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New Exclusive Books CEO | Nestlé's restructuringIn top retail news this week, Exclusive Books has appointed Grattan Kirk as its new CEO. Kirk steps into the role previously held by the Benjamin Trisk, who parted ways with the bookseller in April. Nestlé announced a reorganisation of its business in sub-Saharan Africa and the closure of its regional head office in Nairobi, Kenya. The reason for the restructuring is to "ensure its sub-Saharan Africa business continues on a healthy growth path". Meanwhile, in the U.S., De Beers Group announced the launch of a new company, called Lightbox Jewelry, that will begin marketing a new brand of lab-grown diamond jewellery in September. The new gems will retail from $200 for a quarter-carat stone to $800 for a one-carat stone - a fraction of the price of mined diamonds. In other must-reads, Broll Property Group's latest research paper unpacks how technology is transforming the way we shop. Think 'endless aisle shopping', warehouse robots and self-driving grocery stores! Finishing off on a light note, a round-up my favourite new food and beverage products can be found in my #FreshOnTheShelf column. Read up on Prohibition-style gin, gluten-free craft vodka, mug cakes and flavour-infused beets. Till next time. Enjoy! Lauren Hartzenberg
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| South Africa's largest bookseller, Exclusive Books, has announced the appointment of Grattan Kirk as the CEO of the Group...read |
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Nestlé has announced a reorganisation of its business in sub-Saharan Africa and the closure of its regional head office in Nairobi, Kenya...read | 
There is no doubt that traditional brick-and-mortar shopping remains the backbone of the South African retail industry, but new ways of purchasing are fast becoming standard practice in retail markets...read | 
After years of vowing to never sell laboratory-made stones, De Beers Group has announced the launch of a new company that will begin marketing a new brand of lab-grown diamond jewellery...read |
| | |  | Issued By Manufacturing Indaba Hosted in Johannesburg, the trade and industry hub of sub-Saharan Africa's escalating economic prowess, the Manufacturing Indaba 2018 will be set amidst the exciting backdrop of Industry 4.0 which aims to open a gateway of opportunities for existing and prospective manufacturers in the region... read | |  | Issued By Manufacturing Indaba The Manufacturing Indaba 2018 aims to provide a unified platform for current and prospective manufacturers to explore how they can benefit from new innovations in the sphere of IoT and Industry 4.0... read | |
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| | |  | Investor demand for solidly performing neighbourhood and community retail centres continues to outstrip auction supply... read | | |  | Tom Jackson Online supermarket and grocery store Mart.ng has launched in Abuja, claiming to deliver all ordered items within one hour... read | | |  | The triennial HEVAC&R trade exhibition, Frigair Expo, will be held at the Gallagher Estate in Midrand, Johannesburg from 6 to 8 June 2018... read | |  | A FreshStop store in Mthatha has made the list of finalists for the 2018 International Convenience Retailer of the Year Awards... read | | |  | When mother and son team Penny and Dimitri Parolis founded PDL Distributors in October 1993, the first brand they launched locally was Mura Hosiery... read | |  | Issued By Ackermans Daniella dos Santos and Nikhil Govender, winners of Ackermans' 2017 Style Squad Young Fashion Designer Competition, are launching their very own girls' and boys' winter ranges; which will be available from Ackermans stores across southern Africa in June 2018... read | | |  | Sylvain Charlebois Most consumers are concerned about the cost of food. We constantly look for bargains and the food industry knows it... read | |  | Malte B. Rödl France recently passed an amendment to its Agriculture Bill. It prohibits any product that is largely based on non-animal ingredients from being labelled like a traditional animal product... read | |  | Boerewors enthusiasts who believe they have a winning recipe are encouraged to enter the 2018 Championship Boerewors competition before Friday, 29 June... read | | |  | Ahead of World Environment Day on Tuesday, 5 June, South African toffee confectioners Darling Sweet shares the motivation behind the decision to use eco-friendly packaging... read | | |  | International beauty brand Nikel Cosmetics has launched in South Africa... read | |    
View gallery | | |  | Global cotton fabric imports totalled 2.3 million tonnes in 2016, remaining relatively unchanged against the previous year's level... read | |  | In 2016, approx. 1.2 million tonnes of ice cream were imported worldwide, remaining stable against the previous year figure. The total import volume increased at an average annual rate of +3.3% from 2007 to 2016... read | |  | Issued By dmg events Africa SAITEX 2018 brings key business and government leaders from around the world together at Africa's largest product sourcing and trade show in Johannesburg... read | | |  | Issued By Pyrotec Are GS1-128 barcodes on track to becoming the most adopted global standard for retail grocery and foodservice packaging?... read | | |  | Issued By Insight Survey Insight Survey's latest SA Premium Skincare Industry Landscape Report 2018 carefully unfolds the global and local premium skincare markets based on the latest information and research... read | | |  | Leigh Andrews All about the luxury brand's African consumer market and tailoring their 'premiumisation' approach to the mobile-first continent... read | |  | Jessica Tennant Diageo South Africa has appointed Zumi Njongwe as marketing and innovations director for SA, after two years in the same position at Diageo's Meta Abo Breweries in Ethiopia... read | |  | Leigh Andrews This #AfricaMonth, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Benjamin Schoderer, digital manager at KFC Africa, awarded Black Pixels for ranking as marketer of the year and brand of the year respectively in the IAB SA's 2018 Bookmarks Awards earlier this year... read | | |  | UK's high-end department store Selfridges has been recognised as the Best Department Store in the World for an unprecedented fourth time... read | |  | Issued By MANGO-OMC SAP Business One Retail is an omnichannel business management solution developed to help retailers effectively manage every part of their operation... read | | |  | According to a report by Gartner, global sales for smartphones returned to growth in the first quarter of 2018. The report shows a 1,3% increase over the same period in 2017... read | | | |  | GreenCape released its free annual market intelligence reports this week... read | | | | Marilyn Monroe "Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." Clint Eastwood "Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power." Friedrich Nietzsche "A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love." Pablo Picasso "The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls." Rudy Giuliani "Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy." |
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