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Peak season 2025/26: 3 must-do marketing priorities for South African retail

Retail Marketing

Peak season 2025/26: 3 must-do marketing priorities for South African retail

Anwar Jappie, Issued by Google 4 hours

New awards highlight top MICE social media performers in Africa

Tourism

New awards highlight top MICE social media performers in Africa

4 hours

Cautious consumers set the tone for Black Friday 2025

Retail Marketing

Cautious consumers set the tone for Black Friday 2025

Issued by NielsenIQ 4 hours

Private labels are changing SA's health and beauty market dynamics

Health & Beauty

Private labels are changing SA's health and beauty market dynamics

5 hours

New activation team: The Kaya 959 street squad

Radio & Audio

New activation team: The Kaya 959 street squad

Issued by Kaya 959 5 hours

Flash Gala case study highlights rising importance of branding in fresh produce

Agro-processing

Flash Gala case study highlights rising importance of branding in fresh produce

6 hours

Black Friday has become one of the loudest and most predictable days in the marketing calendar. Penquin’s strategy director, Thando Mxosa, says the noise has disguised how disconnected brands have become from the people they’re meant to serve (Image source: © 123rf )

Marketing

Has Black Friday become a reflex for brands?

Thando Mxosa 6 hours

Winning logistics strategies for Black Friday 2025

Supply Chain

Winning logistics strategies for Black Friday 2025

Lebo Letsoalo 6 hours

VML’s Future Shopper Report 2025 reveals 3 crucial Black Friday trends

Trends

VML’s Future Shopper Report 2025 reveals 3 crucial Black Friday trends

6 hours

Luxury shoppers are not only looking towards well-known brands like Gucci. Source: Luxity.

Retail

SA shoppers look beyond popular luxury brands

Karabo Ledwaba 8 hours

Regine le Roux, founder and managing director, Reputation Matters, says the trend of brands issuing tongue-in-cheek “apology” notices written in the style of crisis communication misses the mark (Source: © 123rf )

PR & Communications

The “Mock Apology” trend: A case of brands crying wolf

Regine le Roux 8 hours

Dale Hefer, CEO of the Nedbank IMC on stage at this year's Nedbank IMC. The official 2025 Nedbank IMC White Paper has been released (Image source: © IMC)

IMC Conference

2025 Nedbank IMC White Paper: 5 calls to action for marketers

1 day

Social Media

Novus Media welcomes Makhosazana Nkosi to the team

1 day

Influence or illusion

Marketing

Influence or illusion

Jonty Fisher, Issued by Publicis Groupe Africa 1 day

SA's first Walmart store confirms opening date

Retailers

SA's first Walmart store confirms opening date

1 day

Eighty20 reveals coffee consumption in SA on the rise despite soaring prices

FMCG

Eighty20 reveals coffee consumption in SA on the rise despite soaring prices

1 day

Leadership lessons from building an agency: How the Key brothers are shaping Moonsport

Marketing

Leadership lessons from building an agency: How the Key brothers are shaping Moonsport

Issued by Moonsport 1 day

10 marketing trends for 2026

Marketing

10 marketing trends for 2026

Issued by Kantar 1 day

Advertising

Why people trust influencers more than brands – and what that means for the future of marketing

Kelley Cours Anderson 1 day

Rogerwilco sweeps 2025 Assegai Awards with 16 wins, including coveted Best in Class honour

Direct Marketing

Rogerwilco sweeps 2025 Assegai Awards with 16 wins, including coveted Best in Class honour

Issued by Rogerwilco 1 day

Why South African thought leaders love the Business Talk podcast

Media

Why South African thought leaders love the Business Talk podcast

Issued by Broad Media 1 day

Tiger Brands Enterprise Development initiative supports growth of township and rural-based emerging and small businesses

SMEs

Tiger Brands Enterprise Development initiative supports growth of township and rural-based emerging and small businesses

Issued by Tiger Brands 2 days

Lessons from the Runway: What advertising can learn from the fashion industry

FMCG

Lessons from the Runway: What advertising can learn from the fashion industry

Issued by Ebony+Ivory 2 days

Caxton launches new integrated media solution with unrivalled reach

Media

Caxton launches new integrated media solution with unrivalled reach

Issued by Caxton Media 2 days

Advertising

ComStrat - The bridge between brand strategy and media strategy

Issued by Advertising Media Forum 2 days

IP Law

Public domain vs commercial use: Why Disney is drawing battle lines over Mickey Mouse jewellery

Nishaat Slamdien 2 days

From Soweto to supermarkets: Conza’s Biscuits scales up with Tiger Brands collab

Supply Chain

From Soweto to supermarkets: Conza’s Biscuits scales up with Tiger Brands collab

2 days

Gloot surpasses R200m in revenue within 2 years

Health & Beauty

Gloot surpasses R200m in revenue within 2 years

Issued by Gloot 2 days

Offernet wins 4 Assegai Awards for Innovation in South African Performance Marketing

Direct Marketing

Offernet wins 4 Assegai Awards for Innovation in South African Performance Marketing

Issued by Offernet 14 Nov 2025

Early-bird tickets now live for the 2026 Mzansi Young Farmers Indaba

Agriculture

Early-bird tickets now live for the 2026 Mzansi Young Farmers Indaba

Issued by YehBaby Marketing Creatives 14 Nov 2025

South Africa’s top entrepreneurs and small businesses crowned at the 2025 South African Small Business Awards

SMEs

South Africa’s top entrepreneurs and small businesses crowned at the 2025 South African Small Business Awards

Issued by NSBC.Africa 14 Nov 2025

4th Industrial Revolution

#AfricaTechFestival: Honor backs R171bn AI smartphone plan

Imran Salie 14 Nov 2025

Advertising

Nando’s Oh What a Place!: From category noise to cultural signal

14 Nov 2025

Ogilvy South Africa and Yum! took the top industry honours at the Marketing and Media Alliance sub-Saharan Africa's 2025 Smarties (image supplied)

Marketing

Ogilvy and Yum! take top honours at MMA SSA Smarties

14 Nov 2025

MetaLab now on shelves at Checkers nationwide

FMCG

MetaLab now on shelves at Checkers nationwide

14 Nov 2025

Be on high alert this Black Friday, says consumer lawyer

Sales

Be on high alert this Black Friday, says consumer lawyer

14 Nov 2025

Revlon and Champion team up to launch first-ever signature fragrance

Health & Beauty

Revlon and Champion team up to launch first-ever signature fragrance

14 Nov 2025

Understanding the growing emotional drivers behind consumer choice

FMCG

Understanding the growing emotional drivers behind consumer choice

Issued by TLC Worldwide Africa 13 Nov 2025

Can the Sunlight bar become a youth icon through #RaiseTheBar?

Marketing

Can the Sunlight bar become a youth icon through #RaiseTheBar?

Karabo Ledwaba 13 Nov 2025

$South Africa’s first accredited shopper marketing course has launched. Iamge: From left to right: Ted Miller - corporate learning design team lead, Red & Yellow, Mary-Leigh Abramson - head of corporate relations, Red & Yellow, Kirsty Peters - senior business relationship manager, Red & Yellow, Di Wilson - managing director of Integer\Hotspot and founder of SHOP! SA (Image supplied)$

Education

SA’s first accredited shopper marketing course launches

13 Nov 2025

Atzaró Cape Town achieves 831% return on Google Ads investment with Cape Marketing Agency

Marketing

Atzaró Cape Town achieves 831% return on Google Ads investment with Cape Marketing Agency

Issued by Cape Marketing Agency 13 Nov 2025

In 2026, there will be changes to the Cannes Lions Awards (Image source: © Bizcommunity)

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2026: A new Creative Brand Lions and other changes

13 Nov 2025

When a global powerhouse like the BBC ends up apologising for a “misleading edit” of Donald Trump’s speech - a move that’s now sparked resignations and a potential $1bn lawsuit - it shakes more than their newsroom. It shakes faith in journalism itself (Image supplied)

Media Freedom

The BBC-Trump saga: Questioning integrity in journalism and PR

Hayley Hillary 13 Nov 2025

"Belief economy" drives retail property investments in local communities

Commercial Property

"Belief economy" drives retail property investments in local communities

13 Nov 2025

Aesthetic Medicine

Innovation, experience, and expansion: Trendier AI's 2026 K-beauty forecast

Maroefah Smith 13 Nov 2025

Purpose pays: How young entrepreneurs can build businesses with impact

SMEs

Purpose pays: How young entrepreneurs can build businesses with impact

Jeremy Lang, Issued by Business Partners Limited 12 Nov 2025

Location Bank releases SME White Paper to help businesses win and grow in the digital economy

SMEs

Location Bank releases SME White Paper to help businesses win and grow in the digital economy

Issued by Location Bank 12 Nov 2025

We Are Egg to open flagship beauty store at The Zone

Health & Beauty

We Are Egg to open flagship beauty store at The Zone

13 Nov 2025

Mall of Africa sweeps top honours at 2025 industry awards

Retail Marketing

Mall of Africa sweeps top honours at 2025 industry awards

Issued by Mall of Africa 12 Nov 2025