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Edcon has sold South African newsagent and stationery chain CNA to a consortium headed by JSE-listed Astoria Investments... read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Like many business sectors in the country, the South African retail industry is battling the effects of stagnant GDP growth and constrained consumer spending... read
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Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa has introduced a 2L returnable bottle made of PET plastic that can be reused up to 14 times...read
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Innervation Pan African Payment Solutions has acquired African loyalty business, The Loyalty Box, from Tritech Media for an undisclosed amount...read
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The Competition Tribunal has approved the takeover of the Edcon Store Card debtors book by consumer finance business RCS...read
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Banking & Finance
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BEVAN SMITH
Digital and mobile technology is continually evolving and advancing, creating new ways to pay; from mobile wallets to peer-to-peer to digital currency, the modern payments landscape has evolved past simply cards and cash... Read
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CRM
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If repeat business is about regular customers, then loyalty programmes are the mechanism businesses can use to attract and retain these customers... Read
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ISSUED BY TFG (THE FOSCHINI GROUP)
Over the last five years, TFG Foundation in partnership with TFG brands invested around R17.2m across various education initiatives, impacting over 500,000 lives... Read
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Design & Manufacturing
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Toy manufacturer Mattel is launching a series of bio-based plastic products under its construction toy brand, Mega... Read
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SAMANTHA BRENNAN
As women started counting steps and walking to work wearing running shoes and fitness trackers, there was one work-related item that had to change: the briefcase... Read
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Exhibitions & Events
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ISSUED BY SCAN DISPLAY
Scan Display first visited the world's retail trade fair, EuroShop, in 1999. Since then, they have returned to Düsseldorf, Germany, every three years for each subsequent show - and is preparing to visit its 2020 edition later this month... Read
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Fashion & Homeware
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A new online store, Block Basics, has launched in South Africa offering functional and on-trend home decor staples... Read
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FMCG
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Barry Callebaut is investing in dairy-free product development and production facilities to cater to the demand for plant-based products... Read
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Under the auspices of the Association for Alcohol Responsibility and Education, the Code for Commercial Communications aims to provide clear guidelines for the responsible marketing of wine and other liquor products, and thereby curbing alcohol abuse in communities... Read
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Food & bev. services
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CHRIS SWANEPOEL
Increasingly, customers are engaging with brands remotely - this is the age of online shopping and deliveries, with online services making it easy for customers to buy and consume without leaving their homes... Read
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Packaging
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ISSUED BY MPACT PLASTICS
During the latter part of 2019, Mpact Versapak successfully launched a range of grape punnets, produced from 100% post-consumer waste... Read
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South Africa is the latest to join The Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Plastics Pact global network, aligned with its New Plastics Economy vision... Read
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Retail Marketing
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The alcohol industry in SA has put together a marketing code which voluntarily restricts the way they advertise their products to the public... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we go #BehindtheSelfie with Fernando Machado, global chief marketing officer at Burger King and #NedbankIMC2020 keynote speaker... Read
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Retailers
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Pick n Pay has reiterated its pledge that all Pick n Pay branded product packaging will be 100% recyclable or reusable by 2025... Read
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Oil Science has expanded its business operations with the opening of a new store in Century City, Cape Town... Read
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Sales
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With analysts warning of a gloomy outlook for South Africa's beleaguered retail sector, the release of Stats SA's retail sales figures for November 2019 have provided a glimmer of good news. Read
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LAURENCE SMITH
As tough economic times get tougher, the retail industry will need to think carefully about how to reduce their risk in order to protect their shoppers, stock and their bottom line... Read
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Ron Lewis "It is incumbent upon each of us to improve spending and savings practices to ensure our own individual financial security and preserve the collective economic well-being of our great society." Mahatma Gandhi "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." Martin Luther King, Jr. "Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A person should do their job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better." Billy Graham "When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost." Benjamin Franklin "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." |
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