South Africa's factory gate price known as the Producer Price Index (PPI) has increased by 19.1% year-on-year in August compared with that at August of 2007. 25 Sep 2008
Vodacom is launching three new 'speaking phones' as part of its drive to make cellular communication accessible to people with special needs, specifically customers who are blind or partially sighted. 25 Sep 2008
Every time Apple introduces another version of iTunes, it risks turning a large yet muscular media organiser and shopping centre into a bloated, unnavigable mess. iTunes 8 gets it right and adds some useful features like Grid view and a so-called Genius playlist creator. For the next version, however, Apple may need to pull another "leapfrog". 25 Sep 2008
Recent political instability in South Africa, culminating in the removal of South African President, Thabo Mbeki, and the resignation of several of his cabinet colleagues, may discourage offshore business process outsourcing (BPO) investors. However... 25 Sep 2008
Retail sales fell 4,6% in July compared with the same month last year the sharpest annual fall since records began a decade ago, fanning fears the key sector was sliding into a recession. 25 Sep 2008
Freys Food Brands has scooped the title of Famous Brands Supplier of the Year 2008 both in the Perishables category and as the overall Supplier of the Year. In the process, the company was also awarded the title of Key Account Manager of the Year 2008. 25 Sep 2008
Want a great way to cut costs on the packaging of your product? Try printing the instructions for your product on the package itself. By doing so, you eliminate wasted hours spent on producing and inserting separate instruction sheets. 25 Sep 2008
Attaining the optimal mix of product selection, pricing and content in catalogues and collateral, and the tailoring of guided selling and navigation within multichannel management strategies is too important to leave to just trial and error. Lacking frameworks to define optimal mix of resources, anecdotal data instead of actual results often define the mix of resources across channels. Tapping into the immediate feedback social networking can provide eliminates the need to just rely on anecdotal data. You can find out what's working and why, quickly. 25 Sep 2008
Markets plunged almost immediately following the news of the resignation of cabinet members on Tuesday, including Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and his deputy Jabu Moleketi, with the All Share dropping 4% and the rand giving up 25 cents to the dollar. 23 Sep 2008
A recent study released in the United States finds that while most Americans canvassed in the study have not seen or read Al Gore's work film and book on global warming, they are still receptive to marketing drives that push green issues. 23 Sep 2008
Ocean Basket opened its first European restaurant on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus in July. The 80-seat restaurant has a prime spot in the popular resort of Paphos, on the south-west coast of the island. 23 Sep 2008
Despite the recent gloomy economic news and consumer credit crunch, consumers will still spend hundreds of billions of dollars this holiday season. For retailers, the countdown has already begun and now is the time to start thinking about your holiday marketing programs for the holiday push. Start in September and you have 100 days to grow your business. 23 Sep 2008
USA: What do Metallica and SanDisk have in common? For both, the memory remains. 23 Sep 2008
Dire warnings by some business organisations over the cost and legal implications of the Consumer Protection Bill may be an overreaction, said a legal expert. 23 Sep 2008
The Woolworths employee strike for union recognition has entered its sixth day, after the parties failed to reach an agreement by the initial deadline of Sunday. 23 Sep 2008
Investing in Africa's farmers will be instrumental in the global response to the rising price of food, believes United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. 23 Sep 2008
Does your product have the self-confidence it needs to interact with people? Perhaps you did not think it important but your product could be suffering from self-esteem issues and unfortunately when your product doesn't feel good, neither does your bank account. 23 Sep 2008
A new report, ‘Enterprise Web 2.0', just published by Butler Group, one of Europe's leading IT research and advisory organisations, reveals how speed, agility, mobility, innovation, and reuse are forcing organisations globally to push aside old technologies, models, and architectures to make way for the brave new world of Web 2.0. 23 Sep 2008
Markets remain calm and almost unperturbed by the announcement of the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki delivered in a televised address on Sunday evening, say economists. 22 Sep 2008
Overall income at the 34th Nederburg Auction in Paarl on Saturday, 20 September, fetched R4,79-million, compared with last year's R5,13-million. Auction organisers attributed this year's lower income as well as the lower average price of R1270 per nine-litre case - down 10% on last year - to the present economic conditions and highly competitive trading environment in the South African and international wine market. 22 Sep 2008
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