| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
An overview of Bizcommunity's Press Offices, companies and organisations putting the grit in integrity, by continuing to communicate and innovate despite the many challenges of the Covid-19 lockdown... Read
|
|
ISSUED BY BURGER KING
Burger King has come to realise that tempting its customers with salacious pictures of its delicious treats when no one can have them is simply not fair... Read
|
|
ISSUED BY SCAN DISPLAY
Exhibition, events and display specialist Scan Display has a range of products and infrastructure solutions that are ideal for managing the Covid-19 health crisis... Read
|
|
ISSUED BY OMNI HR CONSULTING
Omni HR Consulting's head of operations Cindy Londt and compliance and risk manager Jasmine Sultan discuss the way forward and how the company is adapting... Read
|
|
|
|
Retail
|
|
CECIL UNGERER
The lockdown in South Africa and many other countries around the world to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus will put significant pressure on an already-strained global economy... Read
|
|
Commercial Property
|
|
RIDWAAN LOONAT
Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the lockdown, the retail sector is stacking up to be the hardest hit by Covid-19 in the short term... Read
|
|
DARRYL FURMAN AND JAYDE VAUGHAN
During this challenging time of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) and national lockdown, it is appropriate when considering commercial lease agreements to also consider... Read
|
|
ANDREW JEFFERSON
From a long-term investor perspective, property needs to be viewed as a long-term investment, with decisions made looking to the future... Read
|
|
CSI
|
|
Flash has partnered with the DG Murray Trust to launch a R2m electronic food voucher system to approximately 7,000 at-risk households in five food insecure communities... Read
|
|
Woolworths has announced a commitment of over R34m to support a variety of initiatives to meet the challenges of the Covid-19 crisis in South Africa... Read
|
|
SAB is donating 100,000 face shields, made from recycled beer crates, to the Gauteng Health Department... Read
|
|
PepsiCo South Africa has announced a R12m initiative to provide meals to vulnerable South Africans during the Covid-19 crisis... Read
|
|
Hyprop Investments has launched a national food drive to support the work being done by the Gift of the Givers Foundation... Read
|
|
Design & Manufacturing
|
|
The V&A Waterfront's new 100 Beautiful Things initiative celebrates the creativity of the makers behind some of South Africa's most inspiring projects, products, ideas and experiences... Read
|
|
From specialised masks to various breathing apparatus, 3D printing is helping people to think 'out of the box'... Read
|
|
E-commerce
|
|
The Redshift Store Connector was created during the South African lockdown to allow small local retailers like spaza shops to easily set up an online presence and sell directly to their surrounding communities... Read
|
|
Fashion & Homeware
|
|
South African surf brand, Mami Wata, is donating 100% of the profits from sales on its online store to supporting grassroots African surf businesses impacted by Covid-19... Read
|
|
FMCG
|
|
Apples and pears are particularly hard hit, with stocks building up... Read
|
|
Food & bev. services
|
|
South African food chain Anat has launched a crowdfunding campaign in an effort to remain afloat after the Covid-19 lockdown. Read
|
|
The 2020 Food XX finalists have been announced. At least 73 phenomenal womxn have been selected as finalists for this year's awards... Read
|
|
Regulatory
|
|
The Competition Commission has found that Dis-Chem Pharmacies has been charging excessive prices on essentials during the State of National Disaster... Read
|
|
Government has gazetted a regulation banning the sale of hot cooked food during the Covid-19 lockdown. This comes after the legality of the prohibition was called into question last week... Read
|
|
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has provided more details on the second set of measures that are aimed at assisting individuals and businesses through the Covid-19 pandemic... Read
|
|
Research
|
|
RICHARD WELLS
The unloved, underinvested world of traditional trade retailing just became the next key battleground for sales-depleted businesses, says Richard Wells... Read
|
|
Retailers
|
|
Pick n Pay has introduced digital grocery vouchers, providing a safe and easy way to transfer funds to family, friends and others in desperate need of essentials during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read
|
|
According to Statistics South Africa, 30% of all businesses say they do not have enough revenue to last more than one month of lockdown... Read
|
| Business |
|
|
In his announcement on easing South Africa's Covid-19 lockdown from Level 5 to Level 4 on 1 May 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa painted a broad strokes picture of how the country will return to work... Read
|
| Quotes |
|
George Halas "Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it." Leo Buscaglia "Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever." Dean Acheson "The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time." Malcolm X "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." Edmund Burke "Our patience will achieve more than our force." |
More quotes Submit a Quote |
|
| Twitter |
|
|
| New events to diarise |
|
|
ECOM2020Kinetic Events - 5 Aug 2020 to 6 Aug 2020, Cape Town |
|
|
