ADT, a major security provider, has identified the retail market as a target for 2007 and has therefore hired a retail specialist, Buddy Anderson, to take over the reigns as retail specialist and grow the sales in this area. 28 Aug 2007
MagnaQuest Technologies Pty Ltd, a global customer management and billing solution provider with its headquarters in Hyderabad, India, has announced that its flagship product MQSubscribe has been chosen by Gateway Broadcast Services. 28 Aug 2007
Launched in 2005 and sponsored by Standard Bank, the seventeen Top Teen Achiever Awards competition is an inspirational initiative focusing on great role models and the encouragement of teen girls to achieve their dreams. 28 Aug 2007
The Advertising Performance Excellence (APEX) awards have just increased in magnitude following a decision by the custodians of the awards, the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), to extend entry to the rest of the continent. 28 Aug 2007
Retail Systems Research (RSR) latest report, The Next Generation of Business Intelligence: Driving Customer Insights across the Retail Enterprise has found that although retailers have been collecting consumer data for years, the data has historically been unavailable to the enterprise. The research confirms that using customer-driven business intelligence to inform assortment and space planning processes are key components of retail success. 27 Aug 2007
CDGcommerce, Internet merchant credit card processor, has announced the release of its free online payment gateway program, powered by the Quantum Payment Gateway. The new program relieves merchants accepting credit cards online of all gateway and gateway per transaction fees. 27 Aug 2007
South Africa has been ranked 35th in a global electronic readiness (e-Readiness) survey, thus leading the continent in the 2007 edition as announced by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) at this year's eNNOVATE expo in Lagos. 27 Aug 2007
Pick & Build, a national franchise company targeting the building supply and construction market, offers a lucrative and sustainable business opportunity for entrepreneurs. 27 Aug 2007
The world's largest for-profit healthcare products conglomerate, Johnson & Johnson (J&J), is suing the American Red Cross (ARC) over its use of the life-saving emblem - the red cross on a white background. 27 Aug 2007
MTN, one of Africa's biggest mobile telephone operators is the latest entrant into Ghana's telecommunications industry. 27 Aug 2007
International exhibitors from eight countries will add even more spice and variety to Hardex 2007, the only trade show geared exclusively for the hardware and allied products industry. 27 Aug 2007
Nineteen percent of consumers polled in a recent IBM survey said they spend six or more hours a day online; 9 percent of those surveyed spend a like amount of time watching television. Twenty-three percent of respondents reported using a portable music service such as iTunes and 18 percent have an online newspaper subscription. 27 Aug 2007
Businesses say the Zimbabwean government's about-turn on price controls this week, allowing manufacturers and retailers to increase the prices of basic commodities, is a classic case of "too little, too late", and most are sceptical about whether the decision will restore a normal flow of goods onto the market. 27 Aug 2007
The development of a trade port at La Mercy, north of Durban, including the King Shaka International Airport has been approved by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. 27 Aug 2007
Tanzania, Ghana are two of the top 10 global reformers for 2005-2006 and the continent as an entity moved up the rankings. 24 Aug 2007
SmartClixx®, LLC, provider of self-hosted closed loop stored value card software, has announced the Platinum Partner Program, its globalised web-based application available to distribution channel partners wanting to "host" small and medium-sized merchants. 24 Aug 2007
In partnership with the Netcare group, Woolworths launched its first in-store pharmacy this month in the Woolworths Foodmarket at the Lifestyle Centre in Kloof Street, Gardens, Cape Town. The Kloof Street pharmacy is part of a trial which will test the viability of the initiative, and a second pharmacy is scheduled to open shortly. 24 Aug 2007
After a four-year partnership, national shopping chain Shoprite Checkers announced yesterday, Thursday, 23 August 2007, that it has inked a three-year contract with Primedia @ Home to continue building awareness and promoting sales of its stores in Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, and Gauteng. 24 Aug 2007
LONDON: Independent market analyst Datamonitor's newly released report ‘Decision Matrix: Selecting a CRM Vendor' assesses the strengths and weaknesses of leading CRM vendors and suggests that despite numerous players operating in this highly competitive space, just two names should be on IT decision makers' shortlists. 24 Aug 2007
Fleur du Cap Noble Late Harvest 2006 has joined the select group of elite wines to be capped with five stars by the prestigious John Platter Guide - South Africa's definitive wine directory. 24 Aug 2007
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