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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM The Biz Most Read Awards is the monthly accolade for companies to claim rightful recognition for business content activity and impressively amplified impressions for their company news and views... Read |
| Retail |
 | This year, Massmart will extend its Game Halfway Day sale to its Makro stores... Read |
 | The second Organic and Natural Products Expo by the South African Trade Promotions (SATP) will return in September... Read |
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| |  | MIKE SMOLLAN Mike Smollan, chief growth officer looks at some of the trends at play as we reach the halfway point in 2023... Read |  | Regardless of where you do business, the past few years have been marked by economic uncertainty, fueled by market fluctuations, political unrest, and the long-reaching fallout of a global pandemic... Read |
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| Banking & Finance |
 | In Q1 2023, South Africans showed strong growth in clothing-account and credit-card credit demand and supply, despite high inflation and interest rates... Read |
 | Mypinpad secures $13m investment led by Crossfin Holdings, fueling global expansion and strengthening payments and authentication SaaS solutions... Read |
| Commercial Property |
 | The V&A Waterfront has joined forces with admyt, the market leading digital parking management platform in South Africa, to leverage its innovative smart parking system for the benefit of visitors, tenants and guests to the precinct... Read |
| CRM |
 | YUDHVIR SEETHARAM While digitalisation and automation create many opportunities for businesses to streamline tasks and deliver benefits of ease and convenience to customers, this doesn't automatically translate to good customer service... Read |
| E-commerce |
 | ISSUED BY WUNDERMAN THOMPSON The clues to whether businesses are making the right investments now to ensure that they can provide the right experiences across the channels that consumers will come to expect is held in the data from the Wunderman Thompson Future Shopper Report 2023... Read |
| ESG & Sustainability |
 | The Coca-Cola Company is throwing its weight behind the circular economy by adopting improvements to packaging options and design to ensure a sustainable future... Read |
 | Of the over 120,000 tonnes of plastic entering the South African market through Petco members in 2022, 69% has been collected for recycling... Read |
 | You are what you eat, and what you don't - food is one powerful, nourishing, loaded, critical and gargantuan topic to tuck into, particularly in these times in which crisis is the new normal... Read |
| Exhibitions & Events |
 | ISSUED BY DMG EVENTS AFRICA Celebrating 20 years of Africa's Big 7 and festive foodie features... Read |
| Fashion & Homeware |
 | ISSUED BY BATA Canadian-designed footwear brand, Power, has been producing athletic footwear globally since 1971, delivering a winning combination of style, technology, comfort and durability for athletes across all skill levels - from gentle walking to intense high-performance activities... Read |
 | The Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook has been launched by the United Nations Environment Programme and the UN Fashion Charter for Climate Change... Read |
 | The Hollywoodbets Durban July (HDJ) Young Design Award (YDA) 10 finalists showed off their creations at the Gateway Theatre of Shopping... Read |
| FMCG |
 | KARABO LEDWABA Vilosha Soni serves as the managing director of Tiger Brands' home and personal care category as well as Max Frank... Read |
 | The 50 most popular beverage brands in the US include Gatorade, Starbucks Frappuccino and Lipton teas, while Rockstar energy drinks, Diet Pepsi and Diet Dr. Pepper diet rank 48th to 50th... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DISTELL Hola Daar South Ahh! It's time again for the Durban July, and this year the nation's favourite crisp and dry premium cider maker, Savanna, presents the Siyavanna Durban July Playbook... Read |
| Food & bev. services |
 | ISSUED BY LUME COMMUNICATIONS Get ready to unleash your inner beast and join us at Tiger's Milk for the ultimate gastronomic adventure! From June to August 2023, we invite all the fearless foodies to tackle the legendary Tiger Tower Burger & Beer Challenge... Read |
| Health & Beauty |
 | Local retailer, Ackermans, hopes to alleviate the stigma around period povery by offering a game-changer in menstrual care, Period Panties... Read |
| Health & Safety |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The World Health Organisation's (WHO) cancer research arm will declare Aspartame, an artificial sweetener, as a "possible carcinogenic to humans" this month... Read |
| Import/Export |
 | NELSON BANYA New European Union pest control rules will cut South Africa's orange exports to Europe by 20% this year, threatening thousands of jobs, the Citrus Growers Association has said... Read |
| Research |
 | PwC South Africa has released its sixth South Africa Economic Outlook report for 2023 and points to five challenges affecting businesses right now... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BRANDMAPP According to a 2023 Bloomberg report, the global pet industry is worth around $320 billion right now and will reach $500 billion by 2030, about the same as the GDP of Nigeria... Read |
| Retail Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY BRAND INFLUENCE Brand Influence proudly announces the success of its first-ever activation with 1000 nano/micro influencers - the Avon #HydramaticLipstick campaign... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Khangelani Dizba, head of Rapt Creative's PR & Influencer and advocate of gay rights explores advertising to the LGBTQQIAAP+ community... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA Social media has been ablaze with support for Greta Gerwig's upcoming movie Barbie... Read |
 | South African companies are slow to harness WhatsApp's marketing power, despite over 50 million global business users... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BRAND INFLUENCE Brand Influence partnered with retail giant Checkers to unleash an electrifying influencer campaign on the Brand Advisor platform, targeting the Gen Z market... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA The one thing Grey Advertising Africa and Tiger Brands jointly believed, and what brought them together in the way they did, is that a bean is not just sommer 'n boontjie! Read |
 | ISSUED BY MSPORTS MARKETING South African Breweries' Castle Lager Bread of the Nation has been shortlisted for the 2023 Dan Wieden Titanium Lion Cannes Awards category... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SMART MEDIA Attracting buyers and driving sales are crucial objectives for FMCG brands looking to make their mark in the retail environment. Fortunately, Smart Media has emerged as a transformative force in the industry... Read |
 | SERENA HO AND FAHEEM HOOSEN The digital revolution has led to dramatic shifts in consumer behaviour, and retailers who want to stay ahead in the market must relook their approach... Read |
| Retail Services |
 | Acting National Consumer Commissioner (NCC), Thezi Mabuza, has emphasised that suppliers are not allowed to take money from consumers and refuse to refund them when failing to provide the services or goods for which the funds were paid... Read |
| Retailers |
 | Nando's in the UK is facing a backlash after a Twweet that it is adopting a cashless model... Read |
| Sales |
 | SINCHITA MITRA South Africa's consumer confidence fell further in the second quarter, according to a survey released on Thursday, as the country struggled with soaring fuel and food prices and higher interest rates... Read |
| Supply Chain |
 | MAYTAAL ANGEL AND MARCELO TEIXEIRA Cocoa prices surged to the highest in 46 years on the Intercontinental Exchange in London on Wednesday as bad weather in West Africa threatened production prospects for the main suppliers of the primary raw material used to make chocolate... Read |
 | AgriKool, a small agricultural business that connects producers and buyers of agricultural products, is beginning to reap the rewards of its deal with the Shoprite Group, having delivered fresh produce worth over R3m to the retail giant in just over a year... Read |
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 | COULIBALY MEDIA AND LUC GNAGO A further nine people were wounded in the collapse, said Charles Paolo, the head of the firefighting unit at the scene... Read |
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 | NHI funding plan revealed: Household burden to Increase as payroll tax and surcharge on personal income implemented... Read |
 | According to Cef's data, both grades of petrol are expected to decrease by between 17c/litre and 25c/l, while diesel is expected to increase by around 20c/litre... Read |
 | PROMIT MUKHERJEE Ramokgopa said the country was reaching a stage where power generation was beginning to keep up with demand... Read |
 | The Brics summit, hosted by South Africa, will proceed as scheduled, dismissing rumours of a potential relocation to China to accommodate Russia's President Putin... Read |
 | Forensic audits reveal Covid-19 Ters fraud: R17.5bn verified payments, while ghost employees, inflated salaries, and ineligible claims surface... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON As France seeks membership in Brics, the world's prominent economic group, so too do other countries looking for trade independent and to be part of the groups's expanding global influence... Read |
 | Naspers, which has its global investments housed in Amsterdam-listed Prosus, draws over two-thirds of its revenue from Tencent... Read |
 | KATE COLLIER, KENNETH COSTER & MBALI NKOSI The Department of Employment and Labour recently published the Draft Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Return to Work Regulation in terms of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act for public comment... Read |
 | FNB Retirement Survey: Eight in 10 South Africans intend to work past retirement age due to inadequate savings. Four in 10 without a plan will rely on asset sales or government grants... Read |
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