October 2007 | Charities & Good Services

Three million mark for Whirlpool

Three million fridges have been manufactured by the Whirlpool South Africa factory in Isithebe, KwaZulu Natal in just under 10 years.
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October 2007 | Property

Construction contract for Villas Valriche awarded.

South Africans who have recently purchased property at the Villas Valriche IRS development in Domaine de Bel Ombre on the South West Coast of Mauritius will be pleased to know that the construction contract has been awarded to China Jiangsu, a trans-national construction company with a multi-billion Rand turnover based in Nanjing, China.
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October 2007 | Media & Marketing

Reinventing the wheel – keeping transit media fresh and relevant.

Brands are set to spend hundreds of millions of Rand on outdoor advertising leading up to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. As Government initiatives improve the quality of the transport infrastructure in this country, with upgraded taxi ranks, taxi recapitalisation and improvements to the bus and train infrastructure, transit media will become an increasingly more attractive form of out-of-home advertising for brands.
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October 2007

What’s the concept behind a concept store? Spitz sets Kurt Geiger flying solo.

South Africa’s leading luxury shoe emporium, Spitz, is changing the face of footwear and fashion retail as we know it. As the exclusive stockists of the Super Premium range Spitz now carries the likes of Chloe, Dolce and Gabbana, Officine Creative, Sassetti and Marc Jacobs. An extensive and elegant store refurbishment program has been conducted on 5 leading Spitz stores nationwide. Now they are introducing South Africans to their first real taste of the latest movement in the retail experience – the Kurt Geiger concept store.
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October 2007

The effects of technology on the life industry

The advances in technology, in terms of the early detection and treatment of chronic and terminal illnesses have had a great impact on the life insurance industry of late. However, due to the complexity in the living benefits sector the impact of technological advancement has influenced the industry in varying ways.
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