Ergoform – a South African designer and producer of a full range of evolutionary office furniture – is the latest addition to the client portfolio of Lauren Shantall (Pty) Ltd.  

With showrooms in Cape Town and Johannesburg and fully equipped manufacturing premises in the Western Cape, Ergoform is an award-winning enterprise and one the most progressive manufacturers of office furniture in the country. Its success is due to owners Leon and Alice Roodt’s ability to anticipate changing corporate requirements and meet these needs with manufacturing excellence.    

The times are indeed a changin’, and so is the modern office. Workspaces are becoming increasingly flexible as communication tools become more and more mobile. Gone are the days where our desks are nailed to the ground - today is all about adaptability.    

Understanding the needs of the modern professional, Ergoform’s range of corporate furniture is not only mobile and easy to rearrange, but beautifully designed to blend into an ‘office-from-home’ setup too!    

Ergoform has a policy of continuously increasing its green manufacturing practices. The process starts with the design of new products, reducing material volume and eliminating materials that are harmful or potentially dangerous to humans. In addition, materials are sourced from certified and sustainable suppliers.  

Ergoform’s forward thinking, environmentally conscious approach makes it an excellent fit with Lauren Shantall (Pty) Ltd’s existing list of clientele, which includes interior design firm Inhouse Brand Architects, lighting design company Willowlamp, green and probiotic product producer Probio, and The Better Living Challenge.  

Lauren Shantall (Pty) Ltd is excited to welcome Ergoform on board, and looks forward to enriching the brand, developing new relationships and exposing Ergoform’s excellent products to a broader market.     

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MAMMOTH BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI) NAMES LAUREN SHANTALL (PTY) LTD AS ITS PREFERRED COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND BIG DATA CONFERENCE

Lauren Shantall (Pty) Ltd is proud to be managing the social media and communications for the two-day Mammoth BI Conference held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) on November 17 – 18, 2014. The two-day conference and workshop will house some of the world’s foremost thought leaders in Business Intelligence, Big Data and Analytics.

The Lauren Shantall (Pty) Ltd stable of clients also include top local décor and lifestyle brands such Plascon, Inhouse Brand Architects, Willowlamp, Indigenus, GreenFin/MediFin and Probio. Lauren Shantall (Pty) Ltd provides an integrated communications offering, spanning social, digital and traditional marketing and perception management, also focusing on design and environmental clients.

Head of Business Intelligence at Saratoga, Mammoth BI Founder and Curator and self-proclaimed alchemist at TEDx Cape Town, Jason Haddock said, ‘The focus for the Mammoth BI Conference is to build a strong BI community in South Africa, dispel myths around conventional ideas on Big Data, create, and harvest a local community understanding in Business Intelligence’.

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY: Lauren Shantall (Pty) Ltd

Johannesburg – After the major success of the previous Loyalty and Rewards Conferences, held in both Johannesburg and Cape Town, this event will tackle new and revamped topics, featuring highly distinguished marketing executives addressing the conference.     

It will be highlighting the most important aspects regarding loyalty programmes such as customer service, customer retention, partnerships, implementation, technology, branding and measuring programmes, the event will bring marketing and other professionals the opportunity to successfully introduce and maintain loyalty programmes.

Speakers include the following loyalty and rewards experts:

* Louis Raubenheimer,  Head: Rewards VAS Support/Enablement,  ABSA Rewards

* Prof Mornay Roberts-Lombard, Deputy HOD & Head of Masters and Doctoral studies, University of Johannesburg

* Jainita Khatri, Director, Prana Business Solutions

* Andries Noeth, Chief Marketing Officer, Consulta Research

* Ros Siddle, Marketing & Loyalty Research Manager, Truth

* Preneshen Munian, Agency Director, TLC Marketing

* Magriet Leaper, Director, Voila Travel

* Paul Lange, Executive Director, WoW Marketing

* Deon Olivier, Executive Director, ValueplusNettwork

* Nick Evans,  Head of Digital & Rewards, Global Choices 

* Jide Kola-Banjo, EasyLoyalty

The conference and open-space exhibition will be held at Focus Rooms, Sunninghill, Johannesburg on 11 and 12 June 2014. To register please contact project manager Sian Wirth, on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 011 703 1553 to find out more about exhibiting and marketing deals.

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