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 | ISSUED BY NIELSENIQ Bases, a NielsenIQ business, has released its highly-anticipated 2022 Top Breakthrough Innovation report... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM The Biz Most Read Awards is the monthly accolade for companies to claim rightful recognition for business content activity and impressively amplified impressions for their company news and views.... Read |
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 | Some of the world's biggest consumer goods producers - including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Mars and Nestlé - are almost certain to miss a target to make plastic packaging more sustainable by 2025... Read |
| Commercial Property |
 | After 15 months of construction and an even longer development period, Merino Mall opened its doors on 27 October to the community of Ermelo and surrounds in Mpumalanga... Read |
 | Depressed dwell time shows that shoppers have become far more focused and deliberate in their shopping missions, spending less time browsing, according to research company Eighty20... Read |
 | Retail in the Cape Town CBD has proved resilient despite ongoing Covid shocks. Of the 2,981 businesses operating in the central city last year, 39% were retail venues, with a total of 81 new retail stores opening... Read |
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 | BHARGAV ACHARYA South African manufacturing activity improved in October, but rolling power cuts and a crippling strike at freight rail and ports company Transnet prevented a stronger recovery... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY AFRIGIS More people can shop online than ever before, so the big challenge Africa's online retail customers want answered now is, "How do I get my parcel delivered to my home, town or village?"... Read |
 | Through the backing of parent company Walmart, Massmart has made significant investments in its technological capabilities over the last two years with the goal to grow its e-commerce offering... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Amazon launching in South Africa has been greeted by local brands with excitement as well as trepidation by local brands... Read |
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 | Mondelez International plans to invest another $600m, which would push the total investment to $1bn, into its global Cocoa Life sustainability programme by 2030... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GREENCAPE Through the facilitation of the South African Plastics Pact, business is demonstrating leadership, and is committed to collaborate with the government to increase the drive to create a circular economy for plastics in South Africa... Read |
| Fashion & Homeware |
 | Victoria's Secret & Co. is looking to enhance its digital-first focus through an investment in the digitally-native, technology-led intimates brand... Read |
 | The PlatAfrica awards aim to help build a pipeline of talent in the South African platinum jewellery design and manufacturing industry by providing skills development among local jewellers, artisans and students... Read |
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 | PepsiCo is finalising an investment proposal of around $40m to expand its Senselet snacks business in Ethiopia, and is considering further investments in the country to expand the company's portfolio beyond snacks... Read |
 | TIM COCKS In South Africa, a country where the all-day 'braai' is a national pastime, plant-based substitutes are making surprising inroads despite a deep cultural love of meat and hostility from the regulator... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ONPOINT PR Inverroche presents limited edition packaging of its Classic Gin designed to help solitary bees... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DISTELL Summertime is finally here, and as we know, South Ahh offers one of the best, if not the best summers. The sun is out, the fun is out, and everyone is itching to make the best of the longer, hotter and sunny days... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DISTELL In 2022, we are all finally returning to life as we know it, as we find ourselves back in familiar places with familiar faces... Read |
| Food & bev. services |
 | Jameson Irish Whiskey is launching a new brand campaign entitled Widen the Circle... Read |
| Health & Beauty |
 | ISSUED BY ACDOCO SA Jordan has launched its new first-of-its-kind toothbrush, Ultralite. The advanced lightweight toothbrush weighs only 9.2 grams with 50% less plastic than conventional standard toothbrushes... Read |
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 | SA civil society organisations have joined 35 organisations from 23 countries across Africa to denounce the inclusion of Philip Morris International as a sponsor of the Africa Trade & Customs Week Summit... Read |
 | AB InBev, parent company of South African Breweries (SAB) has for the first time been named the world's most effective marketer according to Global Effie Index 2021... Read |
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 | NQOBILE DLUDLA Dis-Chem Pharmacies reported a surge in half-year earnings, benefiting from acquisitions of new baby stores and demand for medicines after the easing of Covid-19 lockdowns... Read |
   
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 | ISSUED BY LG LG Electronics has officially announced its Black Friday specials. For the entire month of November, a range of innovative home entertainment products will be on sale... Read |
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 | BHARGAV ACHARYA AND ALEXANDER WINNING South Africa's headline consumer inflation slowed to 7.5% in September from 7.6% in August, but it is still well above the Sarb's 3-6% target range... Read |
 | SINDY PETERS In order for corporate boards to really understand the ESG issues at hand, they need to include those equipped the right expertise... Read |
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