Retail Multimedia South Africa

The IPSA Gold Pack Awards was recently held at the at Inanda Club in Sandton, Johannesburg. Dating back to 1973, the annual event celebrates local companies in the packaging industry that are driving innovation and professionalism. Read more here.

The new Edgars Beauty I’mPerfection campaign ad challenges standardised ideals of beauty. Directed by Fausto Becatti of Bioscope Films, the one-minute long ad aims to encourage people to embrace their flaws and imperfections. The ad features an array of boundary-breaking beauties including Matte Jacobs, Lexa Cleo, Smash Afrika, Yasmin Furmie, Charli x Boi and Mihlali Ndamase.

The country's best restaurants were honoured at the 2019 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards, which was held at GrandWest in Cape Town on the 17 November 2019. The Western Cape's restaurants cleaned up - taking most of the top honours including the number one spot, which went to La Colombe.

Kraken Rum has made its way to South Africa, launching on 15 October at the Jagger Lounge in Cape Town. The rum is imported from the Caribbean and is made with 13 different secret spices.

The 23rd South African Council of Shopping Centres' Annual Congress (SACSC) took place from 16 to 18 October 2019 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Over 1,300 delegates gathered for the three-day event to learn from a host of local and international speakers how the retail industry is transforming. Read more on the event here.

The Darling Hair Exceptional Woman Awards took place at Fairlawns Boutique and Spa in Sandton on Saturday, 19 October 2019.

The 2019 Galliova Awards was held at the Tokara Wine Estate in Stellenbosch. The awards honour the country's most outstanding food writers for their excellence in food writing, styling and the overall promotion of SA's food culture and local health writers for their writing excellence and balanced reporting on health and nutrition issues.

In recognition of National Marine Week this October, over 80 adidas staff members and friends of the brand cleaned up the Black River in Cape Town.

On Friday, 11 October, 2019, Cape Town South Africa hosted the first-ever New York Runway ZA, featuring a collective of designers fresh off the New York Fashion Week Runway.

Leo Burnett South Africa looked at the younger generation – and all they do – when coming up for a concept for the new Kellogg’s ad. Leo Burnett South Africa creative director Donovan Bryan says: “We asked ourselves, who among us is doing the most? Our answer was, our kids.” Kellogg’s recently added essential vitamins and minerals to its cereal. “The kids of today are doing more than anyone else. There’s this general mentality of being more goal-orientated than previous generations. We wanted to showcase how the nutrients and energy provided early in the morning, translates into momentum for the rest of the day. Kids who do more, need more. Kids who do great things need a great breakfast,” concludes Bryan....

A Memi Jewellery retail store launched in Canal Walk Shopping Centre on 2 October. Each guest at the launch received a gift card and a personalised sterling silver Motif Disc necklace. The store offers Memi's full range of collections across 9kt yellow gold, white gold, rose gold and sterling silver.

Diesel hosted an event at Fourways Mall, Johannesburg on 19 September to celebrate the launch of its new D4D concept store and the 'Enjoy Before Returning' campaign. The store is a new retail experience revolved around flexibility. Its design is hyper-dynamic and adjustable, unbound to the structural ramifications and expectations of the location. The Enjoy Before Returning campaign is a playful, nonconformist stance on the controversial topic of Wardrobing, which is defined as the practice of purchasing an item, using it, and then returning it to the store for a refund....

Food Lover’s Market has launched an online campaign that asks the question: “What does heritage taste like to you”. The campaign considers the nostalgia of eating food that reminds us of home and heritage. The campaign will run on the Food Lover’s Market digital platforms and in conjunction with the Food Lover’s Market brand partners.

The first Cape Town edition of Pantone Sundays took place in Bree Street. Pantone Sundays is a colour-themed party hosted by Nandi Dlepu in partnership with Skyy Vodka.

Banjoman Films director Dermot Malone has directed Brown Thomas’s first brand campaign. The Irish department store’s cinematic two-minute film, ‘Belong Together’, maps a romantic journey between two people, beginning with the initial electric meeting of their eyes meeting across the room. Dermot also wrote the story and screenplay with help from collaborator Steve Kenny.