THIS WEEK IN SIGNAL
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Checkers
Delivery campaign produced the week's highest organic engagement in retail.
Capitec — Group Chief Executive
Owned the financial inclusion topic across three publications.
Telkom
Published a 90-day promotional response within 48 hours of the rate decision.
SME fibre comparison
High demand, thin coverage, no clear owner.
The week's most material signals
Vodacom launched 17 new creatives in 48 hours
Creative volume up 40% week-on-week, concentrated on prepaid data value messaging.
Capitec moved to #1 in Banking
Overtook FNB on the composite index, driven by search and offer clarity.
Delivery and outage complaints up 38%
Complaint clustering shows concentration in Gauteng and Western Cape.
Discovery Bank entered 'best rewards bank' answer sets
Share of recommendation moved from 18% to 26% across the simulated prompt panel.
Telkom published a 90-day promotional rate
Time-boxed uncapped promotion detected on the public pricing page.
Dealer enquiry response averaged 8h 14m
Response Race panel of 24 enquiries; category best observed at 22 minutes.
Delivery campaign is the week's highest-engagement retail content
Organic conversation share up 4.8 points across the retail set.
FNB lost top-3 position on 'best bank account'
Position slipped to 4 on a high-intent comparison term.