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This year's IMM Institute Annual Gala Dinner, at which the IMM Institute Excellence Awards will be presented, will recognise outstanding achievement across marketing, supply chain management and business leadership in South Africa.
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Woolworths South Africa has been recognised on the global stage at the International Content Marketing Awards (ICMA) in London, receiving the Grand Prix Gold for Best In-House Agency.
From legal enforcement to smarter planning and stronger measurement, out-of-home (OOH) — including digital out-of-home (DOOH) — is levelling up on every front, says Steve Duck, Chief Revenue Officer of Media at Tractor Outdoor.
Content marketing agency 2Stories has been named Best Medium-Sized Agency of the Year at the 2025 International Content Marketing Awards (ICMAs) in London, earning international recognition in its first year entering the global awards programme.
Tetra Pak has appointed Wael Khoury as the new Managing Director for Southern Africa, succeeding Klaus Plenge, who has led the business over the past four years.
System1 and Effie, have published a new book, The Creative Dividend, that has aimed to bring together large-scale creative measurement and effectiveness case evidence to demonstrate how creativity and media work best together.
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