South African born and bred Habari Media recently earned its global stripes with the announcement that it had not only won LinkedIn Champion 2013, an international award that recognises the best of the best sales partners on the massive LinkedIn platform, but also the right to sell global advertising space on this incredibly popular [...]
Trends in Branded Broadcast Content
By Sara Butchart – Strategy Director – Kaelo Engage Oh how I love my PVR!! After years of being in the advertising and communications business, my husband and I delight in zapping the rubbish ads and moving on to what we really want to watch – the programme! It’s a global trend which is [...]
Read moreCadbury wins the colour of purple in the UK
By Nicole Smalberger – associate – Trade Marks – Adam and Adams Verified by Kelly Thompson – partner – Trade Marks In 2004, Cadbury applied to register the colour purple as a trade mark for chocolate in the United Kingdom. The examiner at the UK Intellectual Property Office objected to the application on [...]
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FNB’s Michael Jordaan steps down as CEO
FirstRand [JSE:FSR] has announced that Michael Jordaan will step down as Chief Executive Officer of its FNB Division at the end of 2013 and that Jacques Celliers has been appointed to succeed him. Jordaan first indicated to the FirstRand Board in 2010 his intention to step down at the end of 2013 to spend more [...]
Campaign to demystify investment terms launched
Ever heard of the terms preserver or asset stripping? If you haven’t, you are among a high number of South Africans who have no idea that these are just some of the many terms used in the investment world. Statistics have shown that even affluent investors in South Africa don’t quite understand these terms themselves. [...]
South Africa’s black middle class crucial to our wellbeing
Sandra Burger, Business unit Manager at The MediaShop takes a look at the Black Middle Class in South Africa A strong Black Middle Class (BMC) is arguably one of the most crucial segments to the wellbeing of our country as this group has significant impact on boosting our economy, encouraging job creation and contributing to [...]
Apple still number one in BRANDZ Top 100 ranking
Apple remains the BrandZTM Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand for 2013, worth $185 billion. Apple grew just +1% in the last year compared to a +51% growth for its closest competitor, Samsung, which is now no.30 in the global ranking with a brand value of $21 billion. Google is also a serious challenger for [...]
Joburg presents its filming credentials to the world at Cannes
Working in partnership with the Department of Arts & Culture’s National Film and Video Foundation [NFVF], the City of Johannesburg is participating at the 66th Cannes Film Festival, which is currently underway in France. A busy calendar of events awaits the film festival delegates and opportunities abound for meeting and networking with global industry [...]
NetFlorist launches ‘daily news service’
NetFlorist, South Africa’s leading flower and gifting service founded 14 years ago in 1999, has added another arrow to its quiver with the launch of a daily news service called #haroldsnews. Or has it? The answer, given by a grinning Netflorist MD, Ryan Bacher, is ‘yes and no’. ‘Yes, Netflorist is providing followers on Twitter and [...]
