Black Friday loses its lustre

[Bradley Prior]

Black Friday loses its lustre
South Africa saw a very muted Black Friday in 2023 as the country’s macroeconomic environment and logistics crisis weighed on retailers’ ability to offer significant discounts ahead of the festive season. [Daily Investor]

 

[Sapphiron]

Maybe if there were actual specials, people would buy stuff.

People still need to buy things, they just need different things from what you were promoting.

Stop blaming things out of your control.

 

[Mannydefreitas]

Maybe the amount of people fooled by the Black Friday BS Hype is declining as people are now better informed...

 

[LoadShedder]

TV licensing is killing black Friday. That's my theory. TVs are the only things that get a decent discount.

 

[The_MAC]

Cmon guys, we already had Black Friday in July 2021, and appliances last quite long

 

[Polymathic]

Joburg business culture views a product sold during with a discount in terms of potential revenue lost compared to its normal list price. Maybe some deeper Afrikaaner Culture reason to this attitude.

 

[Randux]

Because retail be scamming

 

[rvZA]

Black Friday lost nothing... people of South Africa lost their jobs, lost income, lost raises, lost bonuses, companies are scaling down and closing down. This is the future for SA.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

so there may be hope for your species yet, seems the consumption driven, instant gratification, materialist brainwashing is not as strong as before ...

 

[Grubscrew]

Maybe half of the potential black Friday stock was drifting in Durban harbour.

My kingdom for a journalist worthy of the name...

 

[Grubscrew]

Maybe half of the potential black Friday stock was drifting in Durban harbour.

My kingdom for a journalist worthy of the name...

Never mind I see Journalism is only a BA degree.

 

[backstreetboy]

Black Friday lost nothing... people of South Africa lost their jobs, lost income, lost raises, lost bonuses, companies are scaling down and closing down. This is the future for SA.

You lost your mind again.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

people are broke, dont need this BS when they struggling to survive another day.

 

[PaulGherkin]

Never mind I see Journalism is only a BA degree.

Yup, pretty much bottom of the barrel. Don't need mathematics or any kind of intelligence. If your IQ is 80 or less you can do it

 

[Velskoen]

Yup, pretty much bottom of the barrel. Don't need mathematics or any kind of intelligence. If your IQ is 80 or less you can do it

IQ between 60 and 80. Anything lower is destined for government.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Does it relate to the fact people hadn't been paid yet unlike years that have gone before?

 

[Sapphiron]

Maybe half of the potential black Friday stock was drifting in Durban harbour.

My kingdom for a journalist worthy of the name...

I think Cape Town should "seize the mean of production" and take control of Transnet assets in the western Cape. Then appoint a private logistics firm to operate it (selling would be a mistake)

I am sure that within months the backlog will be reduced in Durban.

 

[rvZA]

Does it relate to the fact people hadn't been paid yet unlike years that have gone before?

Got nothing to do with that. If you wanted to spend money, you would have saved up the month before knowing it was a week away from payday. Just like many people uses Novembers' salary to buy Christmas gifts.

 

[Bliksis]

Black Friday loses its lustre
South Africa saw a very muted Black Friday in 2023 as the country’s macroeconomic environment and logistics crisis weighed on retailers’ ability to offer significant discounts ahead of the festive season. [Daily Investor]

Stop talking kak. Greedy will be greedy.

 

[Bliksis]

Got nothing to do with that. If you wanted to spend money, you would have saved up the month before knowing it was a week away from payday. Just like many people uses Novembers' salary to buy Christmas gifts.

Yeah right. You think the world works like it theoretically should. Funny.