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	<title>Design News &#187; V&amp;A Waterfront Neighbourhood Awards</title>
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		<title>Why the judges matter – prestigious adjudication panel deepens the merits and legitimacy of the V&amp;A Waterfront Neighbourhood Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Driving entries is one aspect of the build-up to the 2025 V&#38;A Waterfront Neighbourhood Awards, an annual awards programme that is open to all retail tenants at this vibrant and dynamic Cape Town waterfront property. Another important facet is the quality and variety of the judging panel, the trusted few who get to hone in on the winners from the slew of entries received. ‘We have a large assortment of tenants, from large multinationals to small independents, servicing a range of consumer needs and wants, which is why it is important to have a diverse group of judges, selected from media, business, retail and tourism, to choose our winners,’ says the V&#38;A Waterfront’s retail executive Alex Kabalin. This year 33 judges will weigh in, with both internal and external experts evaluating the entries in the various categories, with five judges per category.The V&#38;A Waterfront has compiled a sterling internal team comprising 14 participating senior staff members drawn from different areas of the property’s management needs, spanning sustainability, marketing, leasing, communications, events, project management, and retail, and including visionary CEO David Green. The judging panel that is external to the V&#38;A Waterfront comprises a host of trusted suppliers and industry representatives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driving excellence in retail supports economic resilience – the call for entries for the annual V&amp;A Waterfront Neighbourhood Awards is now open</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Having generated over R10 billion in sales in 2024 and coming off the back of the best December on record, with a 24% increase in international customer sales, the V&#38;A Waterfront is still riding a retail high halfway through the year, with strong indicators in place for a successful 2025. ‘Cape Town is currently outperforming in the context of the rest of the country,’ says Alex Kabalin, retail executive at the V&#38;A Waterfront, ‘and the Waterfront outperforms other retail destinations within the context of Cape Town itself, thanks to strong local support and international visitors who travel at all times of the year.’ As one of the leading retail environments on the continent, and one of the world’s most dynamic waterfront neighbourhoods, the V&#38;A Waterfront and its tenants not only keep abreast of change but drive positive shifts in the market, including increased emphasis on innovation and sustainability. As a result, they display remarkable buoyancy in a retail landscape where the Consumer Confidence Index (which measures how South Africans feel about spending and saving) plunged to the lowest it’s been in years in the first quarter of 2025, and the uptake of AI tools and a growing customer-driven desire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renowned forecaster Dion Chang outlines major shifts and trends affecting retailers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[V A Waterfront Current concerns for store owners include: So-called ‘hermit’ consumers and how to draw them out The rise of the tech-savvy shopper and ‘phygital’ shopping The need for elevated in-store service Pervasive pragmatism and price consciousness Live-streamed sales promotions The recommerce boom Did you know retail sales are estimated to represent close to 20% of South Africa’s GDP? Facing a barrage of ever-changing micro and megatrends, it remains crucial that our local retail industry moves with shifting shopping patterns. Dion Chang of Flux Trends, a local trends analysis company that distils, translates and packages trend insights into business strategy, is a veritable doyen of culture and trends. Offering some valuable insights into the latest movements, Chang breaks down the trends currently impacting the retail industry. He believes ‘seamless service and user experiences, considered design and a high-value shopping experience can draw customers from their hermit states’. With the age of the ‘hermit consumer’ heralded by publications such as The Economist, consumers continue to turn inwards post-Covid, spending more time at home and acting accordingly &#8211; shopping online, ordering groceries for delivery and turning to social media for inspiration. ‘What they are shopping for is also affected by the [...]]]></description>
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