{"id":104925,"date":"2015-11-23T13:42:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T11:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=104925"},"modified":"2015-11-23T13:42:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T11:42:53","slug":"these-are-the-21-brands-that-young-south-africans-like-the-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/104925\/these-are-the-21-brands-that-young-south-africans-like-the-most\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the 21 brands that young South Africans like the most"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s youth have voted for their favourite 21 brands, revealing a mix between banking, retail, and the mobile phones they like the most &#8211; or more accurately, can afford.<\/p>\n<p>Market research company, Ask Afrika Group, revealed Nokia as the winner of its Youth Brands Awards, which measures which brands are used loyally among people aged 15-34, irrespective of background and living standard.<\/p>\n<p>Food retailer Shoprite was second overall, followed by affordable fashion retailer Mr Price, and Edgars.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2015 edition of the survey, 21 Youth Brands were identified, followed by winners across 72 product categories.<\/p>\n<p>The Ask Afrika Youth Brands survey interviewed a sample of 8,374 youth consumers and the survey represents the views of 11,952,000 youth living in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the South African market, the changing traditional family structure has elevated the youth\u2019s influence in purchasing decisions. Understanding what makes them tick is vital,&#8221; said Maria Petousis, TGI Director at Ask Afrika.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Top 21 brands among South Africa&#8217;s youth:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>#<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Brand<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Sector<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Nokia<\/td>\n<td>Mobile phone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Shoprite<\/td>\n<td>Food retail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Mr Price<\/td>\n<td>Clothing female<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Edgars<\/td>\n<td>Clothing female<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Koo<\/td>\n<td>Tinned food<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Coca-cola<\/td>\n<td>Drinks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Checkers<\/td>\n<td>Food retail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Samsung<\/td>\n<td>Mobile phone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Pick N Pay<\/td>\n<td>Food retail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Spar<\/td>\n<td>Food retail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Edgars<\/td>\n<td>Clothing male<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Black Cat<\/td>\n<td>Spreads<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Lucky Star<\/td>\n<td>Tinned food<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Absa<\/td>\n<td>Banking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>Simba<\/td>\n<td>Salty snacks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>All Gold<\/td>\n<td>Jams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>Mr Price<\/td>\n<td>Clothing male<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>Capitec<\/td>\n<td>Banking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>SABC1<\/td>\n<td>TV channel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>Lays<\/td>\n<td>Salty snacks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>BlackBerry<\/td>\n<td>Mobile phone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on brands in SA<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/94487\/the-most-popular-brands-in-south-africa\/\">The most popular brands in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/74050\/south-africas-best-rated-call-centres\/\"><strong>South Africa\u2019s best rated call centres<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/64476\/south-africas-favourite-brands\/\">South Africa\u2019s favourite brands<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s youth have voted for their favourite 21 brands, revealing a mix between banking, retail, and the mobile phones they like the most &#8211; or more accurately, can afford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":11124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10825,26],"class_list":["post-104925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-ask-afrika-group","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104925"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104935,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104925\/revisions\/104935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}