By: Jarred Mailer-Lyons, Head of Digital at The MediaShop As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread, scientists are working around the clock to develop a cure, and on the other side of the spectrum – independent developers and multinational corporations are working at the same pace to develop apps and services related to contact tracing. […]
Megan Walker, Senior Media Strategist at The MediaShop The Oxford dictionary defines loss as “the state of no longer having something, or as much of something; the process that leads to this”. When I was recently asked to submit an article for the blog, with a submission deadline in September 2020, it won’t surprise anyone […]
South Africa’s youth has a new attitude towards consumerism that is impacting how they interact with brands and will continue to influence their consumption behaviours post the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the opinion of MetropolitanRepublic Brand Manager, owner of an e-commerce business that actively targets the youth, and member of the Youth tribe herself, Sarah […]
Tsholofelo Mmusi, Junior Media Planner at The MediaShop We often think of self-care as that well-deserved two-week holiday once a year or perhaps twice a year if you’re lucky. We often live for the ‘next holiday’ or ‘hold on for leave’ without realising that we need to rest regularly, because our minds and bodies do […]
Jedd Cokayne, Business Unit Director at The MediaShop Jedd Cokayne says not all brands are created equal and that a distinctive brand will be the most successful during 2020. As we move into the latter part of the year, we reflect more and more on the events that have taken place that determine how we […]
Arisha Saroop, Managing Director of The MediaShop Durban Kantar’s Covid Barometer research shows that South Africans want brands to be purpose-led and practical, using their resources to help and inform during the global pandemic we find ourselves in. Arisha Saroop, Managing Director of The MediaShop Durban shares a few examples of global and South African […]
By Gareth Grant, Business Unit Director, The MediaShop Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine that I would live to experience a global event of this scale that would be remembered for years to come. I recall studying about the likes of the Great Depression, the French Revolution and both First and Second […]
