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Busisiwe Phakathi is 5fm's marketing manager. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2025: Busisiwe Phakathi, 5FM - Keeping radio relevant among youthBusisiwe Phakathi

Grant Lapping is a digital executive at Midnight. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2025: Grant Lapping | 3 trends dominating search: GEO, social search and voice

By Grant Lapping 5 Feb 2025

$Andre Le Roux, head of strategy: TBWA\Coastal, talks about trends that drive culture to understand SA shopper (Image supplied)$

#BizTrends2025: TBWA\Coastal's Andre Le Roux - Understanding the SA shopper

By Andre Le Roux 4 Feb 2025

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#BizTrends 2025: 99c’s Andrew Brand - Retail advertising: The new frontier

Andrew Brand 3 Feb 2025

Dr Melanie van Rooy. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2025: Dr Melanie van Rooy, CMO at Clicks - Experiential marketing key to retail future

Melanie van Rooy 31 Jan 2025

Why 2025 will redefine loyalty programmes with personalisation at the core

Why 2025 will redefine loyalty programmes with personalisation at the core

Gordon Wilson 31 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: FMCG Retail Outlook: built to withstand the pressure

#BizTrends2025: FMCG Retail Outlook: built to withstand the pressure

Nicola Allen 27 Jan 2025

Judith Mugeni says success in 2025 will mean harnessing the power of sponsorship in a futuristic environment by returning to fundamental principles (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2025: Judith Mugeni - Back to the future, sponsorship in 2025

Judith Mugeni 24 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Vodacom’s Andisa Ntsubane – The anatomy of winning brands in 2025

#BizTrends2025: Vodacom’s Andisa Ntsubane – The anatomy of winning brands in 2025

Andisa Ntsubane 22 Jan 2025

Adelaide Tshabalala is chief digital officer at Nerdware. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2025: GeoSpatial targeting - capturing the right moment, not just the right place

Adelaide Tshabalala 21 Jan 2025

Pat Mahlangu is the CEO of Lerato Agency and Top 16 YOBA's. Source: Supplied

#BizTrends2025: Pat Mahlangu - Trends end, focus on brand building

Pat Mahlangu 20 Jan 2025

Incubeta Africa’s MD Jaco Lintvelt says CMOs must get back to the idea of marketing as a key driver of value (Image supplied)

#BizTrends 2025: Incubeta Africa’s Jaco Lintvelt – Getting back to marketing as a key driver of value

Jaco Lintvelt 20 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Field Force’s Ged Nooy gives 5 standout retail trends driving leadership in 2025

#BizTrends2025: Field Force’s Ged Nooy gives 5 standout retail trends driving leadership in 2025

Ged Nooy 17 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Rapt Creative's Melanie Campbell - Advertising in 2025

#BizTrends2025: Rapt Creative's Melanie Campbell - Advertising in 2025

Melanie Campbell, RAPT Creative Agency 13 Jan 2025

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President and CEO of Scopen, Cesar Vacchiano examines the trends shaping marketing in 2025 (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2025: Scopen's Cesar Vacchiano - The trends shaping marketing in 2025

Cesar Vacchiano 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

Digicape 13 Jan 2025

6 key trends shaping digital marketing in SA in 2025

6 key trends shaping digital marketing in SA in 2025

TDMC 8 Jan 2025

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How ‘ethical influencers’ engage their audiences about saving the planet

Aya Aboelenien and Ai Ming Chow 16 May 2024

Source: © 123rf Social media is the largest channel worldwide for advertising investment according to Warc Media’s latest forecast, Global Ad Trends

Warc: Social media reaches new peaks, wields huge influence over how brands reach their audiences

2 May 2024

(image supplied) Kate Wolters, a director at Flowmesh, gives three trends that will impact B2B marketing in 2024

#BizTrends: Kate Wolters - 3 trends that will impact B2B marketing in 2024

Kate Wolters 22 Feb 2024

Image created through AI. James Cloete, chief creative officer, RAPT Group, talks marketing trends or what he has learnt from Bill Bernbach, ChatGPT and 25yrs in advertising. And Nelly the Elephant. And my mom’

#BizTrends: James Cloete - Marketing trends: Lessons from Bill Bernbach, Nelly the Elephant & others

James Cloete, RAPT Creative Agency 6 Feb 2024

Zetu Damane is the chief strategic officer at McCann Joburg. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2024: Zetu Damane - Trends which will make or break brands in 2024

Zetu Damane 6 Feb 2024

Image supplied. Sponsorships must be fit for purpose and fit for business says Judith Mugeni.

#BizTrends2024: Judith Mugeni - Sponsorships must be fit for purpose and for business

Judith Mugeni 5 Feb 2024

Graham Deneys is the chief strategy officer at Dentsu Media Brands. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2024: Graham Deneys - An adjustment is underway. Can you feel it?

Graham Deneys 30 Jan 2024

Image supplied. Lebo Madiba, managing director PR Powerhouse says the future of marketing and customer engagement lies in the harmonious marriage of AI and human creativity

#BizTrends2024: Lebo Madiba – The future lies in harmonious marriage of AI and human creativity

Lebo Madiba 29 Jan 2024

Image supplied. Chelsea Owens, client service director at Incubeta SA, gives four digital marketing trends that will shift the needle in 2024

#BizTrends2024: Chelsea Owens - 4 digital marketing trends that will shift the needle in 2024

Chelsea Owens 26 Jan 2024

Navigating media trends in 2024: adapting strategies for consumer engagement

Navigating media trends in 2024: adapting strategies for consumer engagement

Senamile Zungu, Kantar 25 Jan 2024

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The 60-plus consumer: South Africa's untapped market opportunity

25 Jan 2024

Image supplied. Ged Nooy, GM of Field Force provides three trends that stand out in the current informal trade market

#BizTrends2024: Ged Nooy - 4 trends to unlock the informal market

Ged Nooy 24 Jan 2024

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