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SWOT analysis of Disneyland

Disneyland is a popular group of cartoon and movie based amusements parks owned by the famous entertainment company Walt Disney Pictures. One of the earliest parks of this kind, Disneyland was set up in the year 1955 under the direct supervision of the famous cartoonist Walt Disney.

Headquartered in California, Disneyland is housed over an area of 34 ha and was popularised using Disney characters like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. Disney Land is amongst the world’s most visited theme parks and is a huge hit with kids.

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Estie2018-05-20T17:07:07+02:00May 20th, 2018|Environments|

SA fast food franchising on the rise

The fast food and quick service restaurant sector in SA contributes 13 percent to GDP.

With a contribution exceeding 29 percent, South Africa’s quick service restaurant (QSR) sector has by far the biggest share in franchising turnover. According to the Franchise Association of South Africa (FASA), the franchising market is worth R587 billion, approximately 13.3 percent of the South African Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Andre Beck, Sector Head: Fast Food and Restaurants at FNB Business, says:

“Industry data shows that South Africa has seen more franchises opening fast food and restaurant outlets in spite of the floundering economy. This clearly paints a picture of a sector that is competitive and lucrative, and more importantly, it shows that the franchising has sustained appetite to grow further in the local economy.”

He highlights some trends in this sector:

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Estie2018-05-19T16:42:02+02:00May 18th, 2018|Environments, Recources, Syllabus Topics|

Why 2018 is the year for business to step up climate action

Big numbers can drive change, so here’s a huge one: 800,000. That’s how many years it’s been since Earth’s atmosphere was as loaded with carbon dioxide as it is now. The steep rise in this heat-trapping gas underlines the need for a globally sustainable economy if we want to avoid the costliest impacts of climate change this century.

New policies and market trends show that a low-carbon transition, as envisioned in the 2015 Paris Agreement, is accelerating around the world – but not fast enough. National climate commitments made by countries under the Paris pact will only get us about a third of the way to the emissions reductions needed to keep the global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels. To get the rest of the way, accelerated short-term action and enhanced longer-term national ambition will be required, according to the UN’s 2017 […]

Estie2018-05-18T17:42:54+02:00May 18th, 2018|Environments|

9 Companies with Great Environmental Initiatives

More companies are shifting priorities by using business intelligence to not only save on costs but to also become environmentally aware. Business intelligence’s ability to keep track of performance, as well as alert decision makers on behavioural changes, make it a complementary approach as demonstrated by the desire by many companies to become more eco-friendly. Even then, there is need for a clear roadmap that will tie in business intelligence with green initiatives.

The continued depletion of natural resources has led corporations that have large energy requirements to become more environmentally aware than ever. This is because not only do green initiatives save on costs, reuse resources and meet compliance requirements, but they also help to create brand recognition among customers.

Companies that are seen as being environmentally sensitive tend to create a vision of care. This provides the benefit of perceptions and practicality with the broader effects going beyond the organisation. […]

Estie2018-05-05T11:15:34+02:00May 5th, 2018|2018 Case Study, Environments, General management and CSR, Recources, Syllabus Topics|

Growthpoint celebrates green bond listing on JSE

26 APR 2018
Growthpoint Properties, the first South African company and real estate investment trust to issue a green bond programme on the JSE, celebrated the occasion with a bit of fanfare on Wednesday morning, 25 April.

Green bonds raise money allocated for funding projects resulting in positive environmental and climate benefits. The Growthpoint green bonds, for terms of five, seven and 10 years, give more choice to investors who in the past have only been able to invest in municipal green bonds such as those launched by the City of Cape Town.

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Estie2018-05-05T10:40:14+02:00May 5th, 2018|Environments, Recources, Syllabus Topics|

GOING GREEN IN SOUTH AFRICA: CARNIVAL CITY TAKES THE INITIATIVE

Lifestyle | 22 Jan 2018 | By Sun International

How Carnival City is going green

“I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.”
Louis Armstrong’s iconic song What a Wonderful World was decades ahead of its time – especially with regard to green initiatives – but to ensure we that have a ‘wonderful world’ to hand over to future generations, we need to work much harder at helping our planet out of its vulnerable state.

Going green in South Africa is a forward-thinking attitude that Sun International encourages every business to adopt, and at Carnival City, we are focusing on setting up eco-friendly systems and spearheading conservation efforts in a number of ways. Here are some of our initiatives:
Reduce, reuse and recycle!

Almost every man-made structure generates waste which is why reducing, reusing and recycling waste is such an important […]

Estie2018-05-05T10:39:06+02:00May 5th, 2018|Environments, Recources, Syllabus Topics|

How to beat shrinkflation

Mar 18 2018

Shrinkflation, an unpopular term among consumers, is the process of items shrinking in size or quantity while their prices remain the same. Manufacturers engage in this practice to make money. Angelique Ruzicka has some tips on how to beat them at their own game

Manufacturers often want to increase their prices, but don’t want to do so in an obscene way that may lead to them being labelled “the bad guys”. But if they are facing margin pressure, they have to find solutions. So, what do they do instead?

They reduce the size or the number of portions while keeping the packaging the same.

Alternatively, they use less of the more expensive ingredients and puff up the product with cheaper contents.
This results in manufacturers paying less to produce an item while the consumer pays the same price or more.
The payoff is that the consumer does not notice this shrinkage as the […]

Estie2018-03-27T10:45:48+02:00March 27th, 2018|Environments, Ethics, Marketing, Recources, Syllabus Topics|

Three major mistakes Tiger Brands made in response to the listeriosis crisis

Mar 16 2018 – Ilse Struweg

TIGER BRANDS, the South African food giant at the centre of the listeriosis storm engulfing the country, is facing serious brand erosion as a result of the way it handled the unfolding crisis.
It could have responded better.

Tiger Brands was thrown into the centre of the listeriosis storm after South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases announced that its investigation had traced the origins of the disease to one of the company’s biggest meat processing plants.

The culprit was identified as polony from the Enterprise Foods facility that produces a range of cold meats. Tiger Brands, a $2.5bn Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed business, owns Enterprise Foods among other continent wide popular food brands.

South Africa has been struggling with the listeriosis outbreak for 14 months. Unable to find the source of the affected products, the outbreak developed into the worstcase of listeriosis in the world. By the end […]

Estie2018-03-27T10:37:50+02:00March 27th, 2018|Environments, Recources|

Media24 agrees to pay R14m in price-fixing settlement

2018-03-16 – Carin Smith

The Cape Town Central City Improvement District noted Media24’s revamped building, adding value to the CBD property value.

Cape Town – Media24 has agreed to pay an administrative penalty of R13.83m as settlement in a price-fixing case brought against it and 27 other media companies by the Competition Commission. The settlement follows similar penalty agreements between the commission and Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers (R5.8m), Independent Media (R2.22m) and DStv Media Sales (R22.26m).

“This is one of the legacy media practices that survived the introduction of the Competition Act in South Africa. It is a problem because it consolidates operations of a few media houses that gang up against mainly small advertising agencies,” Competition commissioner Tembinkosi Bonakele commented earlier.

As part of the settlement, Media24 has also agreed to contribute R4.98m to the Economic Development Fund over a three-year period and provide 25% bonus advertising space for every rand […]

Estie2018-03-27T09:10:00+02:00March 27th, 2018|Environments, Performance of the business, Recources, Syllabus Topics|

Even at 15%, South Africa is not paying too much in VAT compared to the rest of the world

Timothy Rangongo , Business Insider SA

• Value added tax (VAT) was increased by one percentage point to 15%.
• The hike was met with heavy criticism by businesses, consumers and the opposition.
• South Africa’s VAT rate is still relatively low compared to the rest of Africa and the world.

It didn’t take long for the DA to launch a full-on offensive at the planned one percentage point increase in VAT, complete with an online petition.

So will South Africa be paying too much in VAT?
As it turns out…
The hike could actually be justified as our VAT rate is lower compared to the rest of Africa. So, they could have gone with a 2% increase but probably decided against it when factoring in its impact on the poor.

Severus Smuts, Indirect tax specialist at Deloitte
The 15% VAT South Africans will have to pay from 1 April, is mild compared to the rest of the world.
Global VAT […]

Estie2018-03-27T08:52:31+02:00March 27th, 2018|Environments, Finance, Recources, Syllabus Topics|