South Africans have faced countless economic challenges over the past year, including numerous interest rate hikes, fuel price escalations, and a surge in food costs.

Following a further round of in-depth Black Friday consumer research, Massmart’s Makro, Game and Builders stores will re-introduce month-long Black Friday promotions this year. 

With petrol prices set to soar, now’s the moment to make your money go the extra mile.

Sandton City, Africa’s premium shopping destination, has announced its upcoming 50th-anniversary that will be celebrated with an exquisite retail festival. 

In a South African first, Checkers has launched a competition that will see 120 winners each walk away with a comprehensive home solar solution worth over R100 000 to help its consumers offset rising energy prices and negate load shedding challenges.

Pick n Pay is levelling up its shopping game and is giving away 100 million Robux – the digital currency for the well-known gaming platform Roblox – to registered Smart Shopper customers. It will also soon become the first South African retailer to sell Roblox vouchers in Rands.

Pick n Pay is leading the way in local retail by making transactions via cryptocurrency more accessible to millions. This follows the successful completion of the first phase of a new pilot that allows customers to pay using cryptocurrency on their smartphones using a trusted app. It is now testing it in more stores.

After two consecutive years of month-long Black November deals, due to the Covid pandemic, Game is returning to its one-day Black Friday sale and bringing back midnight openings in 2022, as consumer shopping habits continue to return to normal after Covid-19.

Retailers have enough time to get their premises ship-shape and ready for what will be a very busy period of year. The end-of-year festive season spending rush (which kicks off with Black Friday month) is less than two months away.