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Top retail trends for 2019We're powering through January with BizTrends on full-throttle, with insights from industry thought leaders to help you strategise for the year ahead. In this week's highlights: • Selling to the other 98%: the move to physical retail - Yuppiechef's Andrew Smith • Africa's consumers: connected, in control, and hungry for convenience - Nielsen's Ailsa Wingfield • Shopping the future, right now - TFG's Robyn Cooke • Future of the SA in-store experience - Smart Media's Cecil Ungerer • 5 trends shaping fresh produce - PMA's Lindie Stroebel In other top reads, I chat to the Shop Association's Leo van de Polder about expanding the Shop network in South Africa, and a new global report by Mood Media reveals that sensory experiences drive 9 out of 10 shoppers back to stores. An 81 million rand textile firm is also set to launch on 22 January in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal, and Euromonitor has released its annual list of top 10 global consumer trends for 2019. And finally, a reminder to book your tickets for BizTrendsLIVE if you're in and around Joburg on 31 January. Until next week! Lauren Hartzenberg
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ANDREW SMITH
We believed that e-commerce was such an obviously better way of shopping. We were wrong... read
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AILSA WINGFIELD
Shopping - love it or hate it, it's nearly impossible to escape the banality or adventure that competes for consumers' precious time. It takes us away from the things we would rather be doing... read
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ROBYN COOKE
Technology is the single most important investment that retailers need to make, in order to ensure that their fashion stores stay relevant... Read
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LINDIE STROEBEL
The fresh produce industry's characteristics can easily be defined by those of its products - quick turnaround and short shelve life. It is definitely not an easy game... Read
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CECIL UNGERER
Even though online shopping is getting significant attention in the digital world, South African consumers still rely on in-store purchases for their shopping experience... Read
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DALI TEMBO
If there's one thing we love as marketers, it's squeezing ever-evolving consumers into deceptively neat PowerPoint boxes. Too many customer segmentation reports are based on over-simplified, outdated data - just ask 'Bargaining Busi' and 'Premium Pam'... Read
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LINDA REDDY
When people reflect upon 2018, most will reference the volatile markets, but for Nando's, it's been exciting to unlock further value for our customers... Read
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ISSUED BY TFG (THE FOSCHINI GROUP)
1,000 learners in Kensington and Caledon started their school year with brand-new school bags and stationery packs donated by fashion lifestyle retailer, TFG... Read
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Design & Manufacturing
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A multimillion-rand Black Industrialist textile firm, Africa Bespoke Apparel (ABA), is ready to launch on 22 January 2019 in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal. A 100% black-owned company operating in the textile, clothing and footwear sector... Read
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FMCG
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Libertas Vineyards and Estates' managing director, Kay Nash said the move was a "significant shift" from Distell's previous approach where premium wines were managed as a division within the global company's multi-category portfolio. Read
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Green Sustainability
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SYLVAIN CHARLEBOIS
Within a year, single-use plastics and excess packaging have become Public Enemy No. 1... Read
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Packaging
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Food processing and packaging company Tetra Pak is to become the first company in the food and beverage carton industry to offer full-colour digital printing on its carton packages... Read
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Research
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As consumer expectations heighten and e-commerce sales continue to rise, businesses too slow to adapt to a digital world have a tough road ahead... Read
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NATHAN CLEVENGER
Retail buzzwords like 'personalisation' and 'omnichannel' are no longer just concepts and strategies that companies are working toward. Today, more retailers are actively deploying new technologies... Read
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Retail Marketing
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BRENDAN SEERY
And two Onions for the tacky Vodacom/Showmax ad - at least Toyota's latest TV ad for its Hilux team deserves a plump Orchid... Read
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NEWSWATCH: Gillette has released a #MeToo-inspired ad called 'We Believe' that plays on its 30-year old tagline, 'Best a Man Can Get' to help put an end to 'toxic masculinity'... Read
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Sales
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Having excess stock can take up back-room or shelf space, tie up capital and prevent you from investing back into your business... Read
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Supply Chain
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French retail giant Carrefour is using artificial intelligence to optimise its inventory management and reduce waste by integrating software developed by advanced analytics company SAS into its supply chain... Read
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