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GARETH PEARSON
In all our years of watching and researching consumer trends, this is the first time that the evidence we are gathering points to an overwhelming digital influence... read
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DANIEL LOGAN
SA is a dynamic and arguably unique market: a growing segment of our consumers are sophisticated, globalised and have many of the same expectations as their peers in more developed markets... read
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KEVIN TUCKER
We've been sitting on the cusp of a huge wave of growth in online retail for many years now. The deluge of new customers has still not arrived, but consistent organic growth has been relatively good... Read
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DAVID DREW
There's a major shake-up happening in the plastic manufacturing industry. And the change is happening remarkably quickly across the world for converters and brands alike... Read
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HANNERIE VISSER - STUDIO H
Studio H have compiled their research, insights, observations, interrogations, and intuitive gut feel of what is to come into a future food report broken down into the eight chapters here... Read
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CHANTEL BOTHA
At the end of every year I take out my crystal ball, dust it off and think about the future... Read
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DANIELLA SHAPIRO
Millennials are at the forefront of a global movement towards moving your body more. Gym is in. Enter athleisure. The trend is a blend of sporty sexy and holistic health consciousness... Read
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PROFESSOR ELAIN VLOK
The operating environment for corporate social investment (CSI) initiatives for 2019 and beyond is being reshaped by changing business models and digital disruption... Read
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E-commerce
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Jimnojean is a new online retail destination founded by Keagan Carlin, focused on offering shoppers a curated selection of decor, art, beauty and lifestyle products... Read
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An e-commerce lifestyle brand, Eila Chérie will officially launch on 9 January 2019. This forward-thinking, female-focused brand represents a community-based approach to entrepreneurship... Read
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Fashion & Homeware
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The global fashion sector has increased momentum to address climate change by launching the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. Premier fashion brands, retailers, and supplier organisations have agreed... Read
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Luxury fashion label Prada has been lambasted for selling monkey-like figurines with overly large red lips in a style reminiscent of racist caricatures of black people... Read
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As part of Edgars' refreshed branding strategy, the department store chain is collaborating more with South African creatives. The recently released Sho Madjozi Collection is one of the fruits of the approach... Read
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Everli Baby, the creation of sister-duo, Nina and Sally Nortier, is celebrating its first birthday in business this month. Like the one-year-old babies this company often clothes, it has grown substantially in its short life.... Read
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FMCG
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DEBBIE HATHWAY
Debbie Hathway chats to SA brand ambassador Jessica Witzel about the nuances of the new Martell VSOP Red Barrel expression... Read
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Glacéau smartwater - America's leading water brand - is now available in South Africa... Read
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KRISTY LEISSLE
'Tis the season to eat chocolate. And for the chocolate industry, there's nothing sweeter, since this is the time of year when it enjoys a spike in sales and, at least for some, rising profits... Read
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DR HENNIE RAS
A recent development has been implemented as a value chain solution stretching across five consecutive roles in the cotton and cotton products value chain, aiming to still link up the remaining three to four roles to complete the journey from cotton farmers to consumers of cotton-based garments and fashion... Read
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Food & bev. services
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Innova Market Insights from Arnhem in the Netherlands, said targeting increasingly adventurous consumers set on new discoveries and experiences, will be key to developments in the food and beverage industry in 2019... Read
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Green Sustainability
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ADRIAN R. CAMILLERI, DALIA PATINO-ECHEVERRI AND RI
What did you have for dinner last night? Might you have made a different choice if you had a simple way to compare the environmental impacts of different foods? Read
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Packaging
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NATHAN CRITCHLOW AND DANIELLE MITCHELL
Bans on tobacco advertising, promotion, sponsorship and open display in shops in the UK encouraged tobacco companies to make the pack the hero. So they opposed plain packaging and claimed there was no evidence... Read
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Research
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Between 40% and 80% of purchases are impulse buys. Marketers often get blamed for this, but while marketing tactics may be cynical, manipulative, and even deceptive, shoppers are generally wise to their ways. Read
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JOSHUA NEWTON
Christmas trees in the aisles. Baubles hanging from the ceiling. Carols playing on the in-store speakers. Tinsel around the cash register... Read
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Retail Marketing
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Pernod Ricard recently announced that Charl Bassil is leaving Pernod Ricard SA to go and head up Absolut Vodka globally... Read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Food Lover's Market recently launched its new festive food range together with a new campaign and cookbook in time for the festive season... Read
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JESSICA TENNANT
With the launch of its combos, RocoMamas took real-life testimonial tweets about the new offering and applied them to billboard sites across the country, including the Twitter handles of their customers... Read
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DION CHANG, KHUMO THEKO
The year 2020 is seen as a landmark for various global policy and technology developments, even as the world struggles to recalibrate from the political, economic and socio-cultural upheavals of 2018... Read
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