The Consumer Price Index for October 2009 fell within the South African Reserve Bank's (SARB) inflation target range at 5.9%, reported Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).

[Michael Bleby] Tiger Brands, SA's largest food company, yesterday, 24 November 2009, said profit for the year to September rose 8% to R2,5bn, as people switched to maize from more expensive staples such as rice, and commodity prices fell from the high prices seen the year before.

A consumer credit organisation is predicting a bleak Christmas this year, particularly for the retail industry. Price increases, job losses and low growth in the retail sector together with rising bad debts on credit portfolios are causing consumers to spend less.

Sony Ericsson features Space Hoppers in its latest international advertising campaign ‘Spark Something', to launch its new Aino and Satio mobile phones. To further the campaign, consumers are invited to pump up Space Hoppers via Twitter, creating a unique interaction between the online community and the offline, physical world. This is believed to be the first time such a concept has been realised on a large scale.

[Kate Elphick] Many retail banks have alienated their clients be reacting inappropriately to the recession. In part 1 of this article we look at some of the long term damage to their brands.

South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the third quarter of 2009 increased by 0.9%, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Tuesday, 24 November 2009.