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The continued influx of foreign brands entering the South African market such as H&M’s current arrival, means our South African consumer is becoming spoilt for choice day by day. This means that big local retail brands have to step up, as they no longer are seen as the benchmark anymore. Click here To download your free copy of the South Africa 2016 Consumer Report.Continue Reading

A while ago, I came across a fantastic story called ‘Squidward’s Suicide’; a hauntingly realistic tale about an intern’s horrific experience with what can only be described as a very ‘off’ episode of Spongebob Squarepants. Squidward’s Suicide is a creepypasta: a scary story that floats around the web; getting pasted from forum to forum. Many creepypasta contributors submit their work with the suggestion that their tale is 100% true and...Continue Reading

Free download. TrendER Insights uncovers key South African consumer trends that will shape the landscape in 2016. Click here to downloadContinue Reading

The constant infrastructure growth and improvements within townships has resulted in a penetration increase of big retailers entering the township consumer market landscape. They are making their products and services even more accessible and even cheaper than the local spaza shop. Does this mean the era of the spaza shop as we know it is soon to come to an end? Do consumers still buy at spaza shops? And if...Continue Reading

By combining the analysis of TrendER and the neuro studies of Brain Propaganda we’re taking marketing insight to the next level in South Africa. Neuromarketing is a new innovative form for market research. A new discipline which uses neuroscience technology, such as EEG (Electroencephalogram) or Eye-tracking, to see how the human brain responds to advertising and other brand related messages. Neuromarketing is only an intelligent, focused, marketing oriented interpretation of...Continue Reading