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South Africa's most innovative consumer products have been recognised in the 11th annual Product of the Year awards... read
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Mike and Thina Maziya's plastic manufacturing and recycling company, Verigreen, has been awarded a multi-million rand contract with Shoprite Group... read
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MAROEFAH SMITH
Strategic partnerships between payment services are crucial in ensuring that the payment ecosystem is seamless... Read
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MAROEFAH SMITH
Ramona Kasavan is taking over Africa one sanitary towel at a time. She started her company, Mimi Women, after seeing large numbers of girls missing school over their monthly menses... Read
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CRM
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Customer loyalty retention is becoming increasingly important to the success of independent retailers in South Africa... Read
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Design & Manufacturing
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ISSUED BY BERGE FARRELL
The Good Living Brew Company, entrusted Berge Farrell with the packaging design of their Binary Botanical, a new style of beer, made from hop leaf infusion... Read
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Alibaba's Ali Express customers in Kenya can now pay for goods using M-Pesa following a partnership deal with Safaricom and Ant Financial, the world's largest fintech service provider... Read
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ISSUED BY AMONET
Amonet has launched a brand-new redesigned website to offer consumers even better usability than before, ensuring that it is easy to for anybody to use - anytime, anywhere and on any device... Read
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The Cannabis Expo, a trade and consumer exhibition dedicated to the cannabis industry, is set be held at Sun Exhibits at GrandWest in Cape Town from 4 to 7 April... Read
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ISSUED BY PACINAMIX
McDonald's is a fun, playful and contemporary brand, and this partnership with Monster Jam enables us to bring family and friends together through a world-class, action-packed event... Read
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Fashion & Homeware
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ISSUED BY SLOOM
Choosing a mattress has become a confusing and time-consuming process with so many different brands and beds out there with so many similar features. However, a local company is changing all of that... Read
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ISSUED BY GARMIN
Garmin International, Inc. in celebration of its 30th anniversary, has announced the MARQ Collection, a series of connected tool watches of traditional watch manufacturing quality... Read
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FMCG
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Last week's statement of government support for the South African poultry industry does not end the industry crisis caused by dumped imports. But it could mark the start of a new era of co-operation... Read
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More than 2,000 tonnes of rooibos was shipped to Japan in 2018 - the largest consignment since the South African indigenous tea was first introduced to the Japanese in the '80s... Read
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Green Sustainability
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In line with its World Without Waste campaign, The Coca-Cola Company is accelerating the collection and recycling of PET plastic bottles across Southern and East Africa... Read
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Health & Beauty
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Import/Export
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Unlocking exporting opportunities, especially within the agricultural sector, could be a major contributor to the South African economy... Read
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Africa is open for business. With average annual growth for sub-Saharan Africa forecast at 8% until 2023, the continent is looking increasingly attractive as a trade and export destination... Read
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Packaging
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ISSUED BY PROPAK
Propak Africa 2019 and co-located events The GAPP Print Expo, Pro-Plas Expo, FoodPro and Pro-Label Africa will showcase latest innovation and technologies from 12-15 March at the Expo Centre in Nasrec, Johannesburg. Read
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ISSUED BY MPACT PLASTICS
Mpact Versapak relaunched its corporate profile motiongraphic that outlines its business offering, operating ethos and accreditations, in an impactful five-minute message... Read
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Research
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Across all consumer industries, innovation in sub-Saharan Africa is seeing new products and services offered to address challenges the continent faces... Read
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The Black Friday sales bonanza in November is now bigger in SA than ever before. But is it an emerging threat for the traditional December festive season sales boom? Read
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ISSUED BY KANTAR TNS
In collaboration with Kantar, the IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is asking small business owners in South Africa to share the challenges and opportunities they face through an online survey... Read
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Retail Marketing
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GEMMA WITCOMB
Barbie Millicent Roberts, from Wisconsin US, is celebrating her 60th birthday. She is a toy. A doll. Yet she has grown into a phenomenon. An iconic figure, recognised by millions of children and adults worldwide... Read
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RALEEN BAGG
At 21, Kylie Jenner is the youngest self-made billionaire ever... Read
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ISSUED BY SCAN RETAIL
Lightboxes have become a sought-after medium for branding in retail stores and commercial properties. This is not surprising, as they are visually striking, versatile in size and placement, and the graphics are easily updated... Read
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Retailers
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In the last year, elevated household debt, higher fuel prices and an increase in value-added tax has squeezed consumer spending. And South African retailers have not been spared from the effects of this... Read
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Technology
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The Waterpod could be Africa's answer to providing access to safe, affordable drinking water, while at the same time fighting the environmental scourge of single-use plastics... Read
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