Following a formal tender process, for the second consecutive year, Magnetic Storm has been appointed to bring the People’s Port Festival to life for Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA). Managing the event from conceptualisation through to clean-up, Magnetic Storm is overseeing the logistics of the event being held on December 1st and 2nd, in partnership […]
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Lafarge cements its brand in South Africa with Boomtown
Leading international cement brand, Lafarge, has appointed Boomtown to make its brand relevant to the local South African market. Established for over 180 years, but only part of the South African market for ten years, Lafarge is a challenger brand in South Africa competing with established brands with local heritage. Glen Meier, Boomtown strategic director, […]
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When You Grow Taal You Can Grow Taller
For 20 years Joe Public has celebrated operating as a truly South African agency, 100% independently owned and purpose-led to realise the ripple effect that is the growth of its people, clients and country. In recent years Joe Public United has grown its focus to create relevant, vernacular work. For an agency so passionately fuelled […]
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Everyone Deserves A Beautiful Home
In partnership with CTM, Joe Public is proud to launch a new campaign of TV commercials to position CTM’s latest offering. Having previously worked with Joe Public during the famous reign of the fondly remembered Bob and Nige commercials, CTM has once again collaborated with the agency to do what they do best – create […]
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people magazine continues to deliver for consumers
While the print environment is alive and well, publishers still need to adapt to the changing demands of their readers. It’s with this sentiment in mind that Caxton Magazines’ people’s popular brand extension ‘bookazines’ continue to sell. Editor Andrea Caknis says: “We compete in an industry where attention is the new currency and we need […]
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Sean Sullivan – Business Unit Manager at The MediaShop says: attention spans are not shrinking, rather they are evolving to be more selective, according to new research. If someone invited you to watch a day-long movie you’d probably be pretty quick to decline. It’s hard to imagine dedicating brainspace to a single thing for so […]
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Boitumelo Moselane joins Eaton as Human Resource Director
Eaton has appointed Boitumelo Moselane as Human Resources Director for Eaton South Africa. Moselane will be responsible for the formulation of HR strategies, as well as overseeing the entire HR generalist function, including Learning and Development, Change Management and Labour Relations functions for Eaton in South Africa. With over 20 years’ experience in HR, acquired […]
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Top Agency For Top Brands Is Ogilvy
Ogilvy SA retained the Robyn Putter Award in the prestigious 2018 Sunday Times Top Brands awards, announced on Wednesday night, for the agency which delivers the greatest number of creative campaigns for Top Brands category winners. The Sunday Times Top Brands Survey polls 3,500 individuals and 460 business decision makers to discover the most popular […]
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The Generation Gap – Who Is Who?
Belinda Kayton, Media Strategist at The MediaShop looks at the differences between Xers and Millennials and highlights quite a few differences I often get asked “Who is Gen X?” and “What is the difference between a Millennial and a Gen X?” I find that there is a lot of confusion as to which generation is […]
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High Fives All Round For FCB Africa Clients On Top Brands Lists
Palms are stinging at FCB Africa’s offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg from high-fiving the myriad client/agency teams after their phenomenal performance in the Sunday Times 2018 Top Brands survey. With 16 brands mentioned a total of 27 times across 18 different categories, FCB Africa group’s clients certainly proved their marketing mettle. In particular, FCB […]
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