Archive for the 'Retail' Category

February 4, 2009

[Scroobl] Top 10 Scroobls for January

Here are the top 10 most popular Scroobl cartoons for the month of January based entirely on which ones were viewed the most.
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The headline read for this one read:
“20 of the best ever technigues for driving massive traffic to your webiste using Twitter
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August 13, 2008

[Events] Good food and wine in Durban

So here I am, sitting on a grey carpet floor in the Durban Exhibition Centre, waiting for the remains of our Media Stand to arrive for the Durban Good Food and Wine Show. I am a bit blurry-eyed, I have to say, and that is not from overindulging last night, but for the fact that [...]

May 30, 2008

[Events] Baby steps - how to break into the UK fashion market

Angelika Huwiler, the youngest speaker presenting at the Fashion Exchange +27, gave us the ‘inside edge on exporting fashion to the UK’. She says that although there is a market for SA fashion overseas, the stumbling block is that there is no road map available to inform designers on how to penetrate the industry.
Huwiler broke [...]

May 29, 2008

[Events] Get off the hamster wheel!

Carol Morgan, speaking on global trends in luxury fashion, told us to get off the hamster wheel. Nothing is new in fashion, and fashion and design is not just about aesthetics, it’s about making something work.
The industry needs to ask itself what is happening in the world? Does it affect fashion and global trends?
Morgan used [...]

May 29, 2008

[Events] Fashion Exchange +27 - on the Runway

Taking to the Runway, Cape Town, today, 29 May 2008, is the inaugural Fashion Exchange +27 - brainchild of Gavin Rajah and Tziona Aronson.
In his brief welcoming message, Rajah said that with this annual event, he hopes to create a platform for the industry to come together and interact freely with eachother, exchange ideas, and [...]

November 21, 2007

[PnP] Fresh Living with Pick n Pay

I was just at the launch of Fresh Living, the new custom magazine for Pick n Pay. Here a few pics showing the new branding and some of the new product lines.
Update Thursday 22 November: Here are the photos that I forgot to take on the ads I received in my Tuesday edition of the [...]

November 19, 2007

[Events] Nando’s closes countrywide!

If you had had a craving for Nando’s on Tuesday, 13 November 2007, then you may have noticed that every one of their restaurants was closed on that day. You’re probably still getting over the withdrawal of not getting your peri-peri fix, so I’m sure you’d want to know who was responsible for this catastrophic [...]