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|  | | The Scheinberg Relief Fund has contributed R2m to the online grocery delivery startup to help it expand its distribution capacity and food relief efforts...read |
|  | | The results of the 2020 South African Digital Customer Experience (CX) Report reveals that brands need to adopt new strategies to engage, acquire and retain their customers...read |
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| |  | DR AMELIA RICHARDS AND MICAELA MOOLOO, ISSUED BY ASK AFRIKA The Ask Afrika Covid-19 tracker interviewed a representative sample of 4,898 South Africans for the past 11 weeks, tracking the socio-economic impact of the virus, the lockdown and gradual re-opening of the economy... Read |
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 | Nedbank has unveiled its new tap-on-phone functionality that allows all merchants and business owners to convert their mobile phones into payment acceptance devices... Read |
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 | The Fair Cape Cares Foundation has undertaken two large-scale initiatives to assist with feeding Cape Town's hungry during the extended Covid-19 lockdown... Read |
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 | E-commerce is providing a ray of hope for the local economy with transactions hitting a record high in May and June... Read |
 | Distell has launched Click2Collect.co.za to help South Africans order alcoholic drinks from more than 22,000 taverns countrywide in a simpler and safer manner... Read |
 | Constrained from operating as normal due to lockdown and safety restrictions, many businesses have made a long-overdue entry into the online sales space... Read |
 | Cash Crusaders has launched a WhatsApp service in a move to embrace technology and optimise customer interaction across the franchising business... Read |
| Exhibitions & Events |
 | ISSUED BY SCAN DISPLAY Scan Display's managing director, Justin Hawes, has been elected president of the Brussels-based International Federation of Exhibition and Event Services (IFES) for 2021 and 2022... Read |
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 | Adidas and Parley for the Oceans have marked the fifth anniversary of their partnership, focused on addressing the global plastic crisis and its contribution to marine pollution... Read |
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 | Diageo is building its first carbon-neutral distillery in the United States. The $130m distillery, which will produce Bulleit bourbon, is currently under construction... Read |
 | For the first time in South Africa, producers of Ready to Drink (RTD) beverages are invited to enter the Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards... Read |
 | THEMBI SEHLOHO It goes without saying that "business as usual" left the chat some time ago and marketers are faced with their biggest challenge ever in the face of the modern era's biggest pandemic. A new approach to existing marketing strategies is a necessity during these trying times... Read |
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 | CRAIG SCHWABE An analysis of the South African fast food industry in 2019 showed that there was opportunity for the continued expansion of fast food outlets but that the market was beginning to saturate... Read |
| Health & Beauty |
 | Global cosmetics company Coty Inc. will acquire a 20% ownership interest in Kim Kardashian West's beauty business KKW Beauty for $200m. Read |
 | L'Oréal South Africa has appointed Hlengiwe Mathenjwa as the new director of its Midrand manufacturing plant in Johannesburg... Read |
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 | ROBYN BERGER, THEUNIS CLAASSEN AND CATHERINE ROBSON The Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was brokered by the African Union (AU) and adopted by 44 of its 55 member states on 21 March 2018. By February 2019, all AU countries, save for Eritrea, had become signatories to the AfCFTA, which came into force on 30 May 2019... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY MPACT PLASTICS Brand owners and consumers can make a valuable contribution to recycling by considering the packaging shape, material type, decorating options as well as educating fellow consumers in order to assist organisations such as Mpact... Read |
 | According to new statistics released by the PET Recycling Company (PETCO), which is the producer responsibility organisation for the sector, 62% of all polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic beverage bottles placed on the market in 2019 have been recycled... Read |
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 | Boutique liquor store Dry Dock Liquor has expanded from a local community business into an established online retailer as a result of the pandemic... Read |
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Alan Watts "To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float." Dalai Lama "We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves." Khalil Gibran "Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens." Benjamin Spock "Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do." George Lucas "Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard." |
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