Catering to customer demand
In today's top story, coffee chain
Vida e Caffè explains the growing demand for high street retail brands in large corporate environments; and caters to it with soon-to-launch stores at the new Discovery headquarters in Sandton, Siemens, Metropolitan Life Buildings in Bellville and Centurion and four stores within Dimension Data's offices in the Campus, Bryanston.
In other recent top-story news, Mastercard
released the results of its inaugural
Index of Women Entrepreneurs to coincide with International Women's Day which was celebrated on 8 March. According to the index, while South African women's full potential as entrepreneurs is yet to be unleashed, Uganda and Botswana rank first and second in the world with the highest percentages of women entrepreneurs.
In other interesting report insights, a
Nielsen survey reveals that 92% of South Africans are willing to pay an above-average price for products that deliver higher quality; and recent
Pricecheck research identified ‘ease and efficiency' as South Africans' most-liked aspect of online shopping.
Last but not least, don't forget to visit our '
Scan Display at EuroShop' special section for coverage from the 2017 EuroShop global retail trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Lauren Hartzenberg
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| Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library If you're new to importing goods into the United States, you may be overwhelmed with the sheer amount of information you need to read to ensure you're complying with the country's laws and regulations... read |
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 | Scan Display chats to Scan Display MD Justin Hawes, at the 2017 EuroShop global retail trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany. - View/Rate |
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 | Scan Display chats to Rajnikant Kedia from Insta, at the 2017 EuroShop global retail trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany. - View/Rate |
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 | Scan Display chats to Frederik Moulirac, at the 2017 EuroShop global retail trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany. - View/Rate |
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 | Scan Display chats to Dr Sasha Peters, owner of Berlin's Haute Innovation, at the 2017 EuroShop global retail trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany. - View/Rate |
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