| The next couple of months are crunch time for retailers and other consumer-facing groups as they battle a tough trading environment, here and abroad. Yesterday, The Foschini Group (TFG) and AVI Limited said their performances this year would be determined to some extent by festive season sales. TFG is also looking to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the traditional start to the shopping season in the US that many of our retailers have also now adopted. Meanwhile, Truworths has reported a small increase in sales as its financial year gets underway, with growth in its home market making up for flat sales at Office in the UK. And Dis-Chem's shares rose on the back of its half-year results, recovering all their losses and more after investors reacted negatively to last Friday's trading update. More on all those stories in your final newsletter of the week, along with a bleak update from cement producer PPC and all the latest from DealMakers. If you're looking for a deal with the potential for big returns, Ince, Uprise.Africa and Bridge Capital have combined strengths to carefully identify and select the most promising new investment opportunities in exciting high-growth small companies. One prospect they have identified in this intriguing space is My-iMali Mobile Money. Bridge Capital has a 20-year proven track record as a corporate advisory and M&A consultancy and their expertise has been brought into play in identifying the best opportunities with the highest chance of outperforming other investments. Follow this link if you'd like to learn more about this opportunity. Finally, if you are looking for unsecured or secured term loans for your business, FundingHub helps all small businesses to apply in under six minutes for business finance, comparing multiple accredited finance providers and to make the most appropriate choice based on their business needs. Click here for more information. I hope you have a good weekend. Stephen Gunnion Managing Editor, InceConnect
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