancy no longer what it was, the traditional shopping environment is undergoing a huge shift as retailers look to capitalise on the growing popularity of pop-up shops... read |
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 | Alistair Anderson SA's listed property sector continues to feed investor appetite, having raised about R153bn in the past six years... read |
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 | Alistair Anderson CEO Hadley Dean says Krakow is Poland's top tourist and business outsourcing destination... read |
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 | Alistair Anderson Liberty Two Degrees (L2D) joined the JSE main board on Tuesday, 13 December, to much fanfare, having raised about R4bn, but there are concerns that Melrose Arch and some smaller assets may weaken the fund's performance... read |
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 | Thohoyandou in Limpopo will have its first fully enclosed, double-storey, air-conditioned regional mall when it opens on 24 August 2017. Thavhani Mall, a R1bn project will have over 134 shops, restaurants and service outlets in a 50,000sqm development. read |
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 | Two Profica-managed retail centres were officially opened in Nigeria and Zambia during the last week of November. The multi-million retail projects were the product of major investment by South African and international property investors operating in partnership with local stakeholders... read |
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 | Issued by Ackermans Ackermans is a Bronze Sponsor of Chris Bertish's world record-breaking transatlantic stand-up paddle crossing from Morocco to the United States of America to raise funds for three local child-focused charities... read |
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 | The funds raised by the MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet fundraising programme during its last fiscal are a reminder that there is a smart way to use shopping to make a difference in our communities, and in the country as a whole... read |
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 | Shoprite, Checkers and Checkers Hyper stores are offering a gift wrapping service in the lead up to Christmas. All proceeds from this gift-wrapping service will be donated to charity organisations chosen by each store... read |
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 | After the official relaunch of Menlyn Park Shopping Centre, it is giving back by launching three gift-wrapping pop-up stores, with all proceeds going to Smile Foundation. Smile Foundation helps children with any type of facial abnormality, a chance to receive free corrective plastic and reconstructive surgery within South Africa... read |
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 | Deon van Heerden Doing business in the digital age will become more about enhancing the customer experience than the product or price... read |
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 | Aki Kalliatakis The most ridiculous phrase in the English language is 'the foreseeable future'. You can't foresee it. What you can do is monitor trends that, if sustained, will impact your business... read |
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 | Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has filed a lawsuit against two vendors for allegedly selling counterfeit goods, it said, weeks after the US put its main platform on its "notorious markets" blacklist... read |
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 | While the estimated R8.9bn spent annually online in South Africa may not be on a par with the UK or USA, things are changing as demographics and perceptions shift... read |
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 | WASHINGTON - Amazon said on Wednesday it completed its first delivery by drone, in what the global online giant hopes will be a trend in automated shipments by air... read |
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 | Despite Black Friday and Cyber Monday, many established online retailers find that the festive shopping season can be one of the most challenging and slow months from a sales perspective... read |
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 | A new online marketplace has launched in South Africa, enabling local businesses to connect with consumers and grow their sales through daily deals... read |
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 | Ann Crotty Months after taking a R2.2bn write-down on its disastrous Nigerian acquisition, Tiger Brands' remuneration committee raised the fees of the directors who had overseen the decision to invest in the value- destroying Dangote Flour Mills... read |
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 | BevSA says sugar intake is best controlled by education and product reformulation... read |
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 | The official launch of Original Mason's took place on 14 December 2016 at The Deck Rooftop & Pool Bar at Cape Quarter Lifestyle Centre. Mason's has transferred the growing global trend in cocktail consumption from the bar into an innovative range and brand of excellent cocktail spritzers... read |
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 | Charlotte Mathews The World Wide Fund for Nature in SA (WWF-SA) is urging South Africans to avoid eating West Coast rock lobster, commonly known as "kreef" as stocks have fallen to 2% of their previous levels... read |
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 | Lolita Pukwana We highlight five brands making clothes ethically... read |
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 | The closure of Mpact's plastics manufacturing facility in Zimbabwe, which will cost the company about R40m, is expected to contribute to considerably lower headline earnings for the packaging business when it reports its results for the 2016 financial year... read |
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 | Issued by Pyrotec It is essential to have your products facing forward and in the eye-zone of consumers so that your product is seen and your message read by consumers... read |
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 | Mpact shares fell up to 5% on Monday after the company released a trading update in which it said it expects headline earnings per share in the year to December to drop by at least 30% on a year on year basis... read |
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 | According to research undertaken for the South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) by Christo Luüs of Ecoquant, positive signs for the economy have increased hopes of improving trading conditions in 2017... read |
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 | Gwen Stefani, singer and international fashion icon will be joining Revlon as their newest global brand ambassador... read |
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 | Issued by Docs.Zone Brushing aside the potential of online mattress selling is a huge mistake. Actually, sales are researched first online prior to visiting a brick-and-mortar store... read |
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 | Sven Hammar We've all seen it and we've all hated it. Your webpage begins to load and then, right in mid-load it stalls out. It's not just a brief hiccup, you stare at half a page for an eternity while an ad loads. Get past that ad and then the next one starts... read |
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 | Colleen Goko It was a busy end to 2016 for Edcon as the retailer cleared what CEO Bernie Brookes called "the last hurdle" in a deal that will see the group come under its creditors' ownership... read |
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 | Robert Laing South African vehicle sales are expected to rebound in 2017 after three years of contraction, BMI Research said... read |
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 | One more tractor was sold in November 2016 than the same month last year, but on a year-to-date basis sales are down 13%... read |
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 | The benefits of online shopping far outweigh conventional shopping methods. However, there are very real security threats associated with online shopping... read |
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 | Counterfeit toys are no only the product of criminal enterprises but also pose a danger to the children who receive them... read |
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 | The mega-extravaganza of the tech world in Las Vegas is showcasing an array of new devices that get smarts from computer chips, sensors and artificial intelligence, but go further by opening doors to augmented or virtual realities... read |
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 | JD Group, the home of stores such as Incredible Connection and Russels, has been able to create a virtual store with relatively less overhead costs compared to a traditional retail store, through the launch of offline-to-online (O2O) commerce in South Africa... read |
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 | The Food Bev Seta has awarded the Fry's Family Foods has been awarded the Gold Award in the Medium Companies Category for excellence in opportunities offered in occupationally directed training programmes... read |
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