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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
A group of social entrepreneurs just emerged from the first Oribi Village Food System Incubation Programme...read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
The winners of this year's IPSA Gold Pack Awards, the premier showcase for the South African packaging industry, was announced at Inanda Club in Sandton on 30 October...read
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The Shoprite Group honoured its most innovative and reliable suppliers at its annual Supplier Awards this past weekend...read
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E-commerce
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ISSUED BY ARAMEX
Overseas Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals are happening right now. But how do you take advantage of those deals overseas when the online retailer doesn't offer shipping to South Africa?.. Read
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Fashion & Homeware
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Off-price retailer Discount My Fashion (DMF) is expanding its presence across South Africa and has opened its 10th store at the Eastgate Shopping Centre in Johannesburg... Read
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FMCG
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Private label has carved out a strong and distinct space in the South African retail landscape, proof of which is the category's R54 billion in sales in 2019... Read
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The Coca-Cola Company's global CEO and chairman, James Quincey, concluded a tour in Africa last week... Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
In #FreshOnTheShelf, we round up our pick of food and beverage products that have hit the shelves recently... Read
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Supermarket chain Pick n Pay has relaunched its health-focused Livewell range. This is in line with the chain's efforts to make healthier food more accessible and affordable. Read
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ISSUED BY BULLION PR & COMMUNICATION
Albany has launched tamperproof packaging to ensure consumers get peace of mind when making their bread purchase... Read
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Food & bev. services
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JOHN LOOS
In recent months, StatsSA's restaurant, take-aways and catering retail sales appears to have served as further indication that the retail and retail property sectors are headed into tougher times... Read
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Spur Steak Ranches has launched a new plant-based menu at its restaurants across the country... Read
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Green Sustainability
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Mielie Mailer is a lifestyle-driven enterprise that seeks to help humans make better choices for themselves and for the planet... Read
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Health & Beauty
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Kylie Jenner is selling a 51% stake in her beauty business Kylie Cosmetics to multinational fragrance and cosmetics company Coty for $600 million... Read
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EBEN ESTERHUIZEN
Global pharmaceutical sales are predicted to reach $1567.80 billion by 2023... Read
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In-store Media
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ISSUED BY SMART MEDIA
What an exciting year it has been for in-store innovators Smart Media, on successfully launching their new in-store innovative solutions such as, Over-The-Counter Arches (OTC Arches), Digital Shelf Strips and 3D Holograms... Read
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Packaging
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Tetra Pak, together with its supplier Braskem, has become the first company in the food and beverage industry to responsibly source plant-based polymers using the Bonsucro standards... Read
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Research
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Seventy-five percent of millennials abandon in-store purchases, led by out-of-stocks... Read
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A new study by Juniper Research reveals that global spending on digital commerce will reach $18.7 trillion by 2024, up from $11.2 trillion in 2019... Read
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Retailers
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The Gateway Theatre of Shopping is now home to the first Lego Certified Store in KwaZulu-Natal... Read
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Sales
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Black Friday, once only a North American marketing frenzy, has become a critical entry in the calendars of South African retail business owners... Read
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Technology
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Braintree, the consulting and integration division of Vox, has entered a partnership with the Dynamicweb software platform... Read
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The new Edgars Beauty I'mPerfection campaign ad challenges standardised ideals of beauty... View
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LEIGH ANDREWS
An all-female AfricaCom panel discussed the fact that the backbone of a truly digital economy is hyper-connectivity. While M-Pesa is still celebrated a decade after it disrupted the way money works on the continent forever, digital inclusion remains a problem. How do we scale innovation, yet leave no-one behind? Read
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Calvin Coolidge "There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means." Kylie Jenner on selling a stake of Kylie Cosmetics to Coty Ali Krieger "You can control two things: your work ethic and your attitude about anything." Robert J. Shiller "Finance is not merely about making money. It's about achieving our deep goals and protecting the fruits of our labour. It's about stewardship and, therefore, about achieving the good society." Robin S. Sharma "Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done." |
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 The Industry Research Report, themed "Disruption with Impact 2020", is aimed at social and impact investors, CSI and ESD practitioners, and professionals in the development, social and humanitarian sectors. Read more >> |
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ROBIN FREDERICKS
It's not always easy to know what wine to pair or purchase when you're planning an occasion with friends or when you're in a store having to make a selection. Ask-jean, a voluntary data hub has come along to simplify the decision-making process, with the wine consumer in mind... Read
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