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Multinational snack foods and beverage giant PepsiCo has entered into an agreement to acquire South Africa's Pioneer Foods Group for approximately $1.7 billion... read
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Inspired by the success of international shopping extravaganzas like Black Friday, Single's Day and Amazon Prime Day, the Takealot Group is launching its own annual event in South Africa... read
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JACKIE KALIS
For the retail sector as a whole - and for physical stores in particular - 2019 will be a year of reinvention...read
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Will technologies like AI mean the end of human engagement and shopping in a physical retail store? Will we become completely dependent on IoT technology for shopping?read
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MICHAEL KING
A global study has shown that consumers begin their retail-related searches on Amazon first, followed by Google...read
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
Since 2001, Bizcommunity anticipated the role of company culture as intellectual capital. Biz Press Offices are a "glass box" game changer, offering a window into 18 industry communities... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Nike's recent run of 'Dream Crazy' ads have won more than just global recognition for their strong push towards inclusion and equality - they're also proving that brands really do make more consumer impact when they put consumer's causes first and foremost... Read
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Commercial Property
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KwaZulu-Natal's Ballito Junction Regional Mall, which opened in March 2017, is welcoming a host of new brands into its 80,000sqm retail space this year... Read
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JOHAN LEWIES
Customer experience has moved from a nice-to-have to a need-to-have as a way to distinguish a business from its competitors... Read
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TOM LEE, ALEXANDRA CROSBY, CLARE COOPER, JESSE ADAMS STEIN AND KATHERINE SCARDIFIELD
"Design" has been one of the big words of the twentieth century. To say that an object has been designed implies a level of specialness... Read
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Lego Hidden Side, an augmented reality-enhanced play theme where players must turn a haunted world back to normal one ghost (and one brick) at a time, will be available locally from August. Read
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HUNG M. NGUYEN AND MARCOS BARROS
The identity of luxury goods firms is often anchored in the creativity and skill of the artisans behind the objects. A case in point is Hermès, where workers spend years learning to work with precious materials such as leather and silk... Read
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ANDY WALKER
South African telecoms giant Vodacom and global payments firm Mastercard on Thursday announced a new secure digital wallet and payments app called VodaPay Masterpass... Read
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ISSUED BY PRODUCE MARKETING ASSOCIATION
Disruption is more than just a buzzword. It has become part of business and part of our lives... Read
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Fashion & Homeware
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French luxury group LVMH - owner of Vuitton, Dior and Givenchy - has purchased a minority stake in Stella McCartney's fashion firm. Read
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As South Africans mourn the passing of veteran musician and anthropologist Johnny Clegg, Shimansky CEO and founder Yair Shimansky has designed an 18K gold pendant to commemorate the singer's contributions to the country... Read
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ISSUED BY BATA
Bata, kicked off their youngest "board of directors" meeting this July... Read
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ISSUED BY LUXURY BRANDS
Cape Town-based Cape Mohair is uniquely positioned for export-led growth following an innovative deal that addressed its need for new machinery and extra working capital... Read
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Health & Beauty
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Pure Beginnings, a South African certified organic baby brand, can now be found on the shelves of Woolworths Food stores countrywide... Read
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ISSUED BY SLENDER WONDER
To 26-year-old Roman Alexander from Durban, losing weight was the beginning of a total life change he desperately needed. His love for food combined with emotional eating caused him to gain a lot of unwanted weight over a long period of time... Read
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ISSUED BY MPACT PLASTICS
Mpact's investment in technology offers you the opportunity to be the change, placing you right next to them in their 50-year-old recycling journey... Read
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Research
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Investment in technology and analytics is a must if business is going to meet rising customer expectations. This was the topic of discussion at Experian South Africa's annual Innovation Summit, held in Johannesburg yesterday... Read
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Retail Marketing
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ANNE-MARIE LE ROUX
Anyone aspiring to build the next Amazon needs to adopt a similar approach to Jeff Bezos's insistence on an empty chair... Read
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South African retail trade sales increased by 2.2% year-on-year in May, Stats SA said in a report, better than a Reuters forecast for a 1.6% expansion. The largest annual growth rates were recorded for general dealers... Read
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Technology
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From store window displays, through to prints on a number of different garments, Ackermans shoppers will get to see fully-animated 3D scenes of their favourite characters coming to life in the real world... Read
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Amazon has commited to upskill 100,000 of its employees across the United States, dedicating over $700 million to provide its people with access to training programmes that will help them move into more highly-skilled roles... Read
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What will the Africa of 2050 look like? Being only 31 years away, Africa's population is expected to double and there will be huge economic shifts... Read
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Norman Vincent Peale "Change your thoughts and you change your world." Jennifer Hyman "I think that life is difficult. People have challenges. Family members get sick, people get older, you don't always get the job or the promotion that you want. You have conflicts in your life. And really, life is about your resilience and your ability to go through your life and all of the ups and downs with a positive attitude." Steve Jobs "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important." Adrienne C. Moore "The truth is, we all face hardships of some kind, and you never know the struggles a person is going through. Behind every smile, there's a story of a personal struggle." Walter Anderson "Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilised by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself." |
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