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|  | | Woolworths Holdings Limited has become the first major South African retailer to publish a list of suppliers...read |
|  | | After three years of negotiations with the Coalition of African Animal Welfare Organisation (Caawo), the Spur Corporation has committed to using only cage-free hens eggs in its restaurants by the year 2025...read |
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 | The Weston family of Selfridges & Co. has sold the British department store operator to a Thai conglomerate Central Group led consortium... Read |
 | At 2.94kg CO2e per pair, Futurecraft.Footprint is the result of a collective ambition to make a performance running shoe with as low of a carbon footprint as possible... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BMI RESEARCH The national lockdown enforced in South Africa as part of the country's efforts to manage the Covid-19 pandemic delivered a severe blow to the alcoholic sector in 2020, sending production volumes into a negative spiral and entirely debilitating certain sections of the market... Read |
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 | KIM FURMAN Covid has turned consumer behaviour on its head, but the upside is how it's paving the way to unlock the mobile point of sale market... Read |
 | Now is the time for forward-thinking retailers to plan strategically for how they will attract and retain customers during 2022, says Steven Heilbron, CEO of Capital Connect... Read |
| Commercial Property |
 | The property owner's malls averaged 95% of 2019 levels in footcount over the last two months, which it says is likely to continue into the festive season... Read |
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 | Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has gazetted amendments to Adjusted Alert Level 1 Covid-19 regulations from midnight last night... Read |
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 | JONATHAN HURVITZ Delivering on value starts with recognising that the customer is the most important factor in the transaction, writes Teljoy CEO Jonathan Hurvitz... Read |
 | South African consumers are expected to have spent R250bn in 2021 - a 20% increase from 2020... Read |
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 | Aware.org and the Road Traffic Management Corporation have launched a joint initiative, called the Industry National Festive Road Safety & Social Norms Campaign, to encourage responsible drinking... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TFG (THE FOSCHINI GROUP) TFG's Jet and myTFGrewards loyalty programme announced its partnership with the School-Days fundraising initiative... Read |
| Design & Manufacturing |
 | Alifurn Outdoor Furniture Company was named the winner of the inaugural eThekwini Furniture Cluster Business Accelerator Programme for 2021, scooping a R20,000 cash prize... Read |
| Fashion & Homeware |
 | The Table Bay Mall in Cape Town recently launched The Fashion Cube, a new retail attraction created to showcase local fashion from small businesses... Read |
 | ISSUED BY LEATHER GALLERY Leather sofas are widely popular due to their durability and elegant look and feel... Read |
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 | SARAH EL SAFTY AND AHMAD ELHAMY The price of subsidised sugar in Egypt will increase to 10.5 Egyptian pounds ($0.6671) per kilogram from 1 January 2022, up from 8.50 pounds currently... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY DISTELL The team behind Bernini - SA's much loved and only Natural Sparkling Grape Frìzzante - has recently announced their brand ambassador - leading actress, social media personality and style icon, Linda Mtoba... Read |
 | Gin is now the second most popular liquor category in South Africa, having overtaken vodka... Read |
 | Potatoes South Africa has stated that there is a shortage of the specific cultivar of potato that is used to make chips... Read |
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 | CRAIG SCHWABE The answer to this question is yes, but not indefinitely, for now. This is especially the case considering the significant problems facing the country - from Covid-19, electricity loadshedding to the poor economic growth. Read |
 | Starbucks South Africa is pushing for full vaccination of all staff in its stores... Read |
| Health & Beauty |
 | The 2021 shopping season has continued to highlight the trends that have characterised beauty and personal care consumption... Read |
| Research |
 | SINCHITA MITRA AND YADARISA SHABONG South Africa's consumer confidence remained relatively flat in the fourth quarter from the third, a survey showed on Tuesday, while warning a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections might dent confidence in the coming months... Read |
| Retailers |
 | RCS and We are Egg now gives We are Egg shoppers the benefit from store credit... Read |
 | Massmart Holdings says its headline loss per share will be at least 40% worse than in 2020... Read |
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 | Watch and listen to how the 'Hold my Hunters' campaign came to be voted one of Kantar's Best Liked Ads of 2020... Read |
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 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS The last 1000 days have forced players in the public and private sector to adapt to a new set of creative and financial constraints, says trend economist... Read |
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