Local and international account gains for HKLM

Brand company, HKLM, has secured significant new business for 2007, adding several leading local and international organisations to its client list. Local clients which have employed HKLM as their brand partner include Alexander Forbes, United Computer Sales (UCS), Pick ‘n Pay’s Go Banking and Cell C, whilst HKLM’s new international clients are Tanzanian telecommunications company, Zantel, Dubai-based Global Food Industries (GFI) and Dubai Festival City, the Mauritian property development company, Domaine Bonaventure and a Russian property company, Blackwood. 15 Feb 2007

New clients for Angelcy Brand Messengers

Branding specialist, Angelcy, has been appointed by a number of new clients as their branding partner: Manitoni Foods, Avery Dennison South Africa and Rand Aid Association. 6 Feb 2007

New accounts for ID Advertising

Over the past two months, Stellenbosch branding and design agency ID Advertising has dramatically expanded its portfolio of clients with the following account gains:

Liquidlab secures two new clients

Leading Cape Town based brand agency, Liquidlab, has added two new clients to its already impressive list - Duram and the Blend Property Group. 11 Sep 2006

Espiál awarded Rochester Furnishing account

Espiál, SA's Top Branding and Design Agency of 2006 (Financial Mail AdFocus & Finance Week AdReview 2006), has been awarded the Rochester Furnishing account. Espial will undertake the development of Rochester's new brand image and brand architecture, including the redesign of all stores nationwide. 6 Sep 2006

Espiál to give Hulett Aluminium a brand new shine

Espiál, SA's Top Branding and Design Agency of 2006 (Financial Mail AdFocus & Finance Week AdReview 2006), has been appointed as the brand strategy and creative team behind the rebranding of Hulett Aluminum. 10 Aug 2006

New accounts for Burns Strategic Planning

Burns Strategic Planning has landed several blue-chip accounts in the last few months including Nedgroup Investments, Engen, Johnnic Communications, Foskor and accounting firm Moores Rowland. They have just completed a brand strategy for Distell, the global liquor company, and are now implementing a communications plan to ensure that full value is derived from the strategy. Burns Strategic Planning was launched five years ago by Johnny Johnson and Kate Clayton. 7 Aug 2006

Troika in Motion with full house of services

Independent brand communications agency Troika Imagineering Works is providing a full house of services to Motion, South Africa's fastest growing independent supplier of quality office automation equipment. Established in 1998, Motion currently employs over 220 people in seven franchises across the country and its customer base includes many of South Africa's largest corporates such as FNB, MTN, Glenrand MIB, M-Net, NUPD, SA Blood and Mecer. 31 Jul 2006

Blueprint Hospitality gets new ID

Blueprint Hospitality, a newly founded collective of top industry specialists in the hospitality industry, has tasked ID Advertising & Communications with developing its new corporate identity. 13 Jul 2006

New accounts for HKLM

Leading strategic branding company HKLM has recently been awarded several new local and international accounts: Aquation, The Auditor General, Barcello's Chicken, Cell C, Contracards, FCMB, Singita Lodges and Rand Merchant Bank. 9 Jul 2006

The Fearless Executive appointed by Lere's Shoe Shine Experience

Brand integration specialists The Fearless Executive have been hired by Lere's Shoe Shine Experience to design the total customer experience for Lere's shoe shine outlets at Johannesburg and Cape Town airports. 26 Jun 2006

New clients for motiv

motiv, the Investor & Branding division of Ince (Pty) Ltd, has partnered with the following new clients on a wide range of strategic communications solutions: Nedbank, De Beers, Standard Bank, JD Group, Liberty Life, Shoprite and Allan Gray. 22 Jun 2006

Netherlands-based marketing and IT consultancy Vusa has appointed ID Advertising to design its new brand identity.

Espial has been appointed by Danone Clover to design all brand elements for an upcoming Yogi Sip promotion.

New account wins for Strats Inc

Strategic Specialists, Strats Inc, have towed in a line of new accounts for the month of June: law mogul Cliffe Dekker, cleaning fanatics Numatic International (SA branches), training gurus Astro Tech, national restaurant chain John Dory's, and social upliftment group Fever Tree. Outworld Design Studios will be working with Strats Inc on Numatic International as well as Fever Tree. Strats Inc, providing strategic marketing and business services since 1999, has announced the opening of a Cape Town office to service new and existing clients in the Western Cape. 31 May 2006

Khomani Africa Media gets Akapo Jewels marketing account.

The Fearless Executive appointed to develop a brand strategy for Royal Enfiled

Brand integration specialists The Fearless Executive have been appointed to develop a brand positioning strategy for Royal Enfield, manufacturers of classic motorcycles. 23 May 2006

Idea Engineers adds South African Tourism and Ericsson to client base

South African Tourism has appointed Idea Engineers to develop and implement a "LIVE!theBrand" internal brand programme for its staff in South Africa and the rest of the world. 23 May 2006

Diageo appoints Pathfinder Africa for brand activation in Africa

Diageo Plc, the world's leading drinks company with brands such as Johnnie Walker and Guinness, has appointed Pathfinder Africa as their brand activation agency across all venture Africa markets spanning sub-Sahara Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands. 1 May 2006

Espial to style SAA food packaging

South African Airways has appointed brand marketing agency Espial, to contemporise and refresh the packaging of its in-flight meal service. 15 Mar 2006

HKLM wraps up 2005 with a host of new clients

Harwood Kirsten Leigh McCoy (HKLM) has sealed a successful year by adding a number of new local and international blue-chip organisations to its client list. Locally, the strategic brand professionals are working on solutions for Edcon, mCell, Black Steer, Real Beverage Company, Dixon Batteries, Cell-C, Powertech and Mvelaphanda. 8 Dec 2005

International expansion for HKLM

Strategic branding company, Harwood Kirsten Leigh McCoy (HKLM) accelerated its international expansion programme by opening representative offices in Dubai, Germany and Nigeria recently. HKLM has already secured a number of clients in Dubai, notably Woman's World, a unique retail and leisure destination dedicated to women. The decision to open up in Berlin, Germany was fuelled by the close working relationships established with several of HKLM's international clients who have joint operations in South Africa and Europe. 6 Dec 2005

A4A Group chooses ID

The A4A Group has appointed ID Advertising & Communications to consolidate its brands. 4 Dec 2005

Studio M DBC to refashion Discount Fashions

Discount Fashions, one of South Africa's private fashion chain stores has recently appointed Studio M DBC as their new designs specialist. 1 Nov 2005

Sasko, Bovril & Legalwise achieve Superbrands Status in SA.

Liqui-Fruit, Marmite & King Pie achieve Superbrands Status in SA

Liqui-fruit, Marmite & King Pie are among the latest top brands operating in South Africa to join the world's prestigious group of Superbrands. 26 Oct 2005

Tin Can has been appointed to promote the Le Nautic residential development

Tin Can has been appointed as brand communications consultant to promote the new Le Nautic luxury residential development, situated at The Port, an exclusive residential harbour resort village in St Francis Bay in the Eastern Cape. 24 Oct 2005

DStv, Handy Andy and Cotlands achieve Superbrands Status in SA

DStv, Handy Andy & Cotlands are among the latest top brands operating in South Africa to join the world's prestigious group of Superbrands. 16 Oct 2005

South African National Parks appoints Enterprise IG

South African National Parks (SANParks), the country's premier conservation entity whose system of national parks represent South Africa's leading wildlife tourism destinations, has appointed Enterprise IG as their brand consultant for the next three years, covering 21 national parks across the country. 4 Oct 2005

studio m DBC wins the HESA (Higher Education South Africa) account

HESA was launched on the 1st of June 2005 and marks the coming of the representative organisation for universities, the South African Universities Vice-Chancellors Association (SAUVCA) and the Committee of Technikon Principles (CTP) respectively. 4 Oct 2005