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The Franchise Association of South Africa's latest franchise survey, shows that of all the business formats and across all sectors, franchising, through its unique business format, continues to show growth... read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Buyfresh is online butchery supplying ethically-sourced, top quality meat at affordable prices to discerning Cape Town omnivores as well as the city's restaurant trade... read
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JASON PALLANT
Many predictions about the future of retailing have been made. These range from the supposed dominance of certain technologies, to increased use of data and analytics...read
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JANE BATTERSBY AND GARETH HAYSOM
Owners of small shops in South Africa have been accused of stocking counterfeit food and food that's past its sell-by date...read
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South Africans are under financial pressure, as indicated by the latest consumer confidence data...read
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British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer, Tesco, has launched a new discount chain called Jack's that's pegged to rival German discounters Aldi and Lidl... Read
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LYNETTE HUNDERMARK
Speaking at this year's annual PriceCheck Awards ceremony, CEO Kevin Tucker noted that the Tech and E-commerce Awards are more important than ever before... Read
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Gartner analysts discuss best practices and pitfalls of the customer experience journey... Read
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CSI
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BENJAMIN LAWRENCE
Cashiers asking customers to donate small sums to charity while they're at cash registers is becoming a big business... Read
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E-commerce
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TOM JACKSON
Ugandan e-commerce startup 2ambale is targeting people between the ages of 21 and 35 with its mobile app, which promises deliveries of orders within one hour... Read
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MORNÉ STOLTZ
It can be difficult to carve out a competitive advantage in today's cutthroat business environment. For some companies, investments have been focused on creating digital advantage through measures like apps or fancy websites... Read
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ISSUED BY SAVINGS DIRECT
The Kiddie Company is South Africa's latest online baby store with an exclusive range of baby accessories, natural baby products, baby clothes, maternity wear and pre- and post-pregnancy supplies... Read
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JESSICA TENNANT
Jessica Tennant interviews fair curator Cassandra Twala to find out more about her involvement in the Sanlam Handmade Contemporary Fair over the years and what she's most excited about this year... Read
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Fashion & Homeware
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As part of H&M's mission to become "truly circular" by 2030, its charitable arm, the H&M Foundation, has opened two hydrothermal textile recycling plants in Hong Kong... Read
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MAROEFAH SMITH
Handmade leather accessories maker Missibaba recently unveiled its Where the Wild Things Are collection. The brand showcased the new pieces along with the women who make them at its studio in Woodstock, Cape Town... Read
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FMCG
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
In #FreshOnTheShelf, we round up some of our favourite food and beverage products that have hit the shelves recently... Read
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German-based food conglomerate Dr. Oetker is set to purchase Wilton Brands, a US baking, cake decorating and candy making brand... Read
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The eight finalists for the Sunday Times Lifestyle Gin Awards have been announced, whittled down by the judging panel from 74 local and international entries... Read
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The fresh produce industry in Zambia brims with opportunities for the development of modern fresh produce markets that can also stimulate cross-border trade-flow in the entire region... Read
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Africa's under-utilised resources, rapidly-increasing urbanisation and modern demand-driven consumer food-buying patterns provide vast opportunities to sell fresh produce to the young, informed and modernising consumer... Read
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SAMANTHA SNEDORF
Stewart Berry, owner of Bryanston based liquor store Berry and Bottles has a little secret up his sleeve. Not only does his store stock, a large and varied alcohol range, but he also happens to own some of them... Read
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Multi-faith environmental NGO SAFCEI has launched a public campaign urging restaurant franchisor, Famous Brands, to commit to go "cage-free" for all its hens and their eggs by 2025... Read
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TOM JACKSON
South African startup TastePal is ready to scale into other sectors and countries after completing its proof of concept stage with six corporates... Read
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Import/Export
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Russia continues to be an important market for South African fresh produce, says the Fresh Produce Exporters' Forum (FPEF)... Read
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The African Continental Free Trade Area will spur Africa's industrialisation and economic development... Read
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Packaging
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ISSUED BY PYROTEC
At the leading-edge in products and processes, Noberasco has chosen Markem-Imaje as its printing partner... Read
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Research
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Despite the challenges presented by changing consumer habits, sugar taxation and increasing public pressure for healthier beverage options on the shelf, the soft drinks industry remains extremely optimistic... Read
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South Africa's buttermilk and maas category has continued to increase year-on-year in both volume and value terms during 2017, states a recently released BMi Research report... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
At Spark Media's annual event, a top marketing scientist from the Australia-based Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, Dr Virginia Beal got attendees thinking and rethinking the role of memory in reaching consumers. While there's no one-size-fits-all approach, you'll do well to factor in light media buyers and light media users... Read
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Retail Marketing
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ISSUED BY BULLION PR & COMMUNICATION
Three of South Africa's most-loved icons and brands will come together for Heritage Day celebrations in a unique and inspiring concept that links art and food in South African heritage... Read
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Technology
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Retail spend at frictionless payment stores like Amazon Go will grow from an estimated $253 million in 2018 to over $45 billion by 2023, as retailers strive to eliminate queues... Read
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VAUGHAN ROWSELL
When you think about artificial intelligence and how it will impact our daily life, what are the images you conjure up? Intelligent robot companions that clean and cook and keep you company? A disembodied voice that controls your car... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
In order to drive innovation at scale in the next phase of digital transformation, businesses must "shape, shift and share"... Read
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Norman Douglas "Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it." Sophia Loren "There's no pleasure in working if you don't do the things you want to do." Mark Twain "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." Jordan Peterson "I don't tell people, 'You're okay the way that you are.' That's not the right story. The right story is, 'You're way less than you could be.'" Aristotle "Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." |
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