It is during the tough times, like the recent recession, that retailers tend to increase communication with marketing consultants and tenants; however, during boom times shopping centre tenants are generally quiet and fail to communicate to the centres' marketing departments. 31 May 2010
In order to up sales during the World Cup season all three branches of Burchmore's in Sandton, Cape Town and Durban will screen all the games live. "So whether our customers are buying on auction or shopping for a car on our sales floor, they won't miss the action," says Darryl Jacobson, MD of the group. The branches are flying the flags of the competing nations and all staff members have been issued with football jerseys, which they wear on Football Fridays. 31 May 2010
In 2009, Project 90 by 2030 and Robert Zipplies joined forces alerting fellow South Africans to the expected impacts of climate change through a journey of 2900km on an electric bicycle from Cape Town to Durban. The 2010 campaign, launched on earlier this month has nine new partners who are committed to working nationally to raise awareness of expected impacts of climate change together with Project 90 and Zipplies, who has joined its board. 31 May 2010
Multinational food giant Nestle has been accused of bio-pirating South Africa's genetic resources. 28 May 2010
Fashion retailer Foschini on Thursday, 27 May 2010, said that in line with the group's strategy of investing for long-term growth, it will open in the region of 100 new stores in the year ahead, increasing its trading space by approximately 7%. 28 May 2010
Nampak Tissue is teaming up with Noah charities and Street Children initiatives to ensure it too can contribute in keeping South Africa's less fortunate children warm this winter. This will be achieved through a competition initiative, which will support the Twinsaver 'Softer Side of South Africa' campaign. 28 May 2010
The annual Stellenbosch Wine Festival will be held this year from 1-5 July 2010 and will offer wine and soccer enthusiasts from around the globe a jovial feast of wine and food in the cellars where they were made via a unique shuttle service through the winelands. With music, wine tastings, picnics and exclusive culinary experiences, the festival promises something for everyone. 28 May 2010
The Johannesburg-based company, Inter-Active Technologies, a call centre and outsourcing expert has opened a new office in Cape Town. 28 May 2010
Lowe Bull Cape Town has created the advert, "Brown is Beautiful" as part of the marketing campaign for Hansa Pilsener to inform beer drinkers about the science of brown bottle packaging. 28 May 2010
The Producer Price Index (PPI) in April rose by 5.5% year-on-year said Statistics South Africa on Thursday, 27 May 2010. 27 May 2010
NEW YORK, US: Apple's iPad finally goes on sale outside the United States this week after heavy US demand for the multi-media gadget forced a one-month delay of its international release. 27 May 2010
TOKYO, JAPAN: Japanese electronics giant Sony said on Wednesday, 26 May 2010, it had developed what it called "the world's first" prototype flexible colour video screen that is small enough to be rolled around a pencil. 27 May 2010
Designing to the theme, "It's a Blooming Great Day", 19 Eastern Cape student designers yesterday, 26 May 2010, staked their claim for the top spot as the Eastern Cape winner in this year's Vodacom Durban July Young Designer Awards. 27 May 2010
The public has until Monday, 31 May 2010, to exchange their old R200 notes for the new upgraded ones, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) said on Wednesday, 26 May. 27 May 2010
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in April fell below market expectation at 4.8% year-on-year, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Wednesday, 26 May 2010. 27 May 2010
The kick-off of the 2010 FIFA World Cup on 11 June will coincide with the inaugural Festival of Africa. 27 May 2010
"Our approach has always been to develop financial software that's easy for non-financial managers to use," says idu Software's MD Kevin Phillips. He was commenting on the OEM agreement idu has entered into with US-based QlikTech to embed QlikView business intelligence (BI) functionality within the company's budgeting, forecasting and reporting application, idu-Concept. 27 May 2010
Vuva Tchunas is a conversion of the traditional vuvuzela sound, commonly used at football matches to ignite renewed support from soccer fans for their favourite teams on the field, into musical notation on the CD, 'Vuva Tchunas'. 27 May 2010
There is hope for local fashion lovers who have been salivating over the sinfully sexy purple catsuit worn by Alicia Keys in her latest video. 26 May 2010
The early bird registration for WasteCon 2010 closes on 31 May 2010. Focusing on the theme "What is your Waste Footprint?", the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) will present a five-day conference and exhibition on 4-8 October at Emperors Palace Convention Centre, Johannesburg. 26 May 2010
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