Marketing & Media trends
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The rise of D2C
Michael Smollan
Acceleration of digital payments
Jonathan Smit
Safety vs sustainability - the packaging industry's key conundrum
Nthabiseng Motsoeneng
The evolving e-tail landscape
Vilo Trska
The path forward for retail in 2021
Matthew Leighton
Agriculture trends
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4 trends set to continue or be re-interpreted in the NGO sector
Innocent Masayira
Strengthening NPO skills and processes
Nazeema Mohamed, Feryal Domingo and Soraya Joonas
Sustainability is key for social investment in 2021
Keri-Leigh Paschal
Education trends
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Digital solutions need small steps to succeed
Xanthe Adams
Mining looks ahead to more Covid risk
Ralf Hennecke
Mining's year ahead will demand deep innovation
Frederick Cawood
Entrepreneurship trends
Finance trends
The 4 themes for the new year
Andrew Duvenage,
3 wealth management trends to watch in 2021
Maarten Ackerman
4 strategies to rethink investing in SMEs
Kuhle Mnisi
Microinsurance ready to reach new heights
Marius Botha
Finding alpha in the age of Covid-19
Nema Ramkhelawan-Bhana
Purpose or profit. It's not a choice
Mike Middleton
Shifting towards a digital - but still human - approach
Henry van Deventer
Healthcare trends
Healthcare innovation in 2021 and beyond
Reynhardt Uys
Are day hospitals the new trend?
Lee Callakoppen
3 emerging medical scheme membership patterns
Nerine Brink
Healthcare innovations to look out for
Moshe Lichtenstein
HR & Management trends
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Lifestyle trends
Wine in the wake of corona
Kristen Duff and Gosia Young
7 prospects and necessary shifts for the arts
Rucera Seethal
Logistics & Transport trends
Marketing & Media trends
Tech democratisation will set the tone for 2021
Andrew Smit and Johan Walters
Property trends
Auction industry survival depends on going virtual
Joff van Reenen
Covid-19 drives new trends in local property market
Marcél du Toit
SOUTH AFRICA
Why harmonised retail is the future
For many industries, predicting the future during a pandemic would be difficult - if not impossible. Retail is different. Why?
Oliver Guy 13 Nov 2020
GLOBAL
Food giants appointing teams to focus on plant-based products
Food giants muscle in on booming alternative protein market, with dedicated teams to develop and sell plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy...
JAPAN
Sony sells US-based online game unit
TOKYO, JAPAN: Japan's Sony has sold its online gaming unit to a US investment firm, in a move that should free it to make titles for consoles other than PlayStation...
JAPAN
Japan asks US publisher to change 'sex slave' textbook
TOKYO, JAPAN: Japan has asked a major US publisher to "correct" a school textbook that references WWII sex slaves, as Tokyo's bid to polish its history moves abroad...
JAPAN
Sony warns it will lose $2.14bn this year
TOKYO, JAPAN: Sony has said the company will lose at least $2.14bn this fiscal year, more than four-times its earlier forecast and blamed a downturn in its mobile phone business for the losses.
JAPAN
Intelligent robot to clean your home
TOKYO, JAPAN: The Dyson 360 Eye robot vacuum cleaner is claimed to have more suction than any other robot vacuum.
JAPAN
Sony makes $261m in three months on PS4 sales
TOKYO - The weak Yen helped Sony make profits of to $261m in the first-quarter thanks to brisk sales of its PlayStation 4 console. However, the company still expects to make an overall loss this year.
JAPAN
Japan's Suntory in talks to buy GSK drink brands
TOKYO, JAPAN: Japanese drinks giant Suntory Holdings is in advanced talks to buy the Lucozade and Ribena soft drinks brands for a possible US$1.56bn from British drugs firm GlaxoSmithKline, a report said Friday (6 September).
JAPAN
Huffington Post launches Japan edition
TOKYO, JAPAN: US news website and aggregator, The Huffington Post, launched a Japanese edition on Tuesday, 7 May 2013, the company's first site in Asia, hoping to shake up the media landscape and generate discussion with readers.
JAPAN
Sharp in talks with US technology giants?
TOKYO, JAPAN: Sharp Corporation's shares jumped in response to reports that the embattled Japanese electronics maker is in talks with US technology giants Apple, Google, and Microsoft on forming business and capital tie-ups.
JAPAN
Japan's electronics sector warns of dire outlook
TOKYO, JAPAN: Warnings from Panasonic and Sharp that they will post a combined annual loss of more than US$15bn has reignited fears about the increasingly dire outlook for Japan's once-mighty electronics giants.
JAPAN
Japan's Sharp to cut 11 000 jobs, sell assets: report
TOKYO, JAPAN: Troubled Japanese consumer electronics giant Sharp is to cut 11 000 jobs worldwide and sell US$2.7bn worth of assets and factories in a bid to turn its finances around, a report said Tuesday.
UNITED STATES
Marketing pays off: iPhone 5 frenzy builds ahead of today's release
SAN FRANCISCO, US: Gadget lovers have flooded Apple with pre-orders and set up camp outside the company's real-world stores to get their hands on the new generation iPhone 5 set for release today. [Video]
UNITED STATES
Environmentally friendly purchases heat up in emerging markets
NEW YORK, US: Purchases of environmentally protective products have grown significantly in two of the world's leading markets - China and Brazil; but the widespread perception that these products are too expensive may be blocking deeper adoption.
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