London, UK - Dr. Robert L. Phillips, founder, chief science officer, and vice president of product management of Nomis Solutions, a leader in profit-based pricing for banking and finance, will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming Credit Scoring and Credit Control Conference hosted by the University of Edinburgh Management School. 16 Aug 2007
USA - Guerrilla Marketing Strategies, an exclusive guerrilla marketing partner for franchise companies, recently teamed with sales expert Aaron Bare, CEO of the National Association of Sales Professionals (NASP). Together, the pair aim to provide expertise in sales effectiveness and marketing execution, in order to assist business owners create long-term success. 16 Aug 2007
Buying gifts for men can be a tricky situation. While most men prefer gifts they can actually use, the traditional stand-bys (such as clothing, hardware and gadgets) sometimes leave much to be desired. MenScience Androceuticals recently hosted an online poll to find out what men really want... 16 Aug 2007
Radio 2000's Plight of the Homeless campaign, now running at Somerset Mall, The Mall of Rosebank, Northgate and the Village Walk Shopping Centre, ends on 31 August, and since its launch in June, it has helped SANTA, Meals on Wheels, Somerset Night Shelter and other charities to assist the needy. 16 Aug 2007
TrueShip has introduced support for UPS WorldShip® version 9, aimed at adding new expandability to TrueShip's ReadyShipper shipping software. 16 Aug 2007
The Liberty Group announces new team for Rest of Africa to drive strategic growth. 16 Aug 2007
Zimbabwe's freight industry is operating at under 30% of its capacity - an unsustainable rate that could see the industry collapse. Observers say the main reason is for the low operational level is the currently crippling rate of exchange for the local currency. 16 Aug 2007
Nampak, Africa's largest packaging company, has expanded its African footprint with the opening of its first manufacturing plant outside of South Africa – in Botswana. 16 Aug 2007
Michael Torchia has formed the Operation Fitness "Healthy Task Force," a team of health experts that conduct research into manufacturers and distributors of products containing toxic chemicals, refined sugars, preservatives, artificial sweeteners and genetically modified ingredients. Members of the task force will report all their findings to legislative representatives, Governmental agencies, as well as to school officials. Their goal is to provide essential information to children and parents so that healthy choices can be made. 15 Aug 2007
Consumer electronics importers have been hit by a sudden rise in prices this month, as Chinese factories unexpectedly ran into global shortages in supplies of Taiwan and Korea-made NAND flash memory chips. 15 Aug 2007
According to a new study by integrated online marketing site Oneupweb, 81% of Internet Retailer Magazine's top 100 retailers' websites are not fully utilising search engine optimisation and marketing - missing profitable opportunities and risking loss of market share. 15 Aug 2007
ODIN technologies, a leader in RFID solution design, testing and deployment was recently awarded another RFID patent, which related to a project dubbed the "Secure Material Accounted in Real Time (S.M.A.R.T) container". US Patent No. 7,256,682 relates to, for example, a wide range of embodiments having active and/or passive RFID to provide efficient and accurate visibility of assets as they travel in a closed container. 15 Aug 2007
Danone's Yogi Sip is underlining its connection with South Africa's youth and music culture by signing its first-ever sponsorship deal with MTV Networks Africa. 15 Aug 2007
Rapid growth is cause for celebration. It's also the cause of some head-scratching because in many sectors it arrived much faster than expected. 15 Aug 2007
The veritable and wholly indisputable truth concerning the esteemed craft of copy in advertising. 15 Aug 2007
Independent Online (IOL) recently launched a shopping portal enabling access to over 600 South African e-retail sites at the click of the mouse. Hosted and maintained by Jump Shopping, one of South Africa's biggest online shopping search engines, the portal enables instant comparisons between products and prices through its comparative search facility. 14 Aug 2007
USA - The new Fall Fashion Trend Reports are live on the Fashiontribes Blog, FashionIndie.com and Papierdoll.net - with the in-depth scoop on ready-to-wear, couture, and emerging talent. 14 Aug 2007
McDonald's launched its newest Olympic Games programme, McDonald's Champion Kids, on 9 August 2007 in Beijing. The initiative will enable up to 300 kids from around the world to travel to the 2008 Olympic Games to share their stories and experiences with their local communities and hometown news outlets. 14 Aug 2007
ResearchBuy has revamped its web site and upgraded its offerings to help the research buyer get exactly what they need when looking for market research. ResearchBuy now offers reports from premium market research providers and ResearchBuild™ in addition to its patent-pending custom market research solution. 14 Aug 2007
The ongoing retailer's battle for a bigger market share is set to take a new twist as it becomes harder to segment consumers in traditional ways (age, gender, income and many more), due to profound changes in attitudes, health, convenience and lifestyle. 14 Aug 2007
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