Retail contributor articles in South Africa

Contributors

#BehindtheBrandManager: Meet Banele Msimanga, brand manager of Hunter's Cider
Evan-Lee Courie
#BehindtheBrandManager: Nivea's marketing manager, Mpume Ngwenya
Jessica Tennant
#OrchidsandOnions: Cheers to what's in a name
Brendan Seery
Recovery perceived in industrial, retail markets - Q1 2021 FNB Property Broker Survey
John Loos
Massmart's CEO on Covid-driven consumer trends that'll stick
Lauren Hartzenberg
#BehindtheBrandManager: Professor Elain Vlok of the Clover Mama Afrika Trust
Sindy Peters
#BehindtheBrandManager: Kate Owen, Uber SA marketing manager for Rides and Eats
Robin Fredericks

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#OrchidsandOnions: Cheers to what's in a name

Two truths: We forget them and think of everyone as pal - and Savanna knows it; Distell's stance of end justifies means deserves a smelly Onion...

By Brendan Seery 3 days ago

Recovery perceived in industrial, retail markets - Q1 2021 FNB Property Broker Survey

In this report, we discuss the first quarter 2021 results of the rental market component of our FNB Commercial Property Broker Survey...

By John Loos 3 days ago

#OrchidsandOnions: Betting their soles on boots

Recognition: Selling unsexy products with flair is an art; Onions on way for PR people who ignore golden rule: Know the media platform you are targeting...

By Brendan Seery 13 Apr 2021

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Challenging 6 informal sector myths

Technology liberates. To understand if the informal sector is ready to adopt tech innovation, certain myths need to shattered, says Kim Furman from Synthesis...

By Kim Furman 12 Apr 2021

4 key lessons for future-ready manufacturing

The persistent nature of Covid-19's disruption on the manufacturing industry highlights a need, and an opportunity, to rethink business operations to be more adaptable to market dynamics...

By Robin Fisher 9 Apr 2021

#OrchidsandOnions: Mochachos on fire

Off the wall: Blazing burger desert concept turns up the heat; Advert is so hot you expect an appearance from Satan himself...

By Brendan Seery 30 Mar 2021

Commercial property shows recovery, not back to pre-lockdown levels - FNB 1Q2021 survey

Over 40% of brokers surveyed see office-bound companies revising their office space needs and in many cases downscaling. The planned downscaling is not only due to greater levels of work-from-home, however...

By John Loos 25 Mar 2021

Customers are wanting personalised experiences from winning brands

Today, experience is king and 80% of customers say they are more likely to do business with a company if it offers personalised experiences...

By Haydn Townsend 24 Mar 2021

Have hyper retail centres 'hit the spot'? Themes through lockdown and beyond

FNB Commercial Property Finance recently held its Quarterly Property Market briefing and the focus was on key retail property themes...

By John Loos 23 Mar 2021

B2B bullish about e-commerce opportunities

Business has changed forever, we need to rethink our priorities, strategies and processes. Suddenly entire workforces are working remotely and most budgets are now non-existent...

By Nick Durrant, Issued by Bluegrass Digital 17 Mar 2021

#OrchidsandOnions: Lil-Lets is tops - period

Talk spot: Safe space to discuss women's reproductive health; Onion to Telkom for wasting an opportunity by not communicating...

By Brendan Seery 16 Mar 2021

Why retailers should be given a shot at the vaccine rollout

There is no better platform to help get the vaccine to the people than the retail distribution networks, writes Smollan chief growth and innovation officer Michael Smollan...

By Michael Smollan 16 Mar 2021