Nampak's growth strategy has received another boost with the announcement that the company will invest R600 million in a state-of-the-art beverage can manufacturing facility in Angola. 12 Oct 2007
Britain's music and video retailers are beleaguered and are looking to HD DVD and downloads to revive a depressed market. 12 Oct 2007
GiftBucks (Pty) Ltd, a Johannesburg-based company, recently launched an online, flexible and convenient recognition and gift solution for the corporate or private consumer. 12 Oct 2007
With Christmas sales fast approaching, Sony Ericsson has announced that its latest Walkman® and Cyber-shot™ phones, the W910i and the K850i, will be available in stores across selected markets later this year. 12 Oct 2007
The Real Juice Co has re-launched their range of premium 100% pure, real fruit juices in new packaging and with three succinct sub-ranges: 100% Juicey, Pure Crushed and Fruit Tea. 12 Oct 2007
Vodacom has launched of a new advertising medium with massive potential that reinforces the leading cellular network operator's move into the multimedia and broadcasting arena. 12 Oct 2007
The theme for the 2007 meeting will be “Drivers for future growth: Waves and currents” and it's aimed at giving members of the institute a better understanding about what the main drivers of future growth are going to be, rather than narrowly focusing on trends per se. 12 Oct 2007
In order to encourage inflation back to within the 3 - 6% target range, the Reserve Bank has hiked the repo rate by 50 basis points to 10.5%. 11 Oct 2007
Widget UK Ltd, a supplier of mobile technology and accessories, has announced the release of its desktop widget which gives its trade customer instant access to sales information. 11 Oct 2007
Ask customer relationship management (CRM) administrators about who owns the data populating their CRM systems, and you will likely get one of two emphatic answers: "my company" or "me." 11 Oct 2007
A veritable 'who's who' of international representatives from throughout the organic fibre supply chain will participate in Organic Exchange's 5th Annual Conference 'Sustainable Innovation: Cultivating Growth and Prosperity through Collaboration', which takes place in California, USA, from 31 October - 2 November 2007. 11 Oct 2007
Leopard's Leap Wines has appointed highly experienced marketing expert Marius Kotze as its marketing and sales director. Based at the head office in Franschhoek, Kotze's key focus will be on expanding the affordable range of premium South African wines' presence locally and indeed, globally. 11 Oct 2007
Knowledge is power, and as businesses come to realise the value of business intelligence (BI) and seek to grow the amount and scope of the information they require, so the BI technology market will be driven by commoditization and ubiquity of digital data. 11 Oct 2007
Tellumat Telecoms, the business and consumer communications division in the Tellumat technology group has signed a three-year renewable deal to supply Telkom's omnipresent retail shops with phones and small office communications systems. The contract could boost turnover by R150 million. 11 Oct 2007
The Johannesburg Fresh Produce Market (JFPM) is to implement Radical, DVT's Proudly South Africa CRM software. The system will enable JFPM to improve its focus on customer services on an ongoing basis. 11 Oct 2007
Stellenbosch wine estate, Simonsig, strengthened the international appeal of the uniquely South African Cape Blend style of wine by striking gold for its renowned Frans Malan Reserve at two prestigious international competitions, all in one month. 11 Oct 2007
The new Fabiani concept store in Maponya Mall, Soweto gives Sowetans the opportunity to buy top-of-the-line clothing in the height of fashion, and in a setting that is unique, to say the least. 11 Oct 2007
Ayanda Media Technologies (AMT), a company within the Questek group, specialising in broadcast and media technologies, has been awarded a multi-million rand tender to upgrade the facilities at Botswana Television (BTV). 11 Oct 2007
It's the second time New Clicks Holdings has been a participant in the Deloitte Best Company to Work For survey, now in its eighth year. But NCH has moved from an overall position of 93 last year to one of the Top Ten this year, in the large company category. 11 Oct 2007
Economists at the Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa have recommended that India reduce its tariffs on gold imported from South Africa. 10 Oct 2007
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