More people than ever before in the UK, are shopping at supermarkets for items other than food, reveals new research from Verdict Consulting, a specialist division of Verdict Research reveals. 14 Mar 2008
The brand has increased headline earnings per share in a period other clothing retailers found the going tough. 13 Mar 2008
2010 offers a wide range of business opportunities, and franchising could hold the key to opening and facilitating many of them. 13 Mar 2008
Fashion Exchange +27, an essential business conference aimed at educating and elevating all role-players within the fashion industry in South Africa, will take place from 29 - 30 May 2008, at The Runway in Woodstock, Cape Town. 13 Mar 2008
Steel merchant takes a step costing R57m with the intention of boosting its range of products. 13 Mar 2008
As a business process aided by technology, CRM is growing up. Most small businesses realise customer relationship management is about more than simply tracking customer contacts, and most CRM vendors now know a "one-size-fits-all" CRM system usually doesn't deliver what businesses need. 13 Mar 2008
By determining the behavioral preferences of the customers coming to their store, e-marketers can align language and behavior of the Web site to provide those customers with the best shopping experience, one that feels tailored for them. Similarly, outbound marketing and traffic generation activities can be aligned. 13 Mar 2008
For 10 years, Hout Bay, near Cape Town, has been caring for their environment with their recycling efforts. Recently, the 3 R's Recycling Group initiated yet another recycling project in the area and Appletiser committed to the project by sponsoring a total of 220 recycle bins to all the schools in Hout Bay. 13 Mar 2008
Gallagher Estate Conference & Exhibition Centre celebrated a year of training and upliftment success with the graduation of its 3rd intake of in-house trained and certified Food & Beverage Service Personnel. 13 Mar 2008
Almost 500 franchised systems currently operate in South Africa. They produce 12.5% of GDP and 87% of them represent local brands. Surprisingly, a third of SA's franchises are non-foods systems, with the biggest growth areas being service-based and mobile or “man-in-a-van” concepts. 13 Mar 2008
Report reveals the firms that have proven themselves to be among the leaders in providing contact centre outsourcing services. 13 Mar 2008
The Paraffin Safety Association is urging all household energy consumers to support its consumer rights campaign which calls for government to formulate and implement the Low Income Household Energy Safety Policy. 13 Mar 2008
Members of eight agro-processing projects in Limpopo are in Japan to take part in the annual food and beverage exhibition, Foodex. 13 Mar 2008
Over the next three years the Pam Golding Property (PGP) group will invest in excess of R30 million in training all its agents. 13 Mar 2008
According to a new report, retail banks' spend on business intelligence technology expected to reach US$9bn by 2012. 13 Mar 2008
In a bid to create awareness about consumer rights, the National Credit Regulator (NCR) has announced March as Consumer Rights Month with special focus on credit and consumer protection mechanisms. 12 Mar 2008
Stellenbosch-based Spier Wines has won flawless quality ratings in an audit conducted by the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS). The audits were conducted against standards set by the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) and the British Retail Consortium (BRC). 12 Mar 2008
Douglas Green Bellingham (DGB) has once again taken ownership of a vast majority of the TLC Nightlife washrooms for most of 2008, to make use of TLC's indoor billboards, Talking Frames and newly launched Mirror Media for popular brands, Tang Apple Sours and Jagermeister. 12 Mar 2008
With more than two million users in South Africa, mig33 has launched a new prepaid calling card service that reduces the cost of international calls by up to 95%. 12 Mar 2008
Bill McCloskey writes of the US experience of email drives around special days in the calendar and reckons the trick is to co-ordinate the drive with when interest peaks. 12 Mar 2008
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