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LULLU KRUGEL, CHRISTIE VILJOEN, MAURA FEDDERSEN AN
While more South Africans participated in the Black Friday shopping event in 2018 compared to the preceding year, the average spend dropped... read
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CRM
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LEIGH ANDREWS
"If you want something done right, do it yourself," seems to be the business mantra of companies that succeed on their journey of digital transformation, focusing on using tech to meet otherwise ignored human needs. Here's how your brand can improve on customer experience by following suit... Read
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CSI
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ISSUED BY BONFIRE MEDIA
Simba Chips and Worldreader have joined forces to help advance literacy in South Africa, starting with the donation of 100 e-readers to Welamlambo Primary School in Tembisa... Read
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E-commerce
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EUGENE YIGA
RunwaySale was born from a love of affordable designer brands. The two dynamos behind this business combined their international experience to give South Africans access to premium brands... Read
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BRENDON WILLIAMSON
The success of the recent Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend is testament to the opportunity offered by digital commerce. But local entrepreneurs should not underestimate the threat of online fraud... Read
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Fashion & Homeware
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Online luxury fashion marketplace Farfetch is acquiring Stadium Goods, a premier sneaker and streetwear marketplace, for $250 million... Read
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After working in the retail trade for 23 years, Neville Armitage has realised his dream of opening his own store... Read
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Edgars, the 90-year old South African clothing brand is back on the fashion radar... Read
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JENNY GILBERT
Tickets have just gone on sale for the V&A London's Mary Quant exhibition, which opens its doors on 6 April 2019. The timing, whether through luck or curatorial savvy, feels perfect... Read
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FMCG
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Ready-to-eat chilled processed meats, such as polony and viennas, will soon return to shelves following the reopening of the Enterprise Foods factory in Polokwane, Limpopo... Read
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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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Economists, trade unions and civic organisations including Fair Play and Proudly SA have added their support to a new application by the SA Poultry Association for a steep increase in import tariffs... Read
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BERNARD CHIGUVARE
As Christmas approaches, Zimbabweans in South Africa are preparing to send groceries to families battling inflation at home... Read
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SAMANTHA SNEDORF
Stella Kruger and Colleen McCloy chat to Samantha Snedorf about their fresh new gin under the brand McKruger Spirits ... Read
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Food & bev. services
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Pizza Hut has continued its expansion across the African continent by opening its first restaurant in Nigeria, with two more expected by the end of the year... Read
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Franchising
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ISSUED BY BURGER KING
Cape Town-born illustrator, Russell Abrahams, a.k.a. Yay Abe, for his recent collaboration with Burger King South Africa, created a mural, with a fiery twist... Read
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Import/Export
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According to Minister of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies, the African continent is an "extremely important" market for South African business, especially those that trade in value-added products... Read
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Research
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Consumers are ringing in the holiday season with a solid start to retail sales, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which looks at overall retail spending trends across all payment types... Read
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JOOST VLES
Warning: After reading this article, you will never again stand in a line without thinking about how to make your wait time shorter... Read
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Retail Marketing
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JESSICA TENNANT
SodaStream has released a video campaign to highlight the damage caused by single-use plastic bottles and as a call to shift away from these to reusable packaging... Read
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Retailers
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The Shoprite Group's annual Supplier of the Year Awards recognises the company's top suppliers and the valuable contribution they make to the success of the Shoprite Group... Read
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Sales
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ISSUED BY GFK SOUTH AFRICA
Panel television sales soared in South Africa during Black Friday week, climbing by 66% to just over 93,000 units when compared to the same week in 2017... Read
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Retailers, brands and shopping centres across South Africa are gearing up to make the most of 2018's festive season... Read
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Retail trade sales increased by 2,2% year-on-year in October 2018, after a contraction of 0.7% in September, according to Statistics South Africa... Read
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SINDY PETERS
Since 2011, Lulaway, the brainchild of Jake Willis and Errol Freeman, has placed 30,000 young South Africans in jobs... Read
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