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Local brands with bold movesThe Good Food and Wine Show excitement has just about settled in the Mother City. Despite its usual celebrity chef drawcard, the annual foodie event also brims with local brands - old and new, big and small - showcasing their latest and greatest produce. Bizcommunity's Terry Levin reports on the local brands that caught her eye at this year's event. Think rooibos-infused gin, Jack Parow Brandy and chocolate made from cocoa beans sourced directly from Tanzanian farmers. In other big brand news this week, TFG officially opened its newly expanded and revamped Prestige Clothing factory in Caledon. The R75m investment represents a vote of confidence in, and a substantial investment for the local manufacturing industry, and enables continued job creation and economic growth for this sector. In more controversial news, the Mr Price Group has been referred to the National Consumer Tribunal following an investigation which revealed that the retailer has charged consumers a club fee on credit agreements. The probe is ongoing. June is #YouthMonth at Biz, so don't forget to keep an eye on our special section and contact our sales team for sponsorship opportunities. Lauren Hartzenberg
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|  | [Terry Levin] Not a regular attendee of foodie events, I wandered from the furthest reaches of the CTICC parking to collect my accreditation... read |
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Online fashion retailer, Spree, has conducted a survey that indicates that there is a 167% increase in the number of people preferring to shop via their mobile phone... Read | The National Credit Regulator has referred Mr Price Group to the National Consumer Tribunal for breach of the National Credit Act... Read | [Issued by Bizcommunity.com] To coincide with Youth Month and CSI Month we're publishing a two-month Content Highlight burst aiming to provide our 464,000 local and global readers with a comprehensive snapshot of the state of CSI projects and programmes in our region... Read | TFG officially opened its newly expanded and revamped Prestige Clothing factory in Caledon, following its R75 million investment into construction of a new building... Read | Mark McCallum Rapidly evolving technologies, changing demographics, and consumer preferences have created a change in the consumer product industry... Read | Colleen Goko Retail cannibalisation is becoming a significant feature in the domestic market and it is for this reason that Edcon is shutting down stores where it can... Read |
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 | Payments technology plays a critical role for retailers, ensuring a fast and smooth shopping experience for consumers, as they transact billions of rand every month... read | | |
 | New research on the top South African property funds indicates that successful shopping centres can be characterised as ‘chameleon'... read | | |
 | Leigh Andrews Matthew Barclay of Meltwater, Brett St Clair of Barclay Africa and Justin Spratt of Uber SSA kicked off IMC Conference 2017 at the White Space in Red & Yellow School Cape Town with a session focused on big data, how AI will fundamentally change the world of work and its specific business implications... read | |  | Leigh Andrews The second session of the IMC2017 was all about going back to basics in defining the core principles of big ideas that work; how to disrupt or be disrupted as we enter the fourth industrial revolution; and the sad truth that as consumers, we are still being communicated at, not communicated with... read | |  | Wynand Smit You can have all your communication channels lined up and ready to go, your agents trained to help via phone, email, SMS, web chat and via social media, but you could be missing a trick... read | | |
 | The Digital Signage Summit Europe (DSS Europe) takes place at the Internationales Congress Center München on 5-6 July in Munich... read | |  | Derek Watts and Clem Sunter will be key speakers at the annual SAPICS conference, being held on 4-7 June 2017 in Cape Town... read | | |
 | Lauren Hartzenberg Upmarket swimwear, lingerie and shape wear retailer Inner Secrets Lingerie used its 11th birthday to announce and celebrate the launch its online store... read | |  | Lindsay Samson How comfortable are the shoes you are wearing right now? A tad too tight? According to a study by the College of Podiatry in the U.K., most people are walking around in shoes... read | |  | Indian exporters were scrambling on Tuesday to assure global clients like Zara and Giorgio Armani their shipments would arrive despite a government crackdown... read | | |
 | In 2016, Zimbabwe banned the importation of sugar, among other items, to shore up local industries. This increased local demand and consumption... read | |  | Colleen Goko Investors skimmed 7% off Clover's share price in intraday trade on Monday after the dairy products group said that it expected to report a drop of as much as 65%... read | |  | According to a new study from the ENOUGH movement families find it difficult to make smart choices about nutrition and health due to conflicting sources of information about how food is produced... read | | |
 | Taste Holdings has announced plans to open Starbucks branches in Cape Town and Durban in 2017... read | |  | Robert Laing Famous Brands shareholders will receive no dividend for its 2017 financial year as it digests a string of acquisitions... read | | |
 | The Fourth International Symposium on Postharvest Pathology opened at the Kruger National Park, Skukuza Camp, 28 May 2017 with a little over 100 plant scientists read | | |
 | Chris Coombes Producers need to look at alternative solutions to ensure the industry's long-term survival and to establish South Africa as a competitive global player... read | |  | Ilse van den Berg While the road ahead may still present significant challenges, some of Africa's most long-standing internal trade barriers are beginning to show signs of falling. We interview David Williams, Maersk Line Africa chief executive and global head of Safmarine to find out more... read | |  | A new report from FAO indicates that harnessing the vast but informal cross-border trade in Africa can contribute to improving livelihoods... read | | |
 | Manufacturers remain somewhat upbeat about their prospects despite a contraction in the first quarter... read | | |
 | Alcoholic beverages company, Diageo, is renewing its commitment to sustainable packaging with the release of its revised Global Plastics and Packaging Guidelines... read | |  | Issued by Sappi Sappi has continued to deliver solid results driven by strong global dissolving pulp and speciality packaging performance... read | |  | Issued by Pyrotec When Spanish seafood producer Salazones Fersa SL wanted to enhance awareness and boost sales of their fish products, the marketing team chose to run an on-pack promotion... read | | |
 | Martin van Staden Freedom of choice flies out the window when so-called ‘bad' choices can summarily be overruled or interfered with by government... read | | |
 | Pioneer Foods has launched its new cross-category campaign that is open to both consumers and wholesale traders... read | | |
 | Small-cap salon franchisor Imbalie Beauty's headline loss widened in the year to February 2017, but management remains optimistic... read | | |
 | Robert Laing Grocery chain Spar cut its interim dividend by 6% to R2.40 from the matching period's R2.55, despite growing revenue and profit... read | |  | Mr Price Group reported a drop in headline earnings for the first time in 16 years following a difficult year for South African consumers... read | |  | The outdoor gear retailer, Trappers, is celebrating its 40-year history of shifting from a ‘mom and pop' wholesaler to a national retail enterprise... read | |  | Robert Laing Jewellery sales beat food sales for Taste Holdings during the year to end-February, and profits from its Arthur Kaplan and NWJ jewellery stores managed to mitigate losses... read | | |
 | Issued by Barloworld Logistics To identify the impact of digitisation, Barloworld Logistics explored two specific digital trends as part of its 2017 supply chain foresight report... read | | |
 | Mpumi Nhlapo Once the darling of the US retail industry, Sears has become a poster-child of what happens when poor strategy meets brutal levels of digital disruption... read | |  | Candace van Zyl With the shift from product-focused to customer-focused business in most organisations in the modern world, CRM software is at the forefront of customer satisfaction... read | | |
 | As of today, Mutual & Federal will be known as Old Mutual Insure... read | |
| Café Hemingway's, based in Kyalami, is looking for a talented and experienced pastry and dessert chef. Read more >> | | | | Customer relationsProvox Centre for Public Relations & Communication - 24 Aug 2017 to 25 Aug 2017, Johannesburg | | |
| Don Williams Jr. "The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." George S. Patton "Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory." Napoleon Hill "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." Tony Robbins "Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible." |
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