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The new business imperativeCorporate social investment is no longer a nice-to-have, it's a business imperative that impacts the sustainability and livelihood of our environment, its communities and business in general. Tania Morgan-Weyer, the MD of pet food manufacturer Promeal, shares with us the company's sustainability ethos and some of its efforts in addressing waste management, energy and water efficiency, and then some. In the same vein, Sindy Peters interviews Eugene Absolom, director of the Tiger Brands Foundation, on the company's in-school breakfast programme which recently served its 50-millionth meal. In today's top story, investment firm Long4Life has announced its acquisition of beauty salon chain, Sorbet. The firm said the deal valued Sorbet at R116 million and underlines its strategy of seeking investments with a lifestyle focus. In other top news, CNN Marketplace Africa delves into Massmart's slow growth and Gareth Pearson from BMi Research details how SA's recession is shaping consumer behaviour. Lauren Hartzenberg
Retail Editor: Bizcommunity.comComment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your retail news and event invitations to retailnews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-retail@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | Weekly top stories |
|  | Long4Life, the investment holding company owned by businessman Brian Joffe, has concluded a Share Purchase Agreement for the acquisition of the Sorbet Group... read |
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Giulietta Talevi Swedish fashion giant H&M is set to open a 4,600m, two-level temple to shopping in Canal Walk... Read | Colleen Goko The economy may be experiencing a bad hangover, but that has not decreased the South African appetite for beer... Read | Eleni Giokos, host of CNN Marketplace Africa, delved into how Massmart Holdings' growth has been much slower than anticipated... Read | Dumisani Bengu Franchising is one industry that has proven in many countries to be resilient even in the face of extensive macroeconomic difficulties... Read | Danette Breitenbach Mediterranean culture is all about sharing and conversation and these are the golden threads that follow through Ocean Basket's new branding... Read | Gareth Pearson With Stats SA reporting a 0.7% GDP decrease in the first quarter of 2017, the announcement we were all dreading finally came in June... Read |
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 | Tania Morgan-Weyer We have undergone the industrial age, the technology age, the people or talent age and now we're on the cusp of the green age... read | |  | Sindy Peters The Tiger Brands Foundation recently served its 50-millionth meal as part of its in-school breakfast programme... read | |  | Leigh Andrews Sacatelle founder, Ikey Bensimhon talks about the brand sustainability of bag advertising - they're walking billboards, when you think about it - and the success of branded bags in a world that's slowly moving away from disposable plastic... read | |
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 | Alistair Anderson Atterbury has completed the first-phase development of its $20m Pemba Shopping venture in Mozambique... read | |
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 | This year's 100% Design South Africa will be "so much more than just another interior design show", says programme director Cathy O'Clery... read | |  | Sunita Menon Manufacturing production fared better than expected, falling only marginally in May 2017. It fell by 0.8% year on year compared with May 2016... read | |  | Mike Vincent Manufacturing today is no longer simply about making physical products but about finding new ways to create and capture value for the end user... read | | |
 | Public voting is now open for this year's PriceCheck Tech and E-Commerce Awards and closes on 28 July 2017... read | |  | Launching to small, medium and micro-sized enterprises servicing the retail sector in SA, XAfricaMart offers sellers and their customers a trade secure payment platform... read | |  | A new report from Forrester has identified five key success factors for e-commerce businesses as they plan, launch or expand their organisations... read | | |
 | Issued by Rand Show The largest consumer exhibition in South Africa, the Rand Show, will return to the Johannesburg Expo Centre (JEC) at Nasrec in 2018 from Friday, 30 March, to Sunday, 8 April... read | |  | Issued by Ex-Easy Network & Technology For three days from 30 July producers, buyers, distributors and users will converge on Gallagher Convention Centre to find what's new or improved about retail products. Chinese manufacturers are the highlight of the show... read | | |
 | Léa Barreau Tran Angola, a Portuguese-speaking country, is strongly influenced by the cultural output of Brazil... read | |  | Meagan Duckitt The SA Menswear Spring Summer collection recently took place at the Palms in Woodstock from Thursday, 6 July to Saturday, 8 July... read | |  | Up-and-coming fashion designer Lukhanyo Mdingi has joined the Smirnoff Change Makers campaign, which highlights creatives who are bringing attention to issues... read | |  | French designer Olivier Lapidus has been appointed artistic director of Paris label Lanvin following his predecessor's resignation... read | |  | Samsonite South Africa, a joint venture between local entrepreneurs and Samsonite Europe, has grown turnover six-fold since 2009... read | | |
 | Lindsay Samson Easy to dismantle and transport, highly customisable, and far more affordable than traditional homeware, the advent of flat-pack furniture has come with a host of benefits... read | |  | Swiss firm Ethical Coffee Company, which has long butted heads with Nestle over its capsules compatible with Nespresso machines, said it was winding down production of the "losing" format. read | |  | Biogen, the manufacturer of Testoforte, a supplement marketed as a sports brand, now says athletes should not use its over-the-counter sport products... read | | |
 | According to Statistics SA, 48,000 South Africans lost their jobs in the first quarter of 2017. The franchising sector makes it one of the few robust industries... read | |  | Richard Mukheibir Cashflow is one of the cornerstones of your business because if you can't get it right, your business will crumble... read | | |
 | SAPRO looks to acknowledge local products that will grow the demand for post-consumer recyclate... read | | |
 | Issued by uShaka Marine World uShaka Marine World, Africa's largest marine theme park's management team were recently in attendance to welcome a new addition to their Village Walk family, that of John Dory's restaurant... read | | |
 | Ann Crotty The four big national supermarket chains will be fighting hard to ensure the Competition Commission inquiry into the grocery retail sector includes detailed figures... read | | |
 | Issued by Pyrotec In today's tough economic climate it's never been more important for products to draw consumers' attention, and what better way to do this than by using eye-catching on-pack brand enhancement tools?.. read | |  | Austrian plastic packaging company, Alpla, has purchased 100% of South African headquartered Boxmore Packaging, which specialises in PET pre-forms... read | | |
 | Suthentira Govender SA's super-rich doesn't shy away from luxury brands, be they supercars, private jets, watches, alcohol or clothing... read | |  | The Wholesale and Retail Leadership Chair has released a research study on ‘Expansion of South African Retailer's Activities into Africa'... read | | |
 | SodaStream has launched a new video featuring Mayim Bialik and Kristian Nairn to emphasise the devastating effect of single-use plastic bottles... read | | |
 | In an industry battling to hold onto customers as the economy stalls, club fees have been something of a consolation prize for the country's retailers... read | | |
 | Vincent Naigeon While you'd be forgiven for thinking that the future of retail is solely online, actually, the offline world has just as much to offer... read | | |
 | Minister of mineral resources has agreed to not implement the new Mining Charter, pending the judgement of an urgent interdict by the Chamber of Mines... read | |  | Selina Sutton You can't deny the popularity of emoji, especially as 17 July is World Emoji Day... read | |
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| Tom Peters "Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures." Jeremy Scott "I think fashion takes itself way too seriously. It's just fashion, people. It's just clothes. It should be frivolous and fun. You're not meant to see it as church and pray to a blouse." Coco Chanel "Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions." Emma Watson "I'm a multidimensional person and that's the freedom of fashion: that you're able to reinvent yourself through how you dress and how you cut your hair or whatever." Miuccia Prada "I love clothes. Maybe I can say I don't love fashion, but I love clothes completely." |
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