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The winners of the 2019 South African Loyalty Awards were announced in Cape Town this week... read
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Banking & Finance
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Juniper Research expects revenue from payment platforms to increase by 50% between 2019 and 2024... Read
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CRM
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GERRIT DE VILLIERS
With subdued investment levels and consumer spending being curbed, there is no doubt that local businesses face an uphill battle... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Here's what you missed from Barbara Cador, global head of Kantar's CX+ initiative, and Mark Molenaar, head of CX for Kantar South Africa at the Kantar customer experience (CX) advantage 2019 masterclass, with a special focus on learnings from the banking industry... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Marc Emert, customer experience consultant at SAP, unpacked what he called "the perfect intersection of experience data (the whys) and operational data (the whats) and how to understand and prioritise the improvements that matter most," at Kantar's recent #ExperienceAdvantage event... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Marketing insights continued at Kantar customer experience (CX) advantage 2019 masterclass when Collective ID's Zanele Ntulini took to the platform to share a practical guide in explaining what we often forget in aligning the customer experience with the brand promise when tackling customer experience projects... Read
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Exhibitions & Events
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Fashion & Homeware
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Sportswear giant Nike has made a deal to sell Hurley after 17 years of owning the company... Read
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Didier de Villiers founded the Magents clothing brand in 1992, a time when South Africa was undergoing massive change... Read
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ISSUED BY THE DIAMOND WORKS
Discover the art of diamond cutting with The Diamond Works Enhanced Sparkling Tour Experience; including a complimentary glass of South African sparkling wine or juice on arrival and a guided workshop tour... Read
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FMCG
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Retail solutions company Smollan and product and service design practice DYDX paired up to create a more sustainable solution for the sale of FMCG products in the informal retail market... Read
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Food & bev. services
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MICHAEL SPINKS
Nando's South Africa's Michael Spinks shares seven lessons from a chicken brand elevating South African design through property development... Read
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Health & Beauty
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According to statistics, women only make up 18.8% of small and medium enterprise (SME) owners in South Africa. Read
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Health & Safety
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The 2018 listeriosis outbreak in South Africa highlighted the importance of food safety in the production value chain. Since then, the government has cracked down on failures in hygiene... Read
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Import/Export
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ISSUED BY SAPPI
Sappi Southern Africa has been recognised for their contribution to promoting export competitiveness, having taken top honours at the 2019 KZN Exporter of the Year Awards... Read
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Packaging
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Tetra Pak has joined the European Commission Graphene Flagship project as the exclusive representative from the packaging industry to explore possible future applications of graphene... Read
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ISSUED BY PYROTEC
Markem-Imaje's three new thermal transfer overprinters, with new-to-market functionality, make it quicker to code flexible film while improving costs by providing deeper insights into production downtime and minimising mistakes... Read
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ISSUED BY PYROTEC
QR (quick response) codes have been around since 1994. However, it wasn't until somewhere between 2010 and 2011 that they became commonplace, primarily because smartphone technology added a new layer to the codes, creating a gateway to many different forms of content... Read
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Research
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Parenting portal BabyYumYum has announced the winners of its inaugural Best Product Awards, highlighting the most loved and trusted products among its online community for 2019... Read
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GARY FOOKS, GARY SACKS, GRAHAM BOX & SIMON WILLIAMS
In a study on the political activities of the soft drinks industry in the lead up to South Africa introducing a sugar tax, we outlined the complex and systematic way in which big corporations and business associations misrepresented evidence to the country's National Treasury... Read
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Retail Marketing
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LEIGH ANDREWS
The Cavendish Square branch of Trenery launched their collaboration with Imiso Ceramic Studio's internationally renowned artist and cofounder Zizipho Poswa, with a curated coffee and clay-inspired immersive experience on 21 October... Read
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Supply Chain
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Kenyan B2B food distribution company, Twiga Foods, has raised $23.75 million in a Series B equity round led by Goldman Sachs... Read
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LOUISE MARSLAND
A resolution taken at the annual Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum conference, calls on the economic empowerment of women to be linked to the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)... Read
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