Connections,Relationships and Networks:
So today, Domonic and I went to Naspers office in Cape Town cbd to meet up with one of our sponsors. We were fortunate enough to structure a deal with 'Spree.co.za'.the website is part of Media24's Ecommerce division, is one of South Africa's leading online fashion retailers and the first online shop to offer a magazine-styled shopping experience. Items on Spree include ladies’ and men’s apparel as well as kids’ and babies’ clothes from local designers, suppliers and international brands and labels. Launched in April 2013, Spree inspires shoppers through beautiful lookbooks, email publications, editorial images and a digital shoppable magazine offering style advice and fashion stories.
Spree will be sponsoring us with 1000, R100 gift vouchers for their online app, of which we will be using as an incentive for our raffle draw for Cake Sale 1. One of the things we learned today was the idea of making contact with people in high places, we were just regular UCT students but we still managed to get make a deal with one of Naspers subsidiary products.
When we left the lady who was assisting us said "Please email us if there are any more opportunities at a later stage" this is evidence that we managed to secure a network and relationship that can potentially turn into much more fruitful.
After our adventure Spree, we then went to Stuff magazine in Parrow near the airport. Also at Stuff we were warmly welcomed by another network we have managed to secure. Whilst at Stuff we were not only given magazines but, key insights about some of the challenges that face print media in South Africa. This was also another learning curve because we were given some real information that we as a group can use as key insights as we develop our product.
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