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I have just retuned from a trip to Europe and visited the Euroshop trade fair in Germany (The largest retail store equipment exhibition) and it is very interesting to have observed that South Africa is no longer behind from a retail design, concept and shopfitting point of view!
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The Design Indaba 2008 will again present Specialist Indabas that complement the main conference programme. Focusing on architecture, jewellery and lifestyle, sectors identified as key areas of development in South Africa, these sessions will run alongside the expo this year, allowing attendance by conference delegates and the public. Jewellery Indaba Pioneer of nanocrystalline diamond, inventor of the multiple ring set and widely regarded as one of the world’s leading studio jewellers, Wendy Ramshaw (UK) is not to be missed. Ramshaw will share the podium with Swiss designer Christoph Zellweger, who is considered one of the most thought provoking and stimulating jewellery designers in Europe. (more…)
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The Dome in Northgate, Johanesburg, was in flames earlier this week when up to 6000 Nandocas (Nandos employees) from all the nine provinces in South Africa gathered for Nando’s 20th birthday celebration. All of Nando’s resturants were closed for business on the day and no Nando’s chicken was made or sold.
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Requesting an agency to invest time and resources in a free pitch – with no guaranteed outcome – is indefensible, most would agree. But how different is it to invite an agency to participate in a tender?
After almost 14 months of construction, Pick ‘n Pay’s much-anticipated New Evolution Norwood Hypermarket opened its doors for business on Tuesday, 4 September.
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Design: not your traditional contribution to a non-profit organisation, yet one that can make all the difference in the world, according to Joanne McLaren, marketing and communications manager, Starfish Greathearts Foundation.
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When Mark Reyneke, Marketing Manager of Western Cape Milling, one of the largest independent producers of flour to leading retailers, followed up on a referral when looking for a creative design agency, little did he know that this meeting would transform their business, launch the company into a new retail concept and deliver bottom line results that almost tripled their sales expectations within one year. The brief was simple.
Algoran are proud to announce that we were presented with an award for our Green By Design Stand!
We are also for the first time co-hosting a stand at Decorex at the Sandton convention centre in August 2007 with the Design magazine and the theme is Green by Design. We have invited various product suppliers that are manufacturing recycled raw materials. We hope that in conjunction with Decorex we will be able to grow this platform to full exhibition halls in the future. Any one interested please contact David Abrahamse of Algoran (082) 774 1385 or Cameron Bramley of the Design magazine (082) 882 8124
