Big guns have not cut their inventory-to-sales numbers for nothing. They sense hard times ahead. Black Friday and Cyber Monday buyer beware!

Competition Commission wants domination by the big four chains stopped to open up markets for smaller players.

BankservAfrica said last year South Africans spent R2.89 billion on Black Friday sales, a 15.92 percent rise in sales compared with 2017’s R2.49bn.

Online retail is projected to reach 1.4 percent of total retail in SA, based on an estimated R1 trillion to be spent via traditional channels in 2018.

Pick n Pay on Monday unveiled weekly exclusive Black November "teaser" deals for its online customers across Gauteng and the Western Cape.

Pick n Pay CEO Richard Brasher said Pick m Pay and Boxer stores now appealed across a very broad range of incomes, preferences and communities.

Pick n Pay’s store in Nicol Way, in Johannesburg reopened on Thursday strengthening the retailer’s Next Generation store concept.

Ahead of Black Friday 2019, Pick n Pay will run its “Black Friday Trial Run” deals on 27 September 2019.

CEO says this is purely the accounting consequence of IFRS 16, and it is important to note the group has no long-term debt.

The constrained South Africa consumer has become especially elastic with respect to demand, seeking specials and sales to be enthused to shop.

Pick n Pay said that it would continue to engage SA competition regulators to address concerns about the retailers market dominance in shopping malls.

Pick n Pay on Monday launched a ‘nude’ fruit and vegetable produce wall.

The group said Brasher had successfully implemented the strategy to reset the long-term earnings trajectory of the group.

Pick n Pay reported strong results on Friday as the JSE-listed retailer reaped the rewards of its strategy over the past six years to reduce costs.

Retailer Pick n Pay said on Friday its diluted headline earnings per share were up 26.1 percent during the 53 weeks to March 3.

Pick n Pay, one of South Africa’s largest supermarket chains, yesterday rose after the group reported turnover growth of almost 10%.