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		<title>Get your budding business retail-ready by applying for the Watershed Design Lab</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 09:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news for creative entrepreneurs in Cape Town is that the Craft + Design Institute (CDI) and V&#38;A Waterfront is calling for a new group of Cape Town-based creative entrepreneurs to apply for their local retail readiness programme for 2022/23. &#160; If selected, the programme provides a full retail experience at an incubator store, known as the Design Lab, which is located at the V&#38;A’s design-forward Watershed shopping venue. It’s an incredible opportunity for local designers to receive the necessary support to experience a real-time retail environment, try their hand at selling and test products in the market. The programme also unlocks free training covering pricing, packaging, merchandising, product development and much more. In its current iteration, running from 2021 to September 2022, the programme is working with several creative brands and individuals whose products are showcased and sold at this living retail “design laboratory”. Current participants include Nondwe Nyathi, Jenine Allchin, Anele Nono, Malibongwe Nohesi, Ado Ludidi, Sizwe Shumane, and Richard Mandongwe, who are now “graduating” as they exit the programme in the next few months. &#160; “For me to be here at Design Lab,” says Shumane, “is a big thing for me. Ever since I started making my [...]]]></description>
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