SMOLLAN CENTRE FOR LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
Learning and Development in Johannesburg

We deliver growth for our clients by covering every aspect of how their brand is managed at the point of purchase. Our people execute brand strategies in store for many of the world’s most loved brands. Today, Smollan is an international leading retail solutions company. They shape the company and form a critical part of our organisational DNA, directing our company and enabling us to be unified in our purpose of delivering growth. We have a growth mindset towards our clients, our business, our people and ourselves. We share news, both good and bad, with equal enthusiasm and speed. We maintain our performance standards and meet our commitments. We create structured environments with clear deliverables and deadlines. In 2009, WPP, one of the world’s leading communications services groups, became both an investor and a strategic partner of Smollan. Advantage is North America’s leading provider of sales and marketing solutions. Smollan and Advantage Solutions have formed a strategic international partnership that will leverage best practices globally, adding scale and reach to form deeper, broader strategic partnerships with clients including a unified solution for Europe. This joint venture is currently our largest operation outside of the South African business. Smollan has partnered with Always, a subsidiary of WPP, and a leading Fieldmarketing business in China. A joint venture was established in 2011 with the Al Gurg Group, one of the leading business houses in the U.A.E. and a regional partner to over 300 international brands and principals across the world. Smollan have entered into a joint venture with the Australian STW Group, Australasia’s leading marketing communications organisation to offer retail solutions in the Australian market. The joint venture between Smollan and STW has also resulted in another partnership with a company called Trade Partners. Roamler, retail analytics, are an exciting, Dutch founded company, who use a crowdsourced field force to provide retail insights. Trade Intelligence is a leading provider of economic and retail business research, insight and capability building solutions. They provide insight, commentary and profiles on the South African Fast Moving Consumer Goods Environment and the major retail and wholesale players. The JDA Category Management solution empowers category management professionals to move from manually intensive tasks to offering proactive, analytics-driven insights that collaboratively grow category sales and margins for both suppliers and retailers. ITM Group specialises in merchandising, staffing, sales & field force management, trade audit, online reporting, trade incentive programmes and consumer & shopper marketing. Student Village has carved its niche in the youth activation, marketing and graduate development space. They have over 15 years’ experience in understanding students as well as taking big brands to the youth market in South Africa.