Season's Greetings from fastmoving.co.za
Fastmoving.co.za would like to wish you a relaxing end-of-year break, should you be taking leave during this time. We’re excited about what 2012 holds in the retail and the FMCG industries and look forward to bringing you the latest news and commentary.
Our range of services, including our product information catalogues and our recently launched hi-res pack shot library, aim to make managing your brands easy and convenient.
We look forward to working with you next year and being with you as your brands grow from strength to strength in 2012.
Best wishes
Fastmoving.co.za
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What's happening at fastmoving.co.za?
new products · brand activity · liqour · jobs · events
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New: Get dozens of hi-res FMCG pack shots, free
How much do you spend on downloading branded pack shots? We think a service like this should be free, which is why we've created a High Resolution Image Library of our own, giving retailers, digital agencies and anybody else in need, free access to dozens of high quality branded FMCG products. Find out more
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Save on printing and distribution costs
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| You can save on printing and distribution costs by creating a pdf version of your catalogue on fastmoving.co.za. To do this go to your FMCG product catalogue and click on the “generate pdf catalogue” button on the top right of the page. Next, save it to your desktop and email it your suppliers and colleagues. |
Update your brand catalogue
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We’re busy updating catalogues for all our listed brands. If your brand has a catalogue on fastmoving.co.za and you want to find out more about updating it, please email our editor ).
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Economic News
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SA shouldn't suffer a 2012 recession, says economist
Speaking during a year-end investment briefing on Friday, Saville, the chief investment officer at Cannon Asset Managers and visiting professor at Gibs, said 2012 should be a “decent year for some investments”, but if Europe went back into recession, there was a 75% chance the US would join them.
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New Products
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Liqui-Fruit adds some real refizzment to its 100% fruit juice blends
Liqui-Fruit, South Africa’s favourite fruit juice brand (*Sunday Times Top Brands Survey 2011) brings consumers some real refizzment to get the new year off to a refreshing and sparkling start! Introducing our newest star, Liqui-Fruit Sparkling.
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Ciro launches innovative 'Five Roses' tea infusions
Ciro Beverage Solutions (Ciro) aligns itself with global leaders and local heroes to ensure that its customers always receive the finest products and latest industry innovations. Five Roses is one of Ciro's partners and has been bringing the art of blending premium quality tea to South Africans for over 100 years.
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Brand Activity
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aQuellé Launches New Marketing Campaign
aQuellé launches their new marketing campaign 100% For People this month with an integrated approach positioning the brand as affordable natural spring water with customer interest at the heart of the business.
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Stafford Bros and Draeger introduces new brand in health foods sector
Stafford Bros & Draeger has a tradition of introducing innovative and new food brands into the South African market and have recently launched Waistline, their new health food brand, kicking-off with a range of basmati rice cakes.
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Featured Brands
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Spekko
The first documented account of rice was by a Chinese emperor about 2,800 BC and it continues to be an integral part of Chinese life and cuisine. This is probably why the Chinese word for rice is the same as the word for food, and instead of asking, “How are you?” they ask “Have you had your rice today?”
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Alpen Food Company
The Alpen Food Company is part of Weetabix Limited, headquartered in the United Kingdom, manufacturers and distributors of well known and highly popular leading cereal brands in that country. Alpen Food Company uses identical technologies and product recipes at its production facility in Cape Town to those used at its parent Company in the UK.
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Liquor News
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Celebrate New Year with pink twist at J.C. Le Roux
Dance into the New Year at the House of J.C. Le Roux with an evening of bubbles, music and a spectacular seafood feast with a twist of pink. Nestled in the picturesque Devon Valley outside Stellenbosch, the cellar’s ever popular Seasons Restaurant is preparing a feast second to none.
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Featured Retail Services
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Pocket Media Solutions
Spotting a gap in the marketing and communications market, the Z-CARD® was developed and patented in the UK and Europe in 1992. The brand reaped immediate success as a below-the-line medium due to its compact size, perceived value, quality and high ratio of information to size.
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Artifact
We create advertising campaigns, create or refresh your brand identity, develop your digital strategy, implement your social media campaign, design and print your collateral, design and develop your flash sales presentation, run your search media campaigns, build your website, book your media.
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FMCG Jobs
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Brand Manager
The Really Great Brand Company, leaders in premium liquor brands, has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, dynamic and initiative driven individual within our Brand Marketing team, to work on our global premium portfolio as a Brand Manager.
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Responsible Pharmacists (Needed for Kwazulu Natal, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town)
This role requires a qualified pharmacist who has an understanding of the MCC requirements for scheduled medicines (schedule 1,2 and 3). this position would possibly suit a junior pharmacist with some retail experience alternatively possibly a retired person who still wants to make a contribution
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Accountant - Cash Van Operation - Gauteng
This junior level role would ideally suit a Junior Accountant with 2 years experience ideally within an operational environment. You will be required to manage and report on the financial aspects of a national van sales operation but will be based in Johannesburg.
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Managing Director: Commodities
A leading FMCG manufacturer, wholesaler and distributor of dry foods in West Africa seeks to appoint a Managing Director for one of their key businesses with emphasis on gaining further market share in West Africa. As a seasoned Managing Director, familiar turnaround strategies with experience specific to the West African market, you will be required to implement an aggressive strategy to achieve these objectives.
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Active Clients
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