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Alibaba takes record $25bn on Singles' Day
BEIJING - Chinese online shoppers spent a record $25bn on this year's Singles' Day promotion run by e-commerce giant Alibaba, up nearly 40% from last year, figures showed on Sunday... read

Entrepreneur Month
Trevor Stuurman was a speaker at WGSN's Futures Cape Town.
Talking African inspiration with Trevor Stuurman

Leigh Andrews

One of the highlights of WGSN's Futures Cape Town was an inspirational talk by 24-year-old Trevor Stuurman - in effortless digitally savvy youth fashion, this Christmas Day baby is an entrepreneur, photographer and multimedia visual artist with a verified Instagram account and over 156,000 Twitter followers - here's why his fresh ideas resonate so deeply.... read
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Commercial Property
Dipula looks to buy two retail centres within a diverse property portfolio for R1.27bn
Dipula looks to buy two retail centres within a diverse property portfolio for R1.27bn

Alistair Anderson

JSE-listed, diversified real estate investment trust (REIT) Dipula Income Fund (Dipula) announced on Friday, 10 November, its intention to acquire a diverse property portfolio... read
Design & Manufacturing
Pure platinum used in 3D printing
Pure platinum used in 3D printing
South Africa's first 3D printing project using pure platinum was revealed at the Rapdasa (Rapid Product Development Association of South Africa) conference in Durban.... read
E-commerce
TFG drives awareness for Singles' Day promotion with quirky video
FMCG
Meat without animals to hit shelves in 2021
Meat without animals to hit shelves in 2021
A growing number of startups are trying to produce meat products without using animals, with a view to addressing concerns about animal welfare and the carbon footprint of meat... read
Import/Export
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Exports of white and yellow maize increase
White maize exports for the 2017/2018 marketing year are projected at 860,000 tonnes, which represents an increase of 46.40%. Yellow maize exports are projected at 1,330 million tonnes, an increase of 203.04%... read
Packaging
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New water resistant paper egg trays excite farmers
Poultry farmers participating in the Poultry Show in Abeokuta were excited at the exhibition of water resistance paper egg trays which the manufacturer says is purely made of paper instead of plastic... read
Regulatory
Bills on 'sugar tax' and tax exemption adopted in Parliament
Bills on 'sugar tax' and tax exemption adopted in Parliament

Linda Ensor

Parliament's finance committee has adopted bills on a health promotion levy and amending the tax exemption for income earned by South Africans working abroad... read
Sales
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Sales grow at Kaap Agri in face of drought

Marc Hasenfuss

Recently listed farming community retailer Kaap Agri has managed to keep the profit taps open despite a water-shortage crisis afflicting areas in its Western Cape heartland... read
International
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Ailing Balkan retail giant disputes €2bn of debts
ZAGREB - Debt-wracked Balkan food and retail giant Agrokor is in a dispute with creditors over two billion euros in claims, half of which is demanded by the Russian state-controlled Sberbank, the firm's crisis manager said Thursday... read
Luxury group Richemont sees 'exceptional' growth
Luxury group Richemont sees 'exceptional' growth
ZURICH - Richemont, the world's second-largest luxury group, said Friday it had enjoyed exceptional profit growth in the first half of its financial year as the firm moved on from a costly buyback of its high-end watches... read
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