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#BizTrends2025: Special Effects Media's Shaheed Rajab - Community management, from likes to connections

South Africa, Jan. 29 -- In my role as a senior community manager at Special Effects Media, I've had the privilege of witnessing how this field is transforming to meet the demands of increasingly conn... Read More


Shoprite posts half-year sales growth on festive demand

South Africa, Jan. 29 -- Shoprite, with more than 2,700 stores excluding OK Franchise across 10 countries, said sales in the six-month period ending 29 December came in at R128.6bn. The group's core ... Read More


JTI South Africa wins Top Employer award for 2025

South Africa, Jan. 29 -- As a leading international tobacco and vaping company, JTI employs over 46,000 people from around the world and sells its products in more than 130 markets. JTI South Africa, ... Read More


Warc's The Multiplier Effect - A CMO's guide to brand building in the performance era

South Africa, Jan. 29 -- A new report, The Multiplier Effect- a CMO's guide to brand building in the performance era, helps marketers better understand how to deliver high-impact advertising. Based o... Read More


California AG puts AI firms on notice, and we know DeepSeek's secret

South Africa, Jan. 29 -- The California Attorney General's Office has issued a legal advisory outlining how the state's existing laws apply to AI, reinforcing the need for transparency, accountability... Read More


Market sell-off: Investors reassess AI after DeepSeek disruption

South Africa, Jan. 29 -- The news raises important questions for investors about the implications for the technology sector, given that the AI theme has powered stock markets in recent years. The Nasd... Read More


#BizTrends2025: What does IP law look like in 2025 and beyond?

South Africa, Jan. 28 -- In 2025, it is anticipated that traders will be necessitated to look further than algorithms and user-generated content or AI-generated content to attract customers. In fact, ... Read More


Samsung Galaxy S25 is funnily familiar

South Africa, Jan. 28 -- Kantar will have us believe that "24% of Galaxy S24 series buyers cite 'AI' as a key reason why they chose their phone." Samsung South Africa's VP of mobile Justin Hume repea... Read More


Diary of a CMO: Is your category's ceiling coming down on you?

South Africa, Jan. 28 -- It's 2006 and John delivers a victorious share story to the board. As a first-time CMO, he takes excess pride in the persistent market share increase of their mobile phone bra... Read More


#BizTrends2025: Grid Worldwide's Clinton Bridgeford - The challenge of creativity in 2025

South Africa, Jan. 28 -- If brands want to show up, they need to do so authentically, at pace with what is happening right now, and in such a way that drives a cultural narrative. 'Nowness' Creative... Read More