POPAI USA – OMA Award Winners
As you many of you are aware the POPAI USA chapter run a large yearly competition (like POPAI SA) to recongise the best display in the US. This competition was held this month at Global Shop and results are out. Click Here to have a look at the winners (images will be loaded shortly).
SA POP Agencies Win Global Awards
Point of Purchase Advertising International (POPAI) today announced the winners of the 2nd annual POPAI Global Marketing At Retail Awards. The winners were revealed at the Retail Innovation Theatre on the floor of GlobalShop 2012 in Las Vegas, NV. In total, over 200 nominees were eligible to participate in this year’s POPAI Global Marketing At [...]
South Africa: Country Online Retail Sales Up 30 Percent in 2010
Online retail in South Africa has entered a phase of sustained acceleration, according to research recently released by World Wide Worx. The Online Retail in SA 2011 study shows that the total spent on online retail goods in South Africa in 2010 passed the R2-billion mark for the first time. It reached R2.028-billion, growing at [...]
Pioneer Foods Targets AVI-Led Biscuit Market in South Africa, Hanekom Says
Pioneer Foods Ltd. (PFG), a South African food producer, plans to take 10 percent of the country’s biscuit market, led by AVI Ltd. (AVI), as a “first step” after opening a new plant, Managing Director Andre Hanekom said. The company, which will drop the Kwalilty Biscuit brand it bought in 2004 and start introducing an [...]
Parmalat South Africa – Cream of the crop
Parmalat South Africa’s operations director Hannes Wagener and marketing executive Cathy Eve talk to Gay Sutton about expanding the market for quality and innovative dairy products and increasing operational efficiency. South Africa is a country of infinite colour and variety, and in many respects that variety is reflected in the array of foods that are [...]
South Africa joins IPC green initiative
The International Post Corporation (IPC) has confirmed that South African Post Office (SAPO) will participate in its Environmental Measurement and Monitoring System (EMMS). The agreement was signed by Kgabo Mokgohloa, head of environmental sustainability at SAPO, and Jane Dyer, director of markets and communications at IPC. SAPO is the first postal operator outside IPC membership [...]
Greener building techniques begin to gain traction in South Africa
The green building industry in South Africa is showing signs of maturation, with increasing numbers of architects, engineers and product suppliers showing interest in the sector, not only to discover more about it and understand it, but seeking ways in which to successfully implement and create greener buildings. The recent Green Building conference, held in [...]
Busa: SA’s growth on track
South Africa’s economy was still expected to grow at a rate of 3.4 percent this year despite the global financial turmoil, Business Unity SA (Busa) said on Thursday. “As Busa’s forecast for economic growth as a whole in 2011 of about 3.4 percent has always been conservative, we believe that any immediate revision of this [...]
S.Africa’s rand, bonds weaker, stock futures down
South African assets were weaker in early Friday trade but the rand looked to recover after a volatile week of trading while investors try to make sense of the global rout. Bonds were also weaker as yields corrected after a rally, while the stock market looked to open lower. The rand was at a session [...]
Brands on social media: adding value or not?
From your local coffee shop all the way to the likes of Coca-Cola, ever-increasing numbers of brands are taking advantage of the vast opportunities that social media can offer, but are they adding value for their brands? Are they adding real value for consumers? And should all brands even be engaging on social media? The [...]
POPAI Awards 2012
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