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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
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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
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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
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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
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Wine in the wake of corona
Kristen Duff and Gosia Young
7 prospects and necessary shifts for the arts
Rucera Seethal
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Tech democratisation will set the tone for 2021
Andrew Smit and Johan Walters
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Auction industry survival depends on going virtual
Joff van Reenen
Covid-19 drives new trends in local property market
Marcél du Toit
6 pharmacy retail trends to watch in 2020
Global pharmaceutical sales are predicted to reach $1567.80 billion by 2023...
Eben Esterhuizen 18 Nov 2019
6 trends shaping the shopping mall experience
A decade ago, building a profitable mall was simple. If you got the location, size, layout, parking and access routes right, you had retailers and shoppers in the bag...
Theresa Terblanche 23 Oct 2019
Know your business inside out with a Biz Office
New expectations of transparency and authenticity in business means things like organisational purpose, brand stories, how your company does things, what it believes in and what it stands for, can all play a part in how your company sees itself and how it is seen by others...
Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019
Key trends across retail channels in Africa
With a growing young population coupled with rapid urbanisation and fast-growing consumer expenditure, Africa offers attractive opportunities for entities wishing to expand into new frontier markets...
Christy Tawii 31 Jul 2019
3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office
Since 2001, Bizcommunity anticipated the role of company culture as intellectual capital. Biz Press Offices are a "glass box" game changer, offering a window into 18 industry communities...
Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019
10 retail trends for 2019
For the retail sector as a whole - and for physical stores in particular - 2019 will be a year of reinvention...
Jackie Kalis 15 Jul 2019
What the latest technological innovation means for the future of retail
With neverending technological innovation, what will retail look like in the next 20 to 30 years?
Maroefah Smith 2 Jul 2019
#AfricaMonth: Why Africa is primed for prestige beauty growth
Overseeing multi-ethnic innovation for Estée Lauder Companies, Susan Akkad is no stranger to the concept of 'inclusive beauty'...
Lauren Hartzenberg 31 May 2019
#AfricaMonth: The rise of Afrocentrism and its impact on the luxury business
Africa has been a rich source of artistic inspiration for many parts of the world for centuries, but what's changing now is that Afrocentric culture is being spearheaded by the sons and daughters of the African continent...
Lauren Hartzenberg 29 May 2019
PwC releases consumer insights survey for 2019
Anton Hugo, retail & consumer leader for PwC Africa and associate directors Rashaad Fortune and Andries Geertsema presented PwC's 2019 Global Consumer Insights Survey at the Peech Hotel in Johannesburg on 3 April...
Retail marketing and point of purchase trends for 2019
Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc.'s company thought leaders are peeking into their crystal balls to predict what the coming 365 days have in store for the retail and point-of-purchase industries...
Leo Van De Polder 28 Feb 2019
Is your product packaging the 'whole package'? 4 unboxing trends for 2019
Who cares what it looks like on the outside when it's what's on the inside that counts, right? Wrong! At least when it comes to product packaging, that is...
Daniella Shapiro 18 Feb 2019
#BizTrends2019: The future of flavour innovation
The global food and beverage space is bubbling over with creativity and innovation, with an eager audience of brave consumers with bold taste eager to sample the next big thing...
Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Shop defines 6 trends shaping the future of retail
Technology and changing customer demographics have set a new stage for retail. Success today is defined by the ability to keep up, or get out in front of, trends that are driving consumer purchases...
Leo Van De Polder 30 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: 2019, a definitive year in FMCG
IRI's Marylee Townshend predicts 7 trends that will influence the future of FMCG...
Marylee Townshend 29 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Single-use plastic, circular economy, ethical supply chains and climate action to drive retail in 2019
More than ever before, in 2018 we saw sustainability playing a major role in shaping trends in the retail sector...
Feroz Koor 25 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Key trends in wellness and ethical retail for 2019
The focus of innovation in the conscious consumption space is certainly not trend based. The environmental and health issues facing the planet are so pressing...
Robyn Smith 24 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Payments, engagement, partnership - African retail trends for 2019
With two key retail periods - Black Friday and festive season - now behind us, retailers are looking for new ways to increase revenue, grow market share, and boost profits...
Mark Schech 22 Jan 2019
Euromonitor's top 10 global consumer trends for 2019
Euromonitor International has released its annual list of top emerging trends that provide insights into consumers' changing values and explores how their behaviour is disrupting business...
#BizTrends2019: Social marketing, and true word (of mouth) power
When Marian Salzman, one of the world's top trendspotters, invited me to discuss all things social marketing trend-related over coffee at the end of 2018, I jumped at the chance. This is the first of three overviews of our talking points...
Leigh Andrews 15 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Africa's consumers - connected, in control, and hungry for convenience
Shopping - love it or hate it, it's nearly impossible to escape the banality or adventure that competes for consumers' precious time. It takes us away from the things we would rather be doing...
Ailsa Wingfield 14 Jan 2019
#BizTrends2019: Africa's new creative direction
It is an exciting time for African creativity. A lot of fresh, new thinking is being injected into the sector, bringing with it strong, contemporary ideas that look to the future while honouring the continent's traditional past...
Gary Harwood 10 Jan 2019
#GoogleRetail: No room for silos in omnichannel retail
We're in living in an omnichannel world. We use a number of different paths to get to the products, info and services that we want. Search has become intuitive...
Lauren Hartzenberg 6 Nov 2018
Top 10 trends in digital commerce
Much has changed since the first products were sold online in the 1990s...
Sandy Shen 17 Oct 2018
The future of retail: Clicks, bricks and data-driven insights
Over the last 15 years, technology has reshaped the face of global retail. With billions of people spending more time online each day, the way we buy things has evolved...
Sarah Quinlan 13 Jul 2018
#ECMA18: It's not an apocalypse, it's a retail revolution
As store closures continue across the globe, we're witnessing the demise of physical retail as we know it...
Lauren Hartzenberg 26 Mar 2018
Africa's consumer goods and retail sectors driven by expanding middle class, tech development
In Africa and the Middle East, the value of mergers and acquisitions transactions is expected to rise to $6.4 billion in 2018 and will continue to rise in 2019, to $6.6 billion...
#BizTrends2018: The new rules of retail
If you're searching for proof that retail as we know it is changing, look no further than Shanghai's 24-hour, unstaffed, self-driving grocery store...
Lauren Hartzenberg 29 Jan 2018
Trends 2018: Omnichannel is the new normal
As smart technology enters our homes, cars, work and leisure time, marketers have the opportunity to innovate and reach potential customers via ever-expanding touch points...
Jainita Khatri 25 Jan 2018
#BizTrends2018: Connecting with ever-connected, ever-younger African consumers
With the largest 'youth bulge' in the world, the future of Africa is young, dynamic, determined. No one can afford to ignore the youth in Africa and the local and global business community needs to prepare for the ever-connected, younger generations...
Nicola Cooper 10 Jan 2018
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