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[Craig Schwabe] Craig Schwabe will explore how geospatial data on retail facilities and competitors, target markets and consumer behaviour and their spatial interactions influence the development of optimized retail networks in South Africa... |
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[Lauren Hartzenberg] The Cannabis Expo in Cape Town provided a glimpse of the vast array of business opportunities that are emerging as legislation and policies around cannabis ease in South Africa... |
 | Shop! Association has released the 'Easter at Retail World Wide 2021' in-store report featuring images of in-store activations from 11 different countries, including South Africa. The in-store activities are from grocery retail, cosmetics and fashion.    
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| Sandton City has partnered with five local designers, including Gert-Johan Coetzee, Fundudzi by Craig Jacobs and Hangwani Nengovhela from Rubicon, for this exhibition which showcases 14 sustainable fashion garments.For more information about Sandton City's sustainability initiatives or the Fashion Exhibition, please contact Harding taryn.harding@epsgroup.co.za.    
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[Lauren Hartzenberg] AllFashion Sourcing, the annual trade show for the apparel, textile, footwear and leather industry, will this year be hosted on a virtual platform from 3-5 November 2020... |
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[Lauren Hartzenberg] More than 14,000 South Africans have officially signed up to partake in this year's Veganuary campaign, joining 350,000 other people across more than 150 countries... |
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[Lauren Hartzenberg] Durban-born Amanda Rabinowitz started her career as a school teacher, but the "entrepreneurial bug" soon bit and she's now the proud owner of a growing experiential events business... |
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[Lauren Hartzenberg] The winners of this year's IPSA Gold Pack Awards, the premier showcase for the South African packaging industry, was announced at Inanda Club in Sandton on 30 October... |
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[Lauren Hartzenberg] Trailblazers within South Africa's retail and shopping centre industry were recognised at the 23rd South African Council of Shopping Centres' Annual Congress... |
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[Maroefah Smith] You don't have to shy away from using your social awareness or 'wokeness' to grow your business. In fact, it might do better if you do... |
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[Lauren Hartzenberg] Traditional brick and mortar retailers still have a future despite the boom in online retail, but they have to be open to change... |
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[Maroefah Smith] Ramona Kasavan is taking over Africa one sanitary towel at a time. She started her company, Mimi Women, after seeing large numbers of girls missing school over their monthly menses... |
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[Lauren Hartzenberg] Product of the Year South Africa's CEO Preetesh Sewraj shares think points on using design and insights to get more out of your physical stores... |
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[Lauren Hartzenberg] Whether you are a retailer, brand or manufacturer, the need to proactively manage social compliance issues in your supply chain has never been greater... |
 | SOUTH AFRICA  Lionel October Manufacturing is an indispensable sector if South Africa is to achieve its economic growth targets in future... |
| SOUTH AFRICA  ©Rudmer Zwerver via 123RF In his keynote address to the Manufacturing Indaba, Department of Trade and Industry director-general, Lionel October, referred to the Industrial Policy Action Plan 2018 and its focus on key themes... |
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[Danette Breitenbach] Innovation happens at the speed of trust, not the speed of technology. Roby Stancel from Virtual Consulting International explains this using the automotive industry as an example... |
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[Danette Breitenbach] What took 100 days before, now takes 100 seconds. Manufacturing cannot continue to operate as it always has, and without some type of innovation it will not survive... |
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[Danette Breitenbach] The two countries with the lowest employment in the world, Germany and Japan, are also home to the world's most automated manufacturing industries in the world... |
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[Danette Breitenbach] For manufacturers to stay ahead they need to think consciously about the next thing and come up with the next thing... |
