Global brewing giant SABMiller announced Tuesday, 22 June 2010, that Pacific Beverages, its joint venture in Australia, has commenced brewing at its new US$105 million Bluetongue brewery in Warnervale, approximately 95 kilometres north of Sydney. 23 Jun 2010
FIFA and Dutch brewery Bavaria have reached an out-of-court settlement. 23 Jun 2010
PARIS, FRANCE: French food giant Danone and Russia's Unimilk announced on Friday, 18 June 2010, they were combining their fresh milk interests in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. 23 Jun 2010
Landlocked Malawi is to get its first regional shopping centre which will cost US$40m to build in its capital, Lilongwe. Construction started at the beginning of the month. 23 Jun 2010
HERZOGENAURACH, GERMANY: German sportswear and equipment group Adidas said Monday, 21 June 2010, that it expected record 2010 football-related sales thanks to the World Cup in South Africa. 23 Jun 2010
US e-retailer Amazon.com has slashed the international price of its Kindle 2 e-book reader as competition hots up. 23 Jun 2010
NEW YORK, United States: Companies with less senior management involvement in the new product development process generate 80% more new product revenue than those with heavy senior management involvement, according to a study by Nielsen. 23 Jun 2010
"When Dulcé Café first came to market, our restaurant offering was unique and dynamic. But we felt that over time, we had allowed ourselves to become complacent, losing our edge for creating and setting trends, while simultaneously offering continental flair," says Brigid Ryall, Dulcé Café marketing manager, commenting on the new menu. 23 Jun 2010
In reportedly a first for South Africa, the Med-Lemon's outdoor campaign on a building wraparound near the Nelson Mandela Bridge features the brand's signature muscle man holding a steaming mug of Med-Lemon, giving the 3-D impression of vapour emerging from a hot cup. 23 Jun 2010
Yara International ASA, one of the world's leading chemical companies that convert energy, natural minerals and nitrogen from the air into essential products for farmers and industrial customers, has won the 'Best Global Business in Africa' award. Other nominees were BMW, Barclays, Anglo American and Diageo. 23 Jun 2010
Paul Slot, debt counsellor and director of Octogen, provides some insights as well as cautionary words about the impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup on consumers' common sense and spending behaviour. 23 Jun 2010
The 2010 Muscadel Association Awards, held recently, awarded a platinum award to the 2004 Muscadel vintage from Monis, reportedly the oldest producer of fortified wines in South Africa. 23 Jun 2010
A hefty dose of realism has knocked back hopes for a quick return to growth in SA's retail economy, a report yesterday, 21 June 2010, showed. 22 Jun 2010
LONDON, United Kingdom: Car buyers will soon be able stop relying on expensive car finance and return to using cheaper forms of credit with the unsecured personal loan market set to recover from as early as next year, finds Datamonitor. 22 Jun 2010
The Competition Tribunal will on Wednesday, 23 June 2010, hear an application to confirm a negotiated settlement agreement between the Competition Commission and the black economic empowerment company, Masana Petroleum Solutions, in terms of which the latter has agreed to pay an administrative penalty of R13 million for alleged price-fixing. 22 Jun 2010
Microsoft technology powers early reporting system to help protect consumers and businesses from fraud. 22 Jun 2010
LONDON, UK: Security awareness means turning your people into your first line of defence, but many organisations are worryingly complacent when it comes to information security assuming that "it won't happen to me," while individuals often tend to think "it is someone else's problem." However, a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) explores how organisations should be making employees the first line of defence against damaging security incidents. 22 Jun 2010
NUREMBERG, GERMANY: According to the results of GfK's TEMAX Western Europe for the first quarter of 2010, consumers in Western Europe spent €46.5 billion (about R430 billion) on technical consumer goods in the first quarter of 2010, an increase of 2.7% in total compared to the same quarter in 2009. There is growth for nearly all sectors involved. 22 Jun 2010
Yves Saint Laurent's (YSL) Parisienne fragrance will be Bridal Africa's official perfume and its make-up range, the official range for the show, taking place from 6-7 November 2010 at Sandton Convention Centre. 22 Jun 2010
"Suddenly we are seeing a confident upsurge of positive energy and spending that is definitely connected to the positive vibe created by the 2010 FIFA World Cup." This is the opinion of Paul Kent, MD of SureSwipe independent credit card swipe machine distributors. 22 Jun 2010
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