What do you get when you cross a bus and 5000 socks? You get an innovative campaign to promote Omo, that's what. 31 Oct 2007
You can now buy airtime at Ster-Kinekor cinemas nationwide. 31 Oct 2007
In line with their positioning of the "Best of Africa" gold medal winning liqueur Amarula Cream, saluted the Springbok Rugby team's victorious win over England at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, at a ceremony held on Monday at Cape Town's Newlands rugby stadium. 31 Oct 2007
Primall Media has used backlighting on hoardings at the entrance to shopping malls to draw attention to the designs of jewellery chain, Charles Greig. 31 Oct 2007
As the build-up to the FNB Whisky Live Festival gains momentum, the organizers have decided to return to source and employ a very direct approach in marketing whisky, thus branding this year's event with the title, Back to Basics. 30 Oct 2007
Glenfiddich 50 Year Old whisky, reputed to be the rarest and most magnificent single malt Scotch whisky, earned an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records 2000 Edition as “the World's most valuable spirit”. No wonder - at about R18000 a tot. 30 Oct 2007
Simba has announced a new line of snacks for health-conscious consumers – Sunbites. 30 Oct 2007
China's government may have high-profile political and strategic reasons for seeking closer ties with Africa, but its companies are here mostly for the money, analysts say. 30 Oct 2007
The Great Wine Capitals Global Network Best of Wine Tourism Awards have attracted close to 100 entries, almost three times the number of local entries as last year, according to one of its organisers, André Morgenthal, who is also communications manager for Wines of South Africa (WOSA). 30 Oct 2007
A high-tech network installation, using SMC Network technology, has been installed at the internationally acclaimed Thesen Islands development in Knysna. 30 Oct 2007
The 10th anniversary issue of EAT OUT magazine, South Africa's leading restaurant guide, will hit the news stands on 26 November 2007. The glossy annual publication will provide restaurant lovers with a list of South Africa's EAT OUT Top 10 Restaurants, as well as an independently reviewed selection of 800 of the finest restaurants in the country. 30 Oct 2007
The United Kingdom's based RTL Games is set to launch the board game "Destination South Africa", based on the award-winning taxi game "Destination London" that has been "giving Monopoly a run for its money". 30 Oct 2007
The hemp movement in South Africa has been given a massive boost with the opening of the first Wellness Warehouse at the Lifestyle Center in Kloof Street, Cape Town. The new chain, with three stores opening this year, has been launched to cater to the growing demand for healthy, ethical and socially aware brands; and will be selling a full range of hemp products - much of which will be supplied by Hemporium. 30 Oct 2007
Not too long ago, advice to keep a CRM implementation simple would have focused around due diligence for the application (you never buy a complex product unless absolutely necessary). It would have focused on negotiating the best deal with a systems integrator (these costs can add quickly unless the contract specifies otherwise). Most of all, it would have focused on a clear needs assessment driving the application (buying too many bells and whistles when they aren't necessary is a sure path to overly complicated implementation and a frustrated user base). 30 Oct 2007
After the successful launch of the first PUMA store in South Africa last year, the sports lifestyle brand has launched a second store in Soweto. 29 Oct 2007
Bizcommunity.com has entered into a strategic partnership with ActivRetail, online resource hub to the fast moving grocery industry, to boost the offering of its online FMCG retail news and product information daily news service launched to the industry in Africa in July this year. 29 Oct 2007
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) will be the single largest shareholder of Standard Bank after paying R36.67 billion (US$5.46 billion) for a 20% stake. Both banks state that they will now be able to move forward in many areas through strategic cooperation. 29 Oct 2007
“Women are a driving force in the African economy, but their access to finance is still far too small,” declares Declan Duff, VP of the International Finance Corporation's Industries section, “and this is why the IFC is partnering with Nigeria's Access Bank to bridge the gap with lines of credit specifically for female entrepreneurs.” 29 Oct 2007
A number of financial institutions have lodged applications for retail banking licences, a move likely to increase the number of commercial banks in the country beyond the current 14 should the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) approve the requests. 29 Oct 2007
Craig MacKenzie, director of Retsol, who was honoured as the Franchise Personality of the Year 2007 at the Franchise Association of Southern Africa (FASA) awards. 29 Oct 2007
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