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Top 10 countries most addicted to online shopping | China tops the list, UK and US follow closely

Source: The Good Things Guy Re.Bag.Re.Use was the only winner from Africa in the Global Alliance World Public Relations and Communication Awards 2024

Re.Bag.Re.Use: Africa's only winner at the Global Alliance World PR and Communication Awards 2024

28 Nov 2024

AB InBev is the official beer partner of Fifa Club World Cup 2025 (Image supplied)

AB InBev extends Fifa sponsorship to Fifa Club World Cup 2025

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2020 global online holiday sales predicted to grow 30% - Salesforce

2020 global online holiday sales predicted to grow 30% - Salesforce

21 Oct 2020

L'Oréal announces winners of Beauty Tech for Good Challenge

L'Oréal announces winners of Beauty Tech for Good Challenge

14 Oct 2020

Smart African retailers are rising from the ashes. Here's how

Smart African retailers are rising from the ashes. Here's how

Lee Naik 13 Oct 2020

Getting real about virtual events

Getting real about virtual events

Bizcommunity.com 9 Oct 2020

How the decline in Chinese tourists around the world has hit the luxury sector

How the decline in Chinese tourists around the world has hit the luxury sector

Xiaoqing Chen and Carol Zhang 1 Oct 2020

Majority of tobacco giants failing to advance harm reduction

Majority of tobacco giants failing to advance harm reduction

28 Sep 2020

Converse strengthens commitment to youth mentorship and empowerment

Converse strengthens commitment to youth mentorship and empowerment

23 Sep 2020

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Stephanie B. Borrelle 18 Sep 2020

Honey-alcohol fermentation experiment with chopped “moerwortel” plant additive, Glia prolifera. Neil Rusch

Does alcohol have an undisclosed African heritage?

Neil Rusch 15 Sep 2020

Shoprite CEO Pieter Engelbrecht

Shoprite plans to close stores in Kenya

9 Sep 2020

Gustavo via Pexels

Global consumers ease back into in-store shopping - report

4 Sep 2020

Global food prices rise in August

Global food prices rise in August

3 Sep 2020

Timberland strives for net positivity by 2030

Timberland strives for net positivity by 2030

2 Sep 2020

Letlhogonolo Thobejane

#WomensMonth: KFC's Nolo Thobejane on achieving QSR success in Africa

Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Aug 2020

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Roque Online is connecting informal traders to larger markets in Angola

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Roque Online is connecting informal traders to larger markets in Angola

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2020

Builders expands to East Africa with first store in Kenya

Builders expands to East Africa with first store in Kenya

19 Aug 2020

1 in 4 consumers tried a new brand during pandemic - global report

12 Aug 2020

Do you know where your coffee comes from? The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of knowing about our supply chains. Here, a woman carries harvested coffee beans in a coffee plantation in Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique, in August 2019. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

The coronavirus pandemic requires us to understand food's murky supply chains

Cory Searcy and Pavel Castka 6 Aug 2020

Global food prices continue to rise in July

Global food prices continue to rise in July

6 Aug 2020

Andrew Stein on how Game is rediscovering its retail mojo

Andrew Stein on how Game is rediscovering its retail mojo

Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Jul 2020

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Food giants appointing teams to focus on plant-based products

30 Jul 2020

Network International to acquire DPO in landmark pan-African payments deal

Network International to acquire DPO in landmark pan-African payments deal

29 Jul 2020

Global disruption can have local implications

Global disruption can have local implications

Soromfe Uzomah 27 Jul 2020

Coronavirus has turned retail therapy into retail anxiety - keeping customers calm will be key to carrying on

Coronavirus has turned retail therapy into retail anxiety - keeping customers calm will be key to carrying on

Jessica Vredenburg and Megan Phillips 24 Jul 2020

Image credit: Retha Ferguson from Pexels

Covid-19 impact on consumption patterns in Africa's key markets

23 Jul 2020

Amazon's Paul Misener on the link between innovation and diversity

Amazon's Paul Misener on the link between innovation and diversity

Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Jul 2020

Antibacterial activewear? The claim is just as absurd as it sounds

Antibacterial activewear? The claim is just as absurd as it sounds

Catherine Burke 20 Jul 2020

Why is used clothing popular across Africa? We found out in Malawi

Why is used clothing popular across Africa? We found out in Malawi

Dan Banik 10 Jul 2020

Customer experience will help retailers overcome the financial hit from coronavirus

Customer experience will help retailers overcome the financial hit from coronavirus

Frederic Dimanche 6 Jul 2020

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Nespresso introduces new Ugandan coffee through Reviving Origins programme

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2020 global online holiday sales predicted to grow 30% - Salesforce

2020 global online holiday sales predicted to grow 30% - Salesforce

21 Oct 2020

L'Oréal announces winners of Beauty Tech for Good Challenge

L'Oréal announces winners of Beauty Tech for Good Challenge

14 Oct 2020

Smart African retailers are rising from the ashes. Here's how

Smart African retailers are rising from the ashes. Here's how

Lee Naik 13 Oct 2020

Getting real about virtual events

Getting real about virtual events

Bizcommunity.com 9 Oct 2020

How the decline in Chinese tourists around the world has hit the luxury sector

How the decline in Chinese tourists around the world has hit the luxury sector

Xiaoqing Chen and Carol Zhang 1 Oct 2020

Majority of tobacco giants failing to advance harm reduction

Majority of tobacco giants failing to advance harm reduction

28 Sep 2020

Converse strengthens commitment to youth mentorship and empowerment

Converse strengthens commitment to youth mentorship and empowerment

23 Sep 2020

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Stephanie B. Borrelle 18 Sep 2020

Honey-alcohol fermentation experiment with chopped “moerwortel” plant additive, Glia prolifera. Neil Rusch

Does alcohol have an undisclosed African heritage?

Neil Rusch 15 Sep 2020

Shoprite CEO Pieter Engelbrecht

Shoprite plans to close stores in Kenya

9 Sep 2020

Gustavo via Pexels

Global consumers ease back into in-store shopping - report

4 Sep 2020

Global food prices rise in August

Global food prices rise in August

3 Sep 2020

Timberland strives for net positivity by 2030

Timberland strives for net positivity by 2030

2 Sep 2020

Letlhogonolo Thobejane

#WomensMonth: KFC's Nolo Thobejane on achieving QSR success in Africa

Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Aug 2020

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Roque Online is connecting informal traders to larger markets in Angola

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Roque Online is connecting informal traders to larger markets in Angola

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2020

Builders expands to East Africa with first store in Kenya

Builders expands to East Africa with first store in Kenya

19 Aug 2020

1 in 4 consumers tried a new brand during pandemic - global report

12 Aug 2020

Do you know where your coffee comes from? The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of knowing about our supply chains. Here, a woman carries harvested coffee beans in a coffee plantation in Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique, in August 2019. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

The coronavirus pandemic requires us to understand food's murky supply chains

Cory Searcy and Pavel Castka 6 Aug 2020

Global food prices continue to rise in July

Global food prices continue to rise in July

6 Aug 2020

Andrew Stein on how Game is rediscovering its retail mojo

Andrew Stein on how Game is rediscovering its retail mojo

Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Jul 2020

Credit: Polina via Pexels

Food giants appointing teams to focus on plant-based products

30 Jul 2020

Network International to acquire DPO in landmark pan-African payments deal

Network International to acquire DPO in landmark pan-African payments deal

29 Jul 2020

Global disruption can have local implications

Global disruption can have local implications

Soromfe Uzomah 27 Jul 2020

Coronavirus has turned retail therapy into retail anxiety - keeping customers calm will be key to carrying on

Coronavirus has turned retail therapy into retail anxiety - keeping customers calm will be key to carrying on

Jessica Vredenburg and Megan Phillips 24 Jul 2020

Image credit: Retha Ferguson from Pexels

Covid-19 impact on consumption patterns in Africa's key markets

23 Jul 2020

Amazon's Paul Misener on the link between innovation and diversity

Amazon's Paul Misener on the link between innovation and diversity

Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Jul 2020

Antibacterial activewear? The claim is just as absurd as it sounds

Antibacterial activewear? The claim is just as absurd as it sounds

Catherine Burke 20 Jul 2020

Why is used clothing popular across Africa? We found out in Malawi

Why is used clothing popular across Africa? We found out in Malawi

Dan Banik 10 Jul 2020

Customer experience will help retailers overcome the financial hit from coronavirus

Customer experience will help retailers overcome the financial hit from coronavirus

Frederic Dimanche 6 Jul 2020

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Nespresso introduces new Ugandan coffee through Reviving Origins programme

3 Jul 2020

The African Continental Free Trade Area - from agreement to implementation

The African Continental Free Trade Area - from agreement to implementation

Robyn Berger, Theunis Claassen and Catherine Robson 30 Jun 2020

Scan Display's MD elected global association's first African president

Scan Display's MD elected global association's first African president

Scan Display 30 Jun 2020

The 50-year evolution of the Game brand

26 Jun 2020

Mondelez International announces senior appointments in sub-Saharan Africa

Mondelez International announces senior appointments in sub-Saharan Africa

23 Jun 2020

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CMO Council identifies agile brands that have benefitted from opportunities during global lockdown

15 Jun 2020

Smart clothing to drive fitness wearable revenue

Smart clothing to drive fitness wearable revenue

11 Jun 2020

Pandora commits to using only recycled silver and gold from 2025

Pandora commits to using only recycled silver and gold from 2025

9 Jun 2020

Maggi freshens up online presence in Central and West Africa

Maggi freshens up online presence in Central and West Africa

8 Jun 2020

Why apparel brands' efforts to police their supply chains aren't working

Why apparel brands' efforts to police their supply chains aren't working

Jason Judd and Sarosh Kuruvilla 8 Jun 2020

Consumer markets under pressure in 2020

Consumer markets under pressure in 2020

Camilla Butler 5 Jun 2020