South Africa's Customs Sector Programme (CSP), which is aimed at breathing new life into the clothing and textile sector, has been finalised. 30 Aug 2007
How often have you heard stories of customers shouting at the top of their voice in a store or when calling into a call centre when complaining? How often have you just lost it yourself when you received poor service and you got upset to a point where your blood pressure increased significantly? 30 Aug 2007
In a bid to make the dangers of smoking clearer to smokers, the Australian authorities introduced images on tobacco-related products, to graphically show consumers what the affects of smoking can be. Now the United Kingdom is following suit. 30 Aug 2007
Fleur du Cap has released two rewarding new red vintages in its premium range of unfiltered wines – Fleur du Cap Unfiltered Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 and Fleur du Cap Unfiltered Merlot 2005. 30 Aug 2007
“The increasingly competitive retail industry is proving to be the perfect platform for the customer magazine market in South Africa, which is estimated to be worth over one billion rand,” says Bridget McCarney, MD of New Media. 30 Aug 2007
@home, the homeware store, will open their third @home livingspace store in the Loch Logan Waterfront in Bloemfontein on 1 September. 30 Aug 2007
Details Nigeria, MultiChoice Africa's local business partner in Nigeria, has launched Africa's first commercial mobile broadcast TV service in the city of Abuja. 30 Aug 2007
USA - Retired US Army Major General Albert N. Stubblebine III, President of the Natural Solutions Foundation, has returned to Washington DC this week for a series of briefings designed to educate Congressional staffers on pressing food safety issues. He will be recommending to senior staff members and Congress that a new food regulation agency be set up, so that food and drug regulation responsibilities are no longer handled by a single agency, the FDA. 29 Aug 2007
As the global vehicle market continues to grow, the overall picture has become increasingly blurry. Brand ownership has been consolidated broadly into massive motor company empires, only to be unbundled again recently. 29 Aug 2007
BizBuySell, an Internet-based marketplace for buying or selling small businesses, have announced that for the first time business owners and buyers can find out the value of a business at no cost by using its unique "Valuation Report." 29 Aug 2007
Jieh Hong, beverage machinery manufacturer, in a collaboration with Shanghai Triowin Technology Company, have produced the "Three-in-One Unit Bottle Rinsing Filling Capping Machine", its latest beverage turnkey solution. 29 Aug 2007
USA - The Alliance for Safe Practice, a non-profit organisation supporting permanent makeup technicians, trainers and suppliers will present their proposal to reform state regulations governing permanent cosmetics at this year's International Intradermal Cosmetics Expo (IICE 2007), to be held in Dallas, Texas from 5 - 8 October 2007. 29 Aug 2007
Bad acoustics will almost certainly seriously impair an otherwise good recording, be it of a piece of commercial music, or a piece of music or other audio for an advertisement or marketing campaign. 29 Aug 2007
The Dulcé Café franchise group has announced its top performers at its annual conference. 29 Aug 2007
Comic strip duo Madam & Eve are about to hit supermarket shelves under a new range of household cleaning products branded Magicmaid, thanks to a co-branding venture between Rapid Phase and industrial cleaning group SAFIC Holdings, conceptualised and orchestrated by marketing expert Roman Cylkowski. 29 Aug 2007
As the retail and supermarket sectors become increasingly competitive, with operating results becoming ever more important, it is essential for retailers to battle stock shrinkage. 29 Aug 2007
With the pace of technology constantly bringing with it new options, the old phenomenon of going to the movies is being replaced by the ‘let the movies come to us' revolution. Intuitively it would appear that the local cinema industry seems to be losing the war to the emerging ‘let's catch a flick at home' market. 28 Aug 2007
TradersCity.com, a fee-free import and export marketplace has released free trade alerts software that brings the latest trade offers to importers and exporters desktops. 28 Aug 2007
USA - Firenze Jewels, a family owned and operated retail store located in the heart of New York City's diamond district, introduces an innovative diamond search tool that allows website shoppers to search by colour, size, and price range for diamond jewellery of their choice. 28 Aug 2007
In a country where the cost of calling clients, friends and family is high, a Cape Town-based company has developed software that they claim makes the cost of cell phone calls a great deal cheaper. 28 Aug 2007
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