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 | The Shoprite Group has made a minority investment in local technology startup Omnisient, Africa's first privacy-preserving data collaboration platform provider... read |
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 | The 29-year-old company is plotting to almost double its store footprint to more than 80 stores within the next five years... Read |
 | South African company Pura Beverages, the maker of Pura Soda and Pura Kids, has secured a national distribution deal with retailer Aldi in the United States... Read |
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 | SA retailers are expected to generate around R17.3bn in additional sales over the Black Friday promotional period, representing around 6.7% growth over the Black Friday period in 2021... Read |
| Banking & Finance |
 | Consumer spending using buy now pay later platforms is expected to reach $437bn globally in 2027, rising from $112bn in 2022 - representing sizeable growth of 291%... Read |
| Commercial Property |
 | Mamelodi Square shopping mall, a project by McCormick Property Development in partnership with Putprop Limited, opened its doors on 27 October... Read |
| Design & Manufacturing |
 | Nikhil Tricam and Nindya Bucktowar of Kalki Ceramics have been named the 2022 winners of the Nando's Hot Young Designer Talent Search... Read |
 | ALISON WILLIAMS On a large factory floor in southwestern Benin, dozens of young people cut, stitch and assemble cotton shirts - part of a major push by the West African country to develop its textile sector... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON Proudly SA's report Revitalising SA's Manufacturing Sector, shows up the cracks in a sector that has been on the decline for the last 15 years. And yet, the study offers hope... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON If the government listens and engages more with SMEs, sector by sector, region by region, we can revitalise not only the manufacturing sector but create an estimated 73,000 jobs... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY PAYFLEX An innovative payment gateway is supporting the growth of SMEs by increasing their sales, increasing the order values of their products, and encouraging repeat purchasing... Read |
| Fashion & Homeware |
 | Five winners of the H&M Foundation's Global Change Award will share a grant of €1m and participate in a year-long accelerator programme... Read |
   
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 | Peter Van den Steen, Trevor Murgatroyd and Gerhard Albertyn of Metis Strategic Advisors will be appointed as the business rescue practitioners Read |
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 | NQOBILE DLUDLA Famous Brands, the owner of Steers, Wimpy and Mugg & Bean, reported a 121% rise in half-year earnings as the company continued to recover from Covid-19 lockdown restrictions... Read |
| Packaging |
 | ISSUED BY MPACT PLASTICS With Mpact's philosophy of educating rather than communicating, we turned to our customers to understand and answer their most frequently asked questions... Read |
| Research |
 | Mood Media's latest research reveals that 71% of consumers globally now shop in physical stores as often or even more often than before the pandemic... Read |
| Retail Marketing |
 | KARABO LEDWABA After more than 13 years at retailer Woolworths, Brian Mtongana was recently appointed as executive creative director of the brand... Read |
 | ANDREW DAWSON In today's digital world, the retail value chain has access to more data than ever before... Read |
| Retailers |
 | MATT BROWNELL While many retailers may panic about losing customers to Amazon, SMEs can remain hopeful as they have a few advantages over retail giants... Read |
| Sales |
 | Game is returning to a one-day-only Black Friday sale, after two consecutive years of month-long Black November deals driven by the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY BULLION PR & COMMUNICATION With the festive season fast approaching, South Africa has been slowly aligning itself with the rest of the world in heralding the start of the festive season shopping spree with its Black Friday shopping event... Read |
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 | SINDY PETERS ESG reporting from the continent needs to also take into account Africa's many challenges.... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS Implementing ESG at a practical level within an organisation starts with leadership... Read |
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 | The DMRE explained that the prices are influenced by several local and international factors including importation costs and the cost of crude oil... Read |
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