Brands
Designer Sweatpants With Built-In Boxers Showing Sparks Cultural Appropriation Row
13 Sep 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Balenciaga is being called out for designing a $1 190 pair of sweatpants with boxers sewn into the waistband, without considering how the style exploits Black culture.
Obviously Louis Vuitton Would Sell A Speaker For R42k [Video]
20 Jul 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Is that a UFO or a missing puzzle piece from an ancient civilisation? Nope, it’s just Louis Vuitton’s portable Horizon Light Up Speaker.
SA’s Most Valuable Brands Revealed
27 May 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Brand Finance’s recently released 2021 annual report reveals the most valuable and strongest brands in South Africa.
Most Valuable Brands: Woolworths Scrapes Into Africa’s Top 10 List
26 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
South Africa dominated in this year’s Brand Finance Africa 150 list, which measures the top brands on the continent.
Pantone Has Released A New Red Colour – For Periods
01 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Pantone has teamed up with Swedish menstruation products brand Intimina to launch a campaign to combat period stigma.
2020’s Most Valuable Brands In South Africa
09 Jul 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Brand Finance’s latest review reveals the strongest and most valuable brands in South Africa.
Gucci Model Stages Protest Against Brand On Ramp
25 Sep 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Ayesha Tan-Jones decided to call Gucci out for its insensitive jumpsuits at Milan Fashion Week.
Shame, Three SA Coffee Brands Have Now Been Reclassified As ‘Fake Coffee’
20 Sep 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Coffee performs a vital function in many of our lives, but some of this country’s more well-known brands have just been handed a serious ego blow.
Six South African Print Ads That Won Big At The Loeries
29 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Take a minute to appreciate the Loerie Awards’ selection of some of the best print adverts in South Africa right now.
These Are South Africa’s 10 Most Valuable And Strongest Brands
16 Jul 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Brand Finance’s latest review reveals the strongest and most valuable brands in South Africa.
10 Print Ads So Good They’re Practically Art
01 Jul 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Advertising can be hit and miss, but sometimes an ad is so clever that you don’t mind spending a little longer on it when you’d normally flip the page.
US Supreme Court Supports FUCT
25 Jun 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The US Supreme Court is relaxing their laws on vulgar language, which granted this chap a long-sought trademark. Not everyone is pleased.
It’s About Time South Africa’s Underwear Industry Had A Serious Shake-Up [Video]
11 Jun 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Gugu Nkabinde founded Gugu Intimates to solve a long-standing problem in the underwear industry. Her story is pretty inspiring.
The Sports Illustrated Brand Just Sold For R1,6 Billion
29 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The Sports Illustrated brand has been sold to the same people who own the brands of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley.
Forbes’ List Of The World’s Most Valuable Brands For 2019
28 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
This year, for the first time ever, a brand has crossed the $200 billion threshold, although the rest are quickly making up ground.
Nike Really Isn’t Keen On Pregnant Women [Video]
17 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
British runner Jo Pavey was sponsored by Nike right up until she told the sportswear company that she was pregnant, and she isn’t the first.
10 Odd Ideas That Made People Very, Very Rich
22 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Some entrepreneurs struck gold with their weird and wonderful ideas for products. Here are 10 of the oddest inventions.
There’s A New Richest Woman In The World
05 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
If you wear makeup, you’ve probably contributed to Francoise Bettencourt Meyers’ $49,3 billion fortune.
Steers Goes After McCain Chips For Their Damned Lies
01 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Mcain Foods is under fire from Steers, for having the audacity to suggest that they produce South Africa’s number one chip.
Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder Cancer Fears
22 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Johnson & Johnson is being investigated after the safety of their baby powder was questioned, in what could become a PR nightmare for the company.
Everything We Know About The New Flavour Coca-Cola
11 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Coca-Cola has released a new flavour, and it’s supposed to provoke a sense of nostalgia for the ice-cream flavours from your youth.
Five Of Our Favourite Adverts From 2017 [Videos]
13 Dec 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
2017 took us along on one insanely emotional roller coaster, and these top notch adverts will do more of the same. Don’t be afraid to shed a tear.
This Guy Was The Richest Man In The World For Two Days
12 Sep 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
The owner of Zara was able to reach the top spot on the Forbes list for just two days, although he has held top spot before in years gone by.
Enjoying Your Morning Coffee? Don’t Watch This Video About The Evil That Lurks Within That Brew
07 Sep 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Knowing where your coffee bean comes from is more important to some than others – but this is why you really should care.
The Folks At Hello Kitty Obviously Think South Africa Is An Awful Country
06 Sep 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Hello Kitty is popular across the world, raking in billions of dollars each year. Maybe they want to put some of that money towards research?
The List Of South Africa’s Favourite Brands For 2015 Has Just Been Released
24 Aug 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
South Africa has voted, and these are the brands that come out on top. I guess it’s a case of old habits dying hard for many of us.
The UK Is Going To Extreme Measures To Stop Smokers – Are We Next?
17 Jun 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Cigarette packs around the world are getting nastier by the day, but now intense research has been conducted in order to find what repulses us the most.
The VIP Perk At This Year’s SA Fashion Week That Had Everyone Talking
07 Jun 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
You may think that placing your sunglasses on your face to try them out is hands-on enough, but some new technology is going very in-depth.
Pick n Pay Manager ‘Berates’ Terrified Grandmother And Little Boy For Breaking Chocolate
25 Apr 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
Pick n Pay has come under fire after one of its store managers shouted at a grandmother over a chocolate. Not cool guys.
Coca-Cola Shares Are Tanking – This Is Why
21 Apr 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
Coca-Cola are still coining it, that’s for sure, but their share prices have taken a dip after some pretty bold claims from the company.
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