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| |  | COLLEEN HARRISON 2022 will be about making payment processes as frictionless as possible, by minimising the barriers of buying - from alternative payment methods to improved banking integration, says PayFast's Colleen Harrison... Read |  | Radical lifestyle shifts motivated consumers to make intentional, mindful and ambitious decisions in 2021. Now, consumers are putting their plans into motion... Read |  | NDEYE DIAGNE, ISSUED BY KANTAR The story of Africa's informal sector is often painted in a bad light, but it doesn't have to be... Read |  | NDEYE DIAGNE, ISSUED BY KANTAR Despite the political, social, and economic challenges of the continent, the opportunities are boundless... Read |  | SINENHLANHLA MAMBI, ISSUED BY NIVEA Given South Africa's massive social challenges of youth unemployment reaching an all-time high of 64.40% in 2021, there is an even greater responsibility for brands to look at ways of creating employment opportunities in 2022... Read |  | PAUL VAN DEN BERG Disruptions by the pandemic have forced the acceleration of e-commerce innovation and digitisation, says Paul van den Berg, CE for Oliver Africa... Read |
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 | Coca-Cola Africa has launched Jamii, a new sustainability platform that aims to help accelerate the impact of its existing and new initiatives... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY STUDIO[K]IRMACK If businesses have learned anything from 2021, it's that top-notch product shots are nonnegotiable. The way customers shop has changed forever - online retail is the new normal, making high-quality photos more important than ever before... Read |
 | OneDayOnly's Jessica van der Westhuyzen shares her three most valuable insights to ensure your e-commerce journey gets off to the best start possible in 2022... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PAYFLEX January - or JanuWorry as it is known - is extremely stressful for many South Africans faced with the consequences of festive season holiday splurges and back to school costs... Read |
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 | The celebrated French couturier and designer died at aged 73 of natural causes... Read |
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 | Labat Africa, which aims to be the number one healthcare company in SA with a focus on medicinal cannabis, is diversifying its offerings through strategic acquisitions and retail expansion... Read |
 | Tiger Brands has named Barati Mahloele as the company's Venture Capital Fund director... Read |
 | MASEGO MAFATA About 70 striking workers from Clover marched through Johannesburg's inner city calling on the public to boycott Clover products... Read |
 | FutureLife has launched a direct-to-customer e-commerce platform, offering shoppers access to the full assortment of products for delivery to their door... Read |
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 | The informal economy in sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 38% of the region's GDP... Read |
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 | As omnichannel retail momentum accelerates, the value of global e-commerce payment transactions will exceed $7.5tn by 2026, from $4.9tn in 2021... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BORDERLESS ACCESS Understanding how shoppers think and behave over busy holiday shopping periods can be extremely helpful for brands and retail platforms in order to enhance their customer shopping experience, be it online or in-store... Read |
 | South Africans' deep appreciation of money, time, and relationships has resulted in the creation of a whole new set of value systems and priorities... Read |
 | Wunderman Thompson's 8th edition of The Future 100: 2022 has launched... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY HAMILTONS IN CREATIVE COMPANY Hamiltons Advertising has seen a return to traditional shopping through increased consumer dwell time in two recently opened client stores... Read |
 | EWOUDT CLOETE 2021 was an interesting year for marketing, as more businesses - big and small - turned to digital to reach... Read |
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 | Pick n Pay has introduced a new service that allows motorists to renew car licences in-store instead of standing in long queues... Read |
 | SHAFIEK TASSIEM, WENDELL ROELF AND TIM COCKS A South African court on Friday postponed a ruling on the lawsuit trying to halt construction of Amazon's new Africa headquarters... Read |
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 | Stats SA reports that South Africa's retail trade sales increased by 3.3% year-on-year in November 2021... Read |
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 | GEORGE OBULUTSA The mobile commerce platform and goods distributor has raised $50m to fund its expansion into the rest of Africa... Read |
 | EDWARD SWEENEY Supply chains are facing a complex and unpredictable world in the year ahead... Read |
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 | The eThekwini Furniture Cluster is offering a new Unemployed Youth Skills Development Programme to empower youth and improve core capabilities in South Africa's furniture sector... Read |
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 | KATJA HAMILTON While the majority of the world's population has already received two doses of Covid-19 vaccines, only 7% of Africa's population has been immunised. Can WHO attain its goal to vaccinate 70% of all of the world's countries by mid-year?... Read |
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