MARKETING & MEDIA MTN signs confidentiality agreement with Zim operator[Dumisani Ndlela] MTN, has signed a confidentiality agreement with Zim state-owned cellular network, NetOne, as the South Africa-based mobile company moved closer to acquiring a key stake in the Zimbabwean company. Sources in Harare said MTN had wound up its due diligence on NetOne and was expected to place its final bid soon. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Zim: State-owned newspapers in the red despite monopoly[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's state-owned newspapers performed dismally last year despite enjoying a virtual monopoly on the daily news market, recording an operational loss of US$329 000 during the year to 31 December 2009. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Zim: Clothing retail giants endure tough market[Dumisani Ndlela] Clothing retail giants are finding that the battle for the cash market is turning tougher due to a proliferation of informal retail shops stocking cheap but quality merchandise from abroad. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Insurance ad sparks outrage in Zimbabwe[Dumisani Ndlela] An insurance renewal advertisement by RM Insurance has provoked the women's rights lobby in Zimbabwe, which is demanding an apology from the company for demeaning “wives, mothers, daughters, sisters and grannies.” | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Zimbabwe's brands to fight for honours[Dumisani Ndlela] The Marketers Association of Zimbabwe (MAZ) is to unveil its Superbrand - Brand of the Year 2010 competition at a Harare hotel on Friday, 5 March 2010. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Zim: Telecel attracts customers with new offer[Dumisani Ndlela] Nyasha Mudonhi last week rushed to buy a Telecel (Zimbabwe) line after news of a bargain on international calls. He already owns an Econet Wireless mobile line, but says he will now possess two lines because of the different benefits from each of the networks. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Counterfeits on Zim's market[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's manufacturers are grappling with a surge in counterfeit consumer products on the retail market, ranging from food items to farming inputs. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Zim retailers still look to South Africa for stock[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's retail giants are still largely reliant on imports from South Africa, and are hoping a trade pact between the two countries will unlock credit facilities to ramp up imports on favourable terms. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Zimbabwe's sole newsprint plant remains closed[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's sole newsprint producer, Mutare Board and Paper Mills (MBPM) will remain inactive due to the low prices of paper, forcing newspaper publishers to import from South Africa. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Telecel Zimbabwe targets listing[Dumisani Ndlela] Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris' Orascom Telecom-controlled Telecel Zimbabwe is earmarked for a listing on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) in a move meant to raise additional capital and broaden the shareholder base. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Zimbabwe Human Capital website launched[Dumisani Ndlela] The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has launched an advertising platform targeting Zimbabweans in the Diaspora for jobs and investments back home. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Zim: Retailers get into the festive mood[Dumisani Ndlela] For Zimbabweans, Christmas has of late never been this merry: over the past decade, they have had to battle a hyperinflationary crisis that made it impossible to budget for festivities, while retailers shunned festive season indulgences for customers. Then there were empty shelves to contend with over the last two years. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Zim: Newspapers launch competitions to attract readers[Dumisani Ndlela] The state-controlled Zimbabwe Newspapers Group (Zimpapers) has launched its Eight Papers Promotion, asking readers to buy all the week's papers from the group in order to stand a chance to win holiday packages, airline tickets, cell phones with lines, flat screen televisions and shopping vouchers. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Retailers bring back credit to lure customers[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's retailers, which had withdrawn credit facilities due to a hyperinflationary crisis, have brought back the credit terms for retail customers. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Zim: Delta brings back the old beer brand[Dumisani Ndlela] The country's beverages group, Delta Corporation, has brought back the Chibuku “shake-shake” brand of opaque beer which had been abandoned in 1991 with the introduction of the “scud” brand. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Zim: Marketers hold inaugural conference[Dumisani Ndlela] The Marketers Association of Zimbabwe (MAZ) is to hold its inaugural convention in the resort town of Nyanga from 21 - 23 October 2009, an announcement said. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Zimbabwe telecom firms on the defensive[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's telecommunications sector has gone on the defensive over poor quality service and calls for government to open the market to South Africa's MTN and Vodacom. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Zimbabwe holds annual marketing indaba[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe will hold its major destination marketing indaba, the Sanganai/ Hlanganani World Travel and Tourism Expo, from 14 - 18 October 2009. This will be the second event following the expo's rebranding last year, but the first since the formation of an inclusive government that brought political and economic stability in the country. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Visa International back in Zim[Dumisani Ndlela] Standard Chartered Bank (Zimbabwe), the primary agent for Visa in Zimbabwe, announced the return of Visa this week, noting that it had started issuing bank customers with the cards on request. | |
MARKETING & MEDIA Zim retailers sideline wholesalers as competition intensifies[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's retail players are circumventing wholesalers in the country's supply chain as retail competition in the country intensifies. Retailers are seeking direct relationships with manufacturers in order to cut prices and keep customers in a highly competitive market. |