Eastern Cape jewellery retailers and manufacturers are concerned about the safety of their staff and their goods as they believe an organised syndicate is targeting stores along the Garden Route. 21 Jul 2009
Retail group Massmart Holdings (MSM) said on Monday, 20 July 2009, that feedback from its subsidiary stores, Makro and Massdiscounters (Game and Dion stores), appeared to indicate that proposed industrial action was unlikely to be widely supported. 21 Jul 2009
"Only a miracle" can prevent the industrial action planned against two subsidiaries of Massmart Holdings, Makro and Massdiscounters (Game and Dion stores), after failure of management to make any acceptable offer in the current dispute, the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers' Union (SACCAWU) said on Monday, 20 July 2009. 21 Jul 2009
Can South Africans expect a new approach to the monetary policy of the Reserve Bank? Will there be a significant shift from the inflation-targeting monetary framework that has been followed by the bank in the past decade? 20 Jul 2009
Frustration over the relentless climb in food prices has reached fever pitch throughout the Eastern and Southern Cape, with families forced to cut back on basic foodstuffs just to be able to scrape by on their monthly budget. 20 Jul 2009
South African consumers may indirectly be financing the hefty fines imposed by the competition authorities. 20 Jul 2009
The new Consumer Protection Act (CPA) was likely to lead to an increase in consumer activism, attorney John Oxenham said in Johannesburg on Friday, 17 July 2009. 20 Jul 2009
SEOUL: South Korea's Samsung Electronics Monday, 20 July 2009, announced a US$4.29 billion plan to develop eco-friendly products and cut emissions from its manufacturing plants by 2013. 20 Jul 2009
Retail group Truworths International (TRU) anticipates that both basic and headline earnings per share for the 52 week trading period to 28 June 2009 will be between 10% and 15% higher than those reported for the 53 week period to 29 June 2008. 20 Jul 2009
President Jacob Zuma has appointed Gill Marcus to take over from Tito Mboweni as Reserve Bank Governor in November 2009. 20 Jul 2009
E-commerce could not have evolved into the potent force it is today without one crucial characteristic: measurability. Web analytics changed the game for advertisers, and advances in its development and deployment are making e-commerce stand taller, see farther, and recognize ever-more-sophisticated patterns. 20 Jul 2009
Windows 7 is done. The latest version of Microsoft's dominant desktop computer operating system will be sent to PC manufacturers in the next few weeks and to production facilities around the world where millions and millions of DVDs will be pressed and distributed to retail stores in time for the product's commercial launch on 22 October 2009. 17 Jul 2009
SAN FRANCISCO: US videogame sales in June slid for the fourth consecutive month as the previously recession-defying industry yielded ground to tough economic times, according to NPD Group. 17 Jul 2009
Geen & Richards is celebrating 100 years of providing distinctive and exclusive furniture to its customers and, to date, is still considered one of the leaders in the furniture industry. 17 Jul 2009
The application from the Clothing & Textiles Workers' Union (Sactwu) to raise customs duties by 5% on a broad range of imported clothing will fail to dent imports or stem industry job losses. In fact, it has the potential to make matters worse by increasing the incentive for customs fraud — the industry's biggest problem. 17 Jul 2009
WASHINGTON: US retail giant Wal-Mart on Thursday, 16 July 2009, announced plans to develop a database that it said would revolutionise shopping by putting information about products' sustainability at consumers' fingertips. 17 Jul 2009
The country's third-largest supermarket group, Spar Group Limited, is selling 10% of its shares to staff and franchise employees in a R1-billion deal. 17 Jul 2009
To foster a healthy long-term relationship with customers, you must do much more than provide a good product or service. You must pay attention to your customers' needs and meet them. There are always competitors ready to lure your customers away, and there are always customers who will switch given any slight, perceived or real. 17 Jul 2009
In one of the first partnerships of its kind, Port Elizabeth shopping centre, Moffett on Main, will be hosting the second bi-ennial South African Automotive Week (SAAW) international trade show and convention, from 7 - 10 October 2009. The national event is one of the biggest of its kind in the country, and has outgrown existing conference and convention facilities in Port Elizabeth, according to show director Andrew Binning of Inkanyezi Events. 16 Jul 2009
The Competition Tribunal is eager to flex its muscles over the telecommunications sector, believing it could create a more affordable and fairer market than the sector's ineffectual regulator has achieved. 16 Jul 2009
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