South African fashion label Stoned Cherrie will be showing on schedule at Bryant Park during New York Fashion Week as part of the inaugural This Day/Arise Magazine: African Fashion Collective 2009. 29 Jan 2009
Recent research shows that grocers in the United Kingdom are more resilient to the current financial crisis than many other sectors; it seems food is providing fuel for growth. 29 Jan 2009
Tens of thousands of workers in South Africa's automotive sector are facing unemployment as a consequence of the global economic slowdown. 29 Jan 2009
The latest 1.8% drop in inflation figures could mean good news for cash-strapped South Africans and struggling home owners. 28 Jan 2009
Last year the African vehicle market, one of the fast growing destinations for South African car exporters such as Nissan SA, looked as if it would take the global economic slowdown in its stride. 28 Jan 2009
If the City of Cape Town has its way, the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be a sober affair. 28 Jan 2009
Kellogg's Company in the United States has announced a new space-saving box that gives consumers a glimpse of the possible future for the cereal aisle. 28 Jan 2009
Plants are poised to replace petroleum products in plastics as biodegradable tech rises with concerns about the planet. 28 Jan 2009
USA: A recent ruling by the Supreme Court, reversing a nearly 100 year old statute outlawing price setting, is in the spotlight for retailers, lobbyists and economic theorists. 28 Jan 2009
Pep has become aware of a possible quality problem with a batch of Hisense mini ovens. Sales of the product have been suspended immediately and, as a precaution, the retailer is recalling any ovens bought or collected from one of its store after 24 December 2008. 27 Jan 2009
Sales operations have plenty of challenges before them today, but the main focus of sales managers is developing relationships with customers that go beyond selling them a single product. It's a customer-centric, rather than company-centric, approach that's gaining adherents. 27 Jan 2009
In another first for the family-owned Cape Union Mart, which launched the Old Khaki stores and a new kiddies range called K-Way Kids, the company is opening its first women's lifestyle stores called Poetry. 27 Jan 2009
Indiza Media, a subsidiary of Primedia Outdoor, has secured the advertising rights for OR Tambo International Airport's (ORTIA) airport busses for five years. 27 Jan 2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe will on Wednesday depart for Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos. 27 Jan 2009
In a changing world in which shoppers are increasingly demanding, while the global economy heads into recession, looking for new solutions is more vital than ever. The European Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) aims to offer those solutions at a seminar to be held in Barcelona from 3 - 5 June 2009. 27 Jan 2009
This year, companies seeking to invest further - or for the first time - in a CRM software system will find not only a wide array of vendors, but also a large selection of computing platforms to support the application. These can range from Software as a Service offerings typified by the standard-bearer Salesforce.com to newer cloud platforms such as Google Apps. 27 Jan 2009
Royal Philips Electronics, the Dutch conglomerate that makes lighting products, on Monday reported a fourth-quarter loss of 1.47 billion euros (US$1.9 billion) and said it would cut 6,000 jobs, blaming weak global economic conditions for poor business performance, asset write-downs and restructuring charges. 27 Jan 2009
LONDON: British shoe retail chains Barratts and PriceLess face collapse, parent group Stylo said Monday, putting 5,400 jobs at risk as the recession continues to bite on Britain's high streets. 27 Jan 2009
KwaZulu-Natal agriculture MEC Mtholephi Mthimkhulu has commended Pick n Pay for organising a meeting to discuss the issue of high food prices. 27 Jan 2009
For the past few decades, checks, ACH, credit cards and debit cards have been the primary means of payments for consumers. 26 Jan 2009
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