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 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Puma SA's MD shares how the company is adapting to do business during the pandemic, and how Covid-19 will impact retail... read |
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 | 81% of South Africans said they were either uncertain or pessimistic about the country's economic recovery after Covid-19, compared to 72% in March... read |
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| |  | Nielsen has assessed various future scenarios to establish a clear regeneration path for retailers and manufacturers based on short, medium, and long term exit time horizons... Read |  | ISSUED BY TFG (THE FOSCHINI GROUP) TFG Design and Manufacturing is producing quality-tested reusable masks. To ensure the masks meet required standards, we've partnered with a leading university and advanced textile manufacturers, Brits Textiles... Read |  | ISSUED BY ORCHARDON25 Nestlé East and Southern Africa has made contributions to various coronavirus (Covid-19) relief efforts across the region... Read |  | NIGEL HOLLIS, ISSUED BY KANTAR As the economic and social ramifications of the 'Great Lockdown' make themselves apparent there is a lot of discussion about what consumer behaviours will change when we reach a new normal after Covid-19... Read |
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 | SINDY PETERS Seabelo (Herbert) Theledi, founder and MD of Nthwese Developments, shares his experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how his organisation is navigating these unusual times... Read |
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 | Gift of the Givers has partnered with Retort Food Company to prepare and distribute fully-cooked, nutritious meals with an extended shelf-life to the country's impoverished communities... Read |
 | Heineken South Africa has joined the fight against Covid-19 by donating personal protective equipment (PPE) and food hampers worth over R1m to the Gauteng Department of Health and local communities. Read |
| Design & Manufacturing |
 | Entries are now open for the third iteration of the Nando's Hot Young Designer Talent Search, which aims to launch the careers of local emerging creatives and unearth fresh new designs... Read |
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 | LAURIAN VENTER Covid-19 and the national lockdown has left SA's online retailers up the proverbial creek with only a miniature essential services paddle, says OneDayOnly's Laurian Venter... Read |
 | Game Stores has partnered with Uber Eats to allow customers to order groceries and other essential products from Game through the popular app... Read |
 | Proudly South African has extended the product offering on its portal to include locally produced hand sanitisers, surface disinfectants and detergents... Read |
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 | Tommy Hilfiger has launched a collection of T-shirts and sweatshirts designed in collaboration with consumers, and 100% of the proceeds will go towards Covid-19 relief... Read |
 | Clothing retailers have welcomed the additional directives issued yesterday by Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel, on the type of clothing and bedding which may be sold... Read |
 | DR PRECIOUS MOLOI-MOTSEPE African Fashion International (AFI) could never have imagined hosting the last day of Fashion Week to an eerily empty CTICC, livestreaming the entire schedule of evening shows. Little did we know, five years ago, the online streaming service that we had introduced would soon be the new normal... Read |
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 | Source Food has launched an incubator designed to offer individuals and businesses in the food and beverage industry the knowledge, skills and resources to take their product to market... Read |
 | As countries explore re-opening in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, it is important to our industry's recovery to look at how challenges across the supply chain may affect the agriculture industry. Read |
| Health & Beauty |
 | US investment firm KKR has agreed to inject $750m into debt-laden multinational cosmetics maker Coty... Read |
| Regulatory |
 | The Competition Commission has referred two major suppliers to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution for allegedly charging excessive prices on face masks... Read |
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 | MWABI MOTAUNG The Covid-19 pandemic has already significantly impacted local businesses. A recent entrepreneur research survey conducted by Heavy Chef, in collaboration with Xero, Retail Capital, Whipping The Cat, Workshop17 and Payfast, reveals how serious this problem really is... Read |
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 | MICHAEL GULLAN As the new normal sets in, people are spending less money on non-essential items like makeup and outdoor activities, and more time and money on consuming online media. It is important for marketers to understand this shift in consumer behaviour... Read |
| Retailers |
 | Dis-Chem Pharmacies is set to acquire Baby City and its network of 33 stores from founder shareholders, the Aronoff family, for R430m... Read |
 | Pick n Pay chairman Gareth Ackerman confirmed today that the grocery retailer will refrain from enforcing exclusive lease agreements against smaller competitors... Read |
 | The Shoprite Group will immediately cease the enforcement of exclusive lease agreements against other supermarkets in non-urban areas... Read |
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Benjamin Franklin "You can do anything you set your mind to." John Galsworthy "If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one." Dr. Wayne D. Dyer "Go the extra mile. It's never crowded there." Maya Angelou "We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." Mary Kay Ash "Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve." |
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