A consortium led by JSE listed Brimstone Investment Corporation has announced it is set to acquire Tiger Brands' 73.16% shareholding in Sea Harvest for R541,4 million. Tiger Brands has accepted the offer. 3 Nov 2008
Some of the foremost role players in international wine destinations are set to meet in the Cape to discuss important new trends in wine and wine tourism, when the city of Cape Town and the Cape Winelands Municipality will co-host the annual general meeting of the Great Wine Capitals Global Network in November. 3 Nov 2008
MTV has launched a new site called MTV Music that opens up the company's massive video archive and puts it on the web for free. 3 Nov 2008
Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma is to host the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn for bilateral political, economic and trade discussions. 3 Nov 2008
Packagers face public's growing concern over safety of products. 3 Nov 2008
According to Deloitte's 23rd Annual Holiday Survey of retail spending and trends, 59% of consumers expect to reduce their spending this holiday season. Higher food prices (73%) and higher energy prices (69%) were the top two reasons for spending less, outpacing the economy (61%) and job uncertainty (18%). The trend is probably going to be followed here in SA, to a greater or lesser extent. 3 Nov 2008
Training scholars in essential life skills serves an invaluable dual purpose: it provides some of the building blocks towards achieving a good education, and it helps to keep them free of the temptation of becoming involved in criminal activity. 3 Nov 2008
The City of Cape Town is conducting a study to determine the underlying causes of tensions among township traders in an effort to create a healthy trading environment for both local and foreign traders. 3 Nov 2008
USA: The financial services industry is finding creative ways to deal with the economic downturn - keeping customers loyal by offering them a valuable education that will help their businesses. The desired result is that both parties survive and grow together. 3 Nov 2008
It's the holy grail of marketing analytics - an unbiased look into the neurological signals underlying purchasing decisions. Scientists in England have been using neuroimaging to measure people's responses to marketing messages. 3 Nov 2008
Gauteng's top retailers were honoured last night at the inaugural annual Retail Awards ceremony at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg. 31 Oct 2008
The Director General of Trade and Industry Tshediso Matona on Thursday reiterated that he was confident that South Africa was not on a recessionary slide. 31 Oct 2008
New Clicks' management team has reached an important milestone in the turnaround of the business: the group's return on equity (ROE) increased from 24.7% to 32.8%, easily above the 30% target set for this year. 31 Oct 2008
The Cape Town International Convention Centre has contributed an estimated R2.7 billion to South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during 2007/08. 31 Oct 2008
The Beatles are making a major move to bring their appeal to a younger generation. The band will be featured in a play-along game made by Harmonix, makers of "Rock Band". Beatles music has not been sold in digital form before. 31 Oct 2008
The nominations for the third annual Supply Chain Management (SCM) Education Excellence Awards are open. Hosted by SAPICS (The Association for Operations Management of Southern Africa), with the participation of the Federation of Supply Chain Management Professionals, the awards will take place in April 2009. 31 Oct 2008
The usual pre-holiday ramp-up in cellphone shipments didn't happen this year because of the feeble global economy, a research firm said Thursday. 31 Oct 2008
Two major brands within Edcon's discount division, Legit and Jet, have become some of the first retailers to make use of new media technology that enables them to reach their customers via their cell phones and a unique .mobi site. 31 Oct 2008
In a case of primates for prime TV, Savanna has gone to Hollywood for creative inspiration. 31 Oct 2008
The Production Price Index (PPI) for September dropped quite considerably by 3.1 percentage points, down from 19.1% in August 2008 reported Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), Thursday. 30 Oct 2008
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