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 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Many Unilever brands form part of South Africans' everyday defence against the coronavirus... read |
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 | MICHAEL SMOLLAN Stimulating economic recovery post the Covid-19 pandemic will be behaviour as opposed to time driven. Governments and brands will need to work hard to make consumers feel safe... read |
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 | SASHA PLANTING While Edcon issues section 189s to 22,000 workers, mid-sized retailers warn of bigger job-losses if their needs are not heard...read |
|  | | The government has gazetted regulations for the operation of personal care services, including hairdressing, beauty services and tattoo parlours...read |
|  | RICHARD WELLS Are the health and safety standards at stores in lower-income areas as high as they are in affluent areas? In brief, no...read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY ACKERMANS Championing the unsung, unseen superwomen who continue to raise the bar for equality, kindness and above all, change within their communities, Ackermans' latest campaign provides a platform to amplify the good women do for those around them... Read |  | ISSUED BY BORDERLESS ACCESS The market is expected to witness a shift in the consumers' alcohol-buying behaviour as they settle into Level 3. Borderless Access, therefore, conducted a study to understand this change in behaviour and how it might impact the alcohol industry... Read |  | ISSUED BY INSIGHT SURVEY Insight Survey's latest SA Cough, Cold and Flu Remedies Industry Landscape Report 2020 uncovers the global and local cough, cold and flu remedies market based on the latest information and research... Read |
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 | The widespread shift to home deliveries is set to outlast the Covid-19 pandemic, making the last mile even more critical to customer satisfaction and repeat business. Read |
 | As businesses strategise over the best way to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, they cannot afford to lose sight of the importance of sustaining the best customer experience and service quality - and loyalty programmes are central to this. Read |
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 | PepsiCo CEO and chairman Ramon Laguarta announced on Twitter the CPG conglomerate's commitment to doing their part to help dismantle the systemic racial barriers that block social and economic progress for Black people in the US. Read |
 | Across Africa and in partnership with NGOs, Coca-Cola in Africa has been deploying a range of resources to support governments, communities and local economies in their urgent efforts to contain the spread and impact of the coronavirus since its outbreak on the continent... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY FUTURE TECH MEDIA As FutureTech Media, we are excited to be partnering with Adimo to help advertisers in Africa and the Middle East accelerate their e-commerce marketing capabilities... Read |
 | CEO and founding partner of MetropolitanRepublic Group company, 8909 Digital, Ciarán McKivergan, has just two questions for small and medium-sized retailers: "With many businesses closing down and bricks and mortar stores shutting their doors, are you online and - if you aren't - why the hell not?"... Read |
| Fashion & Homeware |
 | Puma's exploration of sustainable alternatives for producing and dyeing textiles continues in its latest biodesign project Design to Fade... Read |
 | Converse, through engaging communities of artists from all around the world, has launched the "Peace Campaign" initiative. Read |
| Green Sustainability |
 | The recently released results from a life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) of grocery carrier bags in South Africa shows that reusable plastic carrier bags are the best option... Read |
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 | CRAIG DUGGAN The desire for cashless transactions - driven by the ongoing fear of Covid-19 infection - is as prevalent in the informal sector as anywhere else. What is needed is a way to make these a reality... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY NIELSEN As Nigerian consumers emerge from a restricted living scenario unlike any they have experienced before, there are already big shifts in their consumption dynamics with some behaviours set to never return... Read |
 | BRETT ROGERS Brett Rogers explores the edges of culture and how things are changing, providing valuable insights for brands wanting to understand who and what is shaping culture... Read |
 | The CMO Council has picked notable brand stand-outs experiencing an upturn in the global downturn... Read |
| Retail Marketing |
 | The value of printed advertising inserts to drive retail sales has been reaffirmed, just as consumers are again able to shop for (almost) anything... Read |
| Retail Services |
 | Pick n Pay has introduced a liquor version of its recently launched Collect Direct grocery email ordering service... Read |
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 | According to the latest Catalina data, strong upticks in numerous categories show that shoppers continue making fewer trips to grocery and drug stores, while spending more per visit... Read |
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John Wooden "If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes." Michael Jordan "My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength." Sigmund Freud "The conscious mind may be compared to a fountain playing in the sun and falling back into the great subterranean pool of subconscious from which it rises." Karl Marx "History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce." |
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