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 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG During the PayFast eCommerce Virtual Summit, investor and serial entrepreneur Marek Zmyslowski urged African businesses to employ a more level-headed approach to mapping online growth... read |
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 | ASHLEIGH BLAIR, BERNADETTE VERSFELD AND KELVIN MADEMBO The economic consequences of Covid-19 are continuing to be felt in the form of changed shopping patterns and lifestyles, but also faster innovation and technology adoption... Read |
 | SEMONA PILLAY Most South Africans do not shop online due to high levels of poverty, high data costs and poor infrastructure, digital inequality, and the impracticality... Read |
| Banking & Finance |
 | MFUNEKO TOYANA South Africa's consumer price growth rose to its highest in more than a year and close to the mid-point of the central bank's target range, driven mainly by a sharp jump in transport costs... Read |
| Covid-19 |
 | ISSUED BY COTTON ON GROUP The Cotton On Group is the first global retailer to partner with Unicef in helping to deliver one million Covid-19 vaccines to the world's most vulnerable... Read |
 | ISSUED BY UBER Uber has committed 10 million free or discounted trips to make sure that transportation is not a barrier to getting the vaccine... Read |
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 | BRENT HAUMANN Customer expectations are evolving faster today than ever before and that's hardly surprising. In an always-on world where people have devices with them all the time, they're exposed to great digital experiences on a daily basis... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY UBU INTERNATIONAL UBU International is proud to be joining forces with Paarl Boys' High School to use the Paarl Boys' High Wallet to help support the Back-a-Boishaaier campaign... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY KAS AFRICA Africa has the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of Asia's manufacturing giants over the next decade, and reinvent itself as the world's next production powerhouse, says KAS Africa CEO Vinny Perumal... Read |
 | The Design Indaba is pleased to announce its 2021 Emerging Creatives inductees... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY BITVENTURE To regain the trust of a shopper defrauded by a seller on a marketplace platform is very difficult, which is why preventing fraudulent activities is advised above trying to pick up the pieces after the fact... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PAYFLEX Payflex partnered with creative design agency The King James Group on its recent brand refresh... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PAYFLEX E-commerce has gone from strength to strength in South Africa over the past year off the back of the Covid-19 global pandemic and rapidly accelerated digitisation... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BULLION PR & COMMUNICATION People's reliance on e-commerce in light of the pandemic means that there's a challenging, risk-driven environment ahead of us when it comes to fraud... Read |
 | MICHAEL GEWER Bopis (buy online pick up in store) is transforming the face of South African retail, and it's coming soon to a store or a mall near you... Read |
| Fashion & Homeware |
 | Cava Sneakers is a fashionable footwear range launched by husband and wife Lebogang and Naledi Mokubela during South Africa's hard lockdown... Read |
 | Puma's new Re.Gen collection of footwear, apparel and accessories is constructed from the sportswear company's own industry waste and other recycled materials... Read |
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 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Mother and son, Karen and Ryan Jossel, make up the formidable team behind local baked treats business Bags of Bites... Read |
 | NQOBILE DLUDLA Tiger Brands will launch a venture capital fund to invest in food and beverage startups, with an initial allocation of less than R100m... Read |
 | Danone has appointed former Barry Callebaut CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique as its new chief executive officer... Read |
 | MARIANA LAMAS While earlier products like tofu and seitan were meant to replace meat, newer products are trying to mimic its taste, texture, smell and appearance... Read |
| Health & Beauty |
 | Clicks has received approval from the National Department of Health to offer 47 vaccination sites nationally, with a further 520 awaiting approval for registration... Read |
| Regulatory |
 | The South African Liquor Brandowners Association says the proposed restrictions on alcohol advertising and other alcohol policy interventions are irrelevant to the national response... Read |
| Research |
 | The total value of transactions processed by POS terminals will exceed $17.3tn in 2026, from $14.8tn in 2021, according to a new study by Juniper Research... Read |
| Retail Marketing |
 | KFC South Africa is bringing the heat with a new spot to launch its spicy zinger nuggets... Read |
 | EMILY STANDER Jerome Adonis gives us more insight into how to successfully manage a global brand locally, and what the future looks like for Rémy Martin... Read |
| Retailers |
 | CATHRINE JANSSON-BOYD The outlook for high street stores seems gloomy. Social distancing measures and lockdowns have driven people to shop online, leading to shop closures and a boom for online retailers... Read |
 | South African retailer Massmart said on Thursday its sales during the 19 weeks ended 9 May rose by 8% due to the easing of coronavirus-related trading restrictions... Read |
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 | Stats SA reports that South Africa's retail trade sales decreased by 2.5% year-on-year in March 2021... Read |
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 | The Shoprite Group has opened bursary applications for its Retail Business Management and Pharmacy students for the 2022 academic year... Read |
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