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MAROEFAH SMITH
The moment you provide the South African consumer with what they need, they will start purchasing whatever you are selling. This was the main message from trend analyst Nicola Cooper... read
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Jacques Vermeulen has been appointed group CEO of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), effective from 1 December 2018... read
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A new e-commerce experience from Mastercard and Next Retail Concepts lets shoppers browse and buy just like they are in a physical store - across any browser...read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
With a vision to phase out traditional cigarette brands in favour of healthier alternatives, Philip Morris International has invested billions of dollars into the R&D of its IQOS range of devices...read
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MAROEFAH SMITH
Nicola Cooper delivered a trend talk on the localisation of global trends at the recent ATF Trade Expo in Cape Town...read
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
Bizcommunity invites you to join us as four 'Afro-futurists', all published authors, all experienced global keynote speakers and trend consultants, impart their knowledge in one intensive morning session... Read
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Retail
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With this year coming to a close, what must retailers do to prosper in 2019? Read
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
Festive goodwill is part and parcel of the holiday season and we're wrapping up our year with a hamper of promotional goodies... Read
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Banking & Finance
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LOUISE GRIMMER AND MARTIN GRIMMER
Faced with a glut of children's toys at home, more and more parents are presenting gift cards in lieu of presents... Read
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Commercial Property
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Abland has partnered with Retail Africa in the refurbishment of Kempton Park's Norkem Corner shopping centre... Read
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CRM
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Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers have no chance of surviving the onslaught from e-commerce unless they invest in their customer experience... Read
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E-commerce
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ITUMELENG MUKHOVHA
Advances in telecommunication technology have transformed the tools used for marketing and consumerism and ultimately, the way that businesses operate... Read
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ISSUED BY HETZNER
Black Friday in South Africa has grown from a whisper to a shout, with many big brands promising great deals - online and off... Read
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Fashion & Homeware
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French luxury fashion brand Chanel has initiated a ban on the use of exotic animal skins in all future designs... Read
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ISSUED BY BATA
Bata South Africa has recently revealed its new brand signature. From Christmas onwards, the Bata logo will be joined with "Me & Comfortable With It"... Read
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FMCG
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Unilever will acquire the Health Food Drinks portfolio of GlaxoSmithKline in India, Bangladesh and 20 other predominantly Asian markets for $3.8billion... Read
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SAMANTHA SNEDORF
I was recently offered the opportunity to attend the official launch of the Musgrave Gin Pink Fridays at the Maslow Hotel where I got to sit down and have a drink with the creator herself, Simone Musgrave... Read
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Green Sustainability
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Coca-Cola Africa has committed to investing $38million over three years to stimulate recycling industries across Southern and Eastern Africa, and also announced its new PET bottle... Read
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MARTIN COHEN
There is currently a grand consensus of academics, policymakers and food campaign groups that "something must be done" to reduce food wastage... Read
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In-store Media
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CECIL UNGERER, ISSUED BY SMART MEDIA
The past 12 months have seen in-store point-of-sale media playing an invaluable role with brands increasingly embracing a 360-degree approach to meet their campaign objectives and their consumers responding positively... Read
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Research
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ISSUED BY NIELSEN
The latest research from global measurement and data analytics expert Nielsen reveals that sales of Private Label products in South Africa now equate to R49.3bn annually... Read
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Retailers
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MARCUS 'THE MALTESE FALCON' BREWSTER
On her breakthrough 1963 debut album, Streisand resurrected a Cole Porter gem 'Come to the Supermarket'. Malta may not be the old Peking of the lyric but it has the German supermarket brand... Read
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TARIRO WASHINYIRA
Four men were arrested when 200 workers demonstrated on Wednesday in front of the Dis-Chem store in Canal Walk, Cape Town. Workers are demanding better wages and working conditions... Read
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EINAV RABINOVITCH-FOX
Sears did more than pioneer the mail-order catalogue over a century ago. It helped make America a more inclusive place at a time when Jim Crow was rampant... Read
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The cost of load shedding to the South African economy is becoming apparent as whole shopping malls close for hours at a time at the height of the December shopping season... Read
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Shopfitting & Merchandising
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Large flower artworks made from recycled plastic waste are the focal point of Woolworths' Christmas window displays in the retailer's top 15 stores... Read
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Training
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While shopping centres and stores are preparing for the festive season rush by investing in advertising, marketing and merchandising, an often overlooked aspect of retail is staff training... Read
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