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  • Investing in South African heritage brands

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    Small and medium-sized businesses contribute significantly to the economic growth of South Africa by creating jobs, alleviating poverty, distribution of income and innovation. Yet, data from New World Health and Henley […]

  • Celebrating recycling – one of the levers of the green economy

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    Recycling is rapidly emerging as one of the key drivers of business transformation globally. For South Africa, it has huge potential to help the country find ways to build a […]

  • An agency as a brand owner – good or bad?

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    HaveYouHeard, founded 14 years ago as a word-of-mouth marketing specialist, has grown organically to become a full-service integrated communications agency and the engine room for a group of innovative, specialist […]

  • State of outdoor media in South Africa – a development perspective

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    Out of home (OOH) media has experienced a thrilling revival over the past year or so, coinciding with the loosening of Covid-19’s grip on the world. From a development and […]

  • Publicis Groupe appoints Koo Govender as Chief Executive Officer, Africa

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    Publicis Groupe has announced that Koo Govender will join as the new Chief Executive Officer: Publicis Groupe Africa on 1 February 2023. She will take over from John Dixon who […]

  • Celebrate forests with us during FSC Forest Week 2022

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    By choosing sustainably sourced materials, you are helping to care for the forests. Be a part of sustainable change. This year from 24th to 30th September, we invite you to participate in […]

  • Connection remains key to customer service, despite changing expectations

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    By Linda Saunders, Director Solution Engineering at Salesforce South Africa  The role of customer service is fundamentally shifting amid changing customer behaviours, rising expectations and economic uncertainty. Even as industry […]

  • Why paper encourages virtuous decision making

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    By Erwin Busselot, Director Business Innovation & Solutions, Ricoh Graphic Communications, Ricoh Europe The pandemic and the shift to remote and hybrid work accelerated many changes in digitalisation and online […]

  • Pineapple’s new campaign is a no-BS approach to advertising

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    Unless you live under a rock, you’ve been sure to notice Pineapple’s billboard campaign around Joburg, Pretoria and Cape Town that launched on 1 September. It’s received attention, admiration, some […]

  • Field Force: A sales and merchandising storm to be reckoned with

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    In a Post Covid-19 landscape accompanied with contracted consumer spending, the need for face-to-face sales and merchandising remains imperative for brands, if not more important than before. Ultimately, brands need […]

  • Greenwashing advertising sometimes misses the mark

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    By Dashni Vilakazi, Managing Director at The MediaShop Greenwashing is essentially promoting products and services that are good for the planet and its people – a noble cause at first […]

  • How to manage cybersecurity in a risk-averse world

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    In its African Cyberthreat Assessment Report for 2021, Interpol found that at a conservative estimate, cyberattacks are costing the country some R2.2-billion annually. Research by antivirus provider Kaspersky also found […]

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