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 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG The Coca-Cola Company is optimistic about the African continent's economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, and is building back better to grow its business in the region... read |
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 | DANETTE BREITENBACH WATCH: While Covid-19 has sped up the move to e-commerce, digital has been part of the marketing mix for many brands for years. A panel at the Ecom Africa conference unpacked the complexities of building a digital brand... Read |
 | The 2021 Absa Top 10 Olive Oil Awards winners were announced on Friday, 15 October at Drosberg, situated in Paarl... Read |
| Commercial Property |
 | The Mall of Thembisa has been named the best retail development in Africa in this year's International Property Awards... Read |
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 | Next week South Africa will start vaccinating children between the ages of 12 and 17 years old... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY MPACT PLASTICS Section 18 of the new Waste Management Act came into effect on 5 May 2021. These regulations relate to extended producer responsibility (EPR) in terms of a number of industries and products, including the paper and plastics packaging industries... Read |
 | Eastgate Shopping Centre has donated R300,000 of its income derived from parking fees to local non-profit organisation Gift of the Givers Foundation... Read |
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| Design & Manufacturing |
 | Electrolux SA is laying the groundwork to exit the national electricity grid and move to renewable solar energy, cutting the carbon footprint at its Kwikot geyser manufacturing plant by 40%... Read |
 | Stats SA reports that South Africa's manufacturing production increased by 1.8% in August 2021 compared with August 2020... Read |
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 | Spend through voice assistant-enabled smart TVs will reach nearly $500m in 2023, up sharply from the $126m expected in 2021, according to a report from Juniper Research... Read |
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 | CAROLINE CASTANIER AND RAKHEE NAIK, ISSUED BY KLA The retail industry has no doubt experienced critical losses due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. However, as we return to the new normal, retailers are looking at innovative ways of capturing market share from competitors, grabbing the attention of a customer who is consistently confronted with brand messaging and sales techniques... Read |
 | Birkenstock is strengthening its retail presence in South Africa with the launch of a new concept store in Sandton City... Read |
 | AFI Fashion Week Joburg 2021 is set to take place as a hybrid event on 29 and 30 October 2021 at the recently launched Alto 234, Africa's highest urban bar on the 57th floor at the Leonardo building in Sandton... Read |
| FMCG |
 | ISSUED BY DISTELL Vawter Hard Seltzer is the exciting new product launched earlier this year by Distell, the market leading innovators in the ready-to-drink category in South Africa... Read |
 | The SA Canegrowers Association will be presenting the outcomes of a recently concluded cotton diversification pilot project to the Sugarcane Value Chain Masterplan Task Team on diversification... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ROAN SYSTEMS South African printer supplier Roan Systems managed the upgrade to the new devices. Printronix line matrix printers typically last 7-10 years but as they age, they can become more susceptible to failure, which increases the risk of downtime in mission-critical areas... Read |
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 | V&A Waterfront has announced that applications are now open for the third intake of candidates for the Makers Landing Food Lab Incubator Programme... Read |
| In-store Media |
 | ISSUED BY TQ GROUP Did you know that over 90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual?.. Read |
| Packaging |
 | ISSUED BY MPACT PLASTICS We are proud to have been presented with gold and silver awards at the Sapro awards ceremony held online, on 14 October 2021... Read |
| Research |
 | FNB card data reveals that consumer spending is recovering better than expected in most categories, with eased lockdown likely to boost it even further... Read |
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 | MZUKISI DELIWE, ISSUED BY PROVANTAGE MEDIA GROUP Middle market malls have been springing up countrywide post 1994. These have proven resilient even through the Covid pandemic and related lockdowns... Read |
 | PAMELA MALULEKE Ordinary trade marks are the "popular kid" of the IP industry; however, businesses often overlook the potential competitive advantage of certification trade marks... Read |
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 | For the first time, Game will be extending its Price Beat Promise to deals included in its month-long Black Friday promotion in November... Read |
 | Stats SA reports that South Africa's retail trade sales decreased by 1.3% year-on-year in August 2021... Read |
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