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RACHEL THOMPSON
The Oxford Dictionaries chose 'toxic' as its annual "Word of the Year". For 2019, the winning brands will be those that work to restore consumers' trust in a toxic environment... read
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MARK SCHECH
With two key retail periods - Black Friday and festive season - now behind us, retailers are looking for new ways to increase revenue, grow market share, and boost profits... read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Faithful to Nature has revealed the winners of its inaugural Eco Awards, a competition introduced to highlight the brands committed to demonstrating and promoting conscious consumption...read
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The Woolworths-Ubuntu Baba baby carrier incident had a significantly negative impact on public perception of Woolworths' ethics and reputation...read
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MARKO SALIC
The trick is turning data into information that retailers can use to improve performance...read
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FEROZ KOOR
More than ever before, in 2018 we saw sustainability playing a major role in shaping trends in the retail sector... Read
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ROBYN SMITH
The focus of innovation in the conscious consumption space is certainly not trend based. The environmental and health issues facing the planet are so pressing... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Corrie Bakker, head of strategy and business development for Africa at PayU talks about what we can expect in the payment provider front in 2019... Read
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EBEN ESTERHUIZEN
With a sobering 0% growth reported in May 2018 by Nielsen for the global Top 20 manufacturers and a 2.4% growth for the Top 200 manufacturers within the last year, retailers need to know what the top tech customer engagement trends are and incorporate them where possible into their 360' touch point marketing strategy... Read
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Banking & Finance
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FNB has introduced QR code payments for consumers and sole proprietor businesses via the FNB Banking App... Read
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CRM
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ELOISE ZOPPOS
Bricks-and-mortar retail stores are under intense pressure from online competition. Feeling the most heat are clothes shops and department stores... Read
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ISSUED BY BATA
Bata South Africa stepped in and assisted Shimza as he once again donated Toughees school shoes to hundreds of orphaned children from Tembisa at the Rabasotho Hall in Tembisa on Tuesday, 22 January 2019... Read
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ISSUED BY TFG (THE FOSCHINI GROUP)
Luxury apparel brand, Fabiani, in partnership with the TFG Foundation, has reached its R1m milestone in support of much-needed initiatives at The Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital... Read
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E-commerce
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SHEREESA MOODLEY
Facebook employees have been spotted giving the company's Portal video calling devices five-star ratings on Amazon... Read
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FMCG
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ESTELLE DERCLAYE
"Blessed are the cheesemakers", runs the famous line from the Monty Python film Life of Brian. But a recent court case gives the lie to the notion that manufacturers of cheese have fortune on their side... Read
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The 4% increase in value to R9.06bn reflects the positive sentiments towards South African wine in international markets, despite the 6% decrease in volume to 420.2 million litres of wine sold internationally... Read
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Food & bev. services
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Hungry students at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California were recently introduced to Snackbot, the outdoor, self-driving robot delivering snacks and beverages from PepsiCo's portfolio of better-for-you brands... Read
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STUDIO H
From one-woman-shows to family businesses to major career U-turns, these are 10 of the food and drinks brands we're excited about right now... Read
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Beer-lovers across the country will be celebrating the third South African National Beer Day on 2 February this year. Read
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Green Sustainability
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KFC, one of the world's largest quick service restaurant chains, has publicly committed to ensuring that all plastic-based, consumer-facing packaging across its global system will be recoverable or reusable by 2025... Read
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Health & Beauty
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Maybelline New York has teamed up with global sportswear brand Puma to create a high performance, street style-inspired makeup collection. The Puma x Maybelline collaboration taps into the athleisure trend... Read
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Global beauty products maker and retailer L'Occitane International S.A., has agreed to buy beauty and skincare brand Elemis for approximately $900 million... Read
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Packaging
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ISSUED BY HEINEKEN SOUTH AFRICA
Through this SETA-accredited learnership, the students will attain an NQF level 3 packaging qualification upon graduation from the year-long programme... Read
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Retail Marketing
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KATE STEWART AND MATTHEW COLE
Being vegan appears to be all the rage in Britain. The news that McDonald's has launched a new plant-based "Happy Meal" for children based on a vegan "wrap" would seem to bear this idea out... Read
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Retailers
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BRENDAN CANAVAN
Christmas may seem like a distant memory, but retailers won't forget it in a hurry: it was the worst on the UK high street since 2008... Read
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Italian supercar manufacturer, Ferrari, has reclaimed the title of the world's strongest brand, having last held it in 2014, according to the latest report by Brand Finance... Read
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Marcus Samuelsson "Chocolate is one of the world's most beloved discoveries, and when we need a quick boost of energy and endorphins, chocolate is the go-to treat." Vinod Khosla "The combination of brilliant ideas and entrepreneurial spirit should lead us to a safer and more secure future." Sharon Tate "Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent." Doutzen Kroes "I know it's a cliche, but the sun makes me happy. When you can feel the sunshine on you, you feel better, happier, and naturally, every human being needs the sun." Diane Lane "I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better." |
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