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Piatto grows with black franchisees
September 21, 2007, 7:29 am
Filed under: Local News

Piatto Mediterranean Kitchen had struck a deal with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to provide five black economic empowerment (BEE) franchisees with their own outlets, financial director Pano Economou said yesterday.

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Retail confidence keeps shining despite shadows
September 21, 2007, 7:24 am
Filed under: Retail

Confidence in the retail sector dipped in the third quarter of the year on higher interest rates and a new credit law, but retailers remained upbeat, a new survey showed yesterday.

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Long live the experience economy
September 21, 2007, 6:01 am
Filed under: Education, Retail, Trends

The next frontier of marketing is about winning the hearts and minds of customers through being the best at what your business is about.

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Music revolutionises brand recall abilities
September 21, 2007, 5:57 am
Filed under: Branding, Retail

Music, memory and marketing will become integral to the creation and promotion of brands, says Craig Cesman, CEO of DMX Music, who explores the cognitive effect that music has on memory and a consumer market’s ability to recall brands.

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We know what you’ll buy next…
September 21, 2007, 5:51 am
Filed under: Retail

According to an article in the most recent issue of First-Perspective, a First Marketing publication, when researchers use a combination of demographic and psychographic analysis, they can predict an individual consumer’s next purchase with up to 82% accuracy.

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Shop of the pops
September 21, 2007, 5:47 am
Filed under: Retail, Trends

Want to hear the latest hits and be exposed to the latest trends and sounds?

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Blending branding, design and digital
September 21, 2007, 5:42 am
Filed under: Branding

Brent Campbell, digital design director of recently launched Switch Digital Cape Town, explains that with the web becoming a stronger business platform for brands to communicate with their target market, it was essential for Switch to give its clients a full set of brand solutions under one umbrella.

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Branding for the environment: legislative aspects and costs
September 21, 2007, 5:09 am
Filed under: Branding, Environment, Retail, Trends

Pierre Mare’s previous columns have looked at the circumstances and knowledge surrounding climate change, the impacts and aspects of consumer branding.

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Cashbuild to grow on infrastructure
September 21, 2007, 4:44 am
Filed under: Local Company News

Cashbuild would add market share through a redistribution of wealth in employment as the government launched its multibillion-rand infrastructure development, chief executive Patrick Goldrick said yesterday. S

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Wellness Warehouse guns for all niche health markets
September 20, 2007, 6:21 am
Filed under: Local Company News, People in the industry, Retail, Trends

The previous owners of the De La Rey group have launched a new, big-box health store under the Wellness Warehouse concept, in a bid to capture this fragmented market.

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