Lifestyle wine brand Arniston Bay is the official wine sponsor of the Pick 'n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival. 19 Jun 2009
LONDON: Increasing economic pressures affecting the retail industry means companies in Western Europe and North America will increasingly look to outsource technology and business processes in a bid to cut costs, and focus on core skills. This is according to a new report by independent market analyst firm, Datamonitor. The report, “Retailing in a Recession: The Opportunities for Outsourcing”, looks at the business processes retailers are outsourcing, and why. 19 Jun 2009
BORDEAUX, FRANCE: Vinexpo, the world's biggest wine and spirits fair, opens Sunday, 21 June 2009, as 40,000 professionals from around the globe gather to ply their beverages in markets made fiercely competitive by the economic crisis. 19 Jun 2009
East London's new mega mall next to Hemingway's Casino is rapidly taking shape, with one retail store already nearing completion. 19 Jun 2009
Heineken NV will add a malting plant to its Sedibeng brewery to be completed later this year. 19 Jun 2009
PARIS: Japanese designer Kenzo Takada waved off his personal art collection at auction for €1,9 million (US$2.6 million), just over the estimated value. 19 Jun 2009
Even when the chips are down JD Group CEO David Sussman has a bullish outlook on life. So when he points to an uptick in the furniture group's credit sales as “heartening” in a consumer recession, it would be easy to dismiss this as overly enthusiastic. 19 Jun 2009
South Africa's current account deficit has widened, the South African Reserve Bank announced on Thursday, 18 June 2009. 18 Jun 2009
The worldwide mobile phone market shipped 35-million fewer units than it did during the same period one year ago, and all indications point to that trend continuing through Q4 2009. 18 Jun 2009
Fake Bafana Bafana, Spain and Brazil jerseys are selling like hot cakes at the William Nicol drive off-ramp from the N1 highway in Johannesburg. 18 Jun 2009
Nestlé has introduced four new flavours to its range of Ceralac cereals to help moms introduce new tastes to their babies diet while maintaining the nutritional value of what they eat. 18 Jun 2009
Independent research by leading local financial website, ThinkMoney, has confirmed that Capitec Bank offers South Africa's lowest bank charges. 18 Jun 2009
MOSCOW: Moscow will start importing Belarussian dairy products again, a Russian official said Wednesday, 18 June 2009, resolving a so-called "milk war" which had driven a wedge between the longtime allies. 18 Jun 2009
Premier Foods Western Cape regional director Terrence Lavery yesterday, 17 June 2009, laid bare details of collusion between bakeries to fix bread prices. 18 Jun 2009
International Africa Fashion Week, currently under way at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, is proving to be a resounding success. 18 Jun 2009
There has been a significant shift from new vehicles to used cars, with end-user interest pushing up prices despite excess supply, says Clive van Horen, head of secured lending at Nedbank. 18 Jun 2009
The KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Durban, on Tuesday, 16 June 2009, ordered the eThekwini municipality to stay away from the Early Morning Market in the Durban city centre until it strikes an agreement with the traders there. 18 Jun 2009
The products that fueled first-generation e-commerce - books, software and music, to name a few - are all simple to understand items that can be easily shipped to consumers. 18 Jun 2009
Retail trade figures at constant prices for April decreased by 6.7% compared to a revised 4.9% decline in March, Statistics South Africa reported on Wednesday. 18 Jun 2009
The National Agricultural Marketing Council has urged the competition commission to conduct a full-scale investigation into SA's big four supermarket chains for abuse of “market power”, particularly in their dealings with the suppliers of food products. 17 Jun 2009
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