Snackworks Category Director, Heather Partner and newly appointed Bakers Mini Cricket Co-ordinator Darren Hampton recently joined a delegation from Cricket South Africa on a two day tour of the Boland region to establish how the mini cricket programme is being run in the area. 25 Feb 2009
South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure at market prices for the fourth quarter of 2008 has contracted by 1.8% quarter-on-quarter (q/q) from 0.2% growth in the third quarter, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Tuesday. 24 Feb 2009
Phoenix Software, traditionally a software republisher and distributor have branched into the accessory market by introducing a range of Zagg invisibleShield products that provide protective film coverings for the recently released iPod nano, iPod touch and classic and iPhone devices. 24 Feb 2009
Consumer watchdog, the National Credit Regulator (NCR), has taken on a credit provider that flouted provisions of the National Credit Act (NCA) and won. 24 Feb 2009
With reference to The Times' Jacquie Myburgh's column “Why Darkie label doesn't stick” (19 February), I can totally relate to Themba's frustrations. 24 Feb 2009
Fashion retailer Truworths last week said it expected space growth to moderate over the next few years as the development of malls stalled. 24 Feb 2009
Entries in the 2009 AA Travel Guides American Express Accommodation Awards programme are now being judged, based on feedback from approximately 47,000 consumers on more than 1,300 establishments across the country. 24 Feb 2009
Enquiries to credit bureaux had declined by almost one third since the worldwide financial meltdown. 24 Feb 2009
Thinking small might help Taiwan's computer industry emerge from the global downturn as an even bigger global player. 24 Feb 2009
The Johannesburg Fresh Produce Market (JFPM) has teamed up with the City of Johannesburg to prepare 9,000 food hampers for poverty-stricken households in all seven city regions. 24 Feb 2009
The trade ministers from South Africa and Saudi Arabia on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing the South African - Saudi Business Council. 24 Feb 2009
With retail bank confidence falling in line with profits, the critical issue is how they manage increasing challenges over the next year, according to Ernst & Young's credit crisis report released on Monday. 23 Feb 2009
Grey products are a serious threat to the sustainability of the stationery, home and office products industry and are often a convenient cover up for resellers dealing in counterfeit and stolen goods. Each year, counterfeiting and grey products cost official distributors and independent resellers millions of Rands in lost revenue, sub-standard returned products and legal proceedings. 23 Feb 2009
Coinciding with the start of summer, Parmalat's fabulite fat-free, sugar-free yoghurt was introduced to the LSM 8-10 female market at one of South Africa's busiest holiday destination malls, Shelley Centre, with the help of Primall Media's mall advertising platforms. 23 Feb 2009
Previously available only for export, and one of the biggest South African wine brands in Canada and Australia, Obikwa wines are now available in South Africa. 23 Feb 2009
The Minister of Finance has proposed increases in two levies used to determine the price of petrol and diesel, as of 1 April 2009. 23 Feb 2009
NEW YORK: Wall Street plunged late last week with the Dow Jones average dropping below 7,500 to a six-year low on financial woes and a grim economic outlook. 23 Feb 2009
Collaboration is recognised as a key component in achieving competitive advantage and profitability; however, the latest Supply Chain Intelligence Report (SCIR) 2009 has revealed that South Africa's most successful companies are not collaborating - that is, with their competitors. 23 Feb 2009
FIFA has reported that a scramble for tickets ensued on its website following the launch of 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets globally on 20 February 2009. 23 Feb 2009
The most successful companies in South Africa are those which have adopted strategies to ensure greater visibility and reactivity in their supply chains than their competitors. In so doing, these companies simultaneously minimise the single greatest challenge facing supply chain management - planning and forecasting, while maximising their competitive advantage. 20 Feb 2009
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