Black Friday

OneDayOnly hosts second Black Friday to make it up to customers

South African deals website OneDayOnly is hosting a second Black Friday promotion to make up for server issues and site outages during last week’s…

Website lets you see real-time Black Friday weekend spending in SA

A dashboard created by PayFast lets you see Black Friday and Cyber Monday spending in South Africa in real-time — and wow, people are…

Black Friday 2020: SA retailers extend promotions to whole month

With the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic during 2020, multiple retailers plan to launch their Black Friday sales early and extend promotions through the…

Record Black Friday for the US sees $7.4bn in sales, buoyed by mobile

Unsurprisingly, Black Friday 2019 was the biggest ever edition of the hallowed shopping day, racking up $7.4-billion in sales alone in the United States….

5 lessons learned from a Black Friday customer experience fail

Originally a Thanksgiving holiday sales ploy imported from the US, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are now reshaping consumer behaviour in South Africa. With…

Memeburn’s top tips and tricks for winning those Black Friday specials

Black Friday is a game. Imagine that you’re Mario, the sites offering specials are Princess Peach, and everything between you and the checkout is…

Black Friday: these are Cell C, MTN, Telkom and Vodacom’s data specials

Looking for more data this Black Friday? We take a look at what South Africa’s big four networks — Cell C, MTN, Telkom, and…

Craziest Black Friday deal? Makro offers R150k off this bottle of whisky

Stores are usually criticised for taking advantage of the hype by offering less-than-impressive Black Friday discounts, but one retailer is slicing nearly R150 000…

Spotify Premium drops to R5.99pm over the festive period

Just in time for Black Friday and the Festive Season, streaming music platform Spotify has announced that new users signing up to its service…

Pick n Pay launches ‘early’ online Black Friday deals

Pick n Pay has announced its first wave of Black Friday deals, more than two weeks before the actual day itself. In a smart…

Dude Perfect nails the festive season shopping experience

Black Friday is just a few weeks away, and if you haven’t even started shopping your your Christmas gifts, you’re probably too late we…

Takealot hits record highs despite Black Friday downtime

Although Takealot was inaccessible for a majority of shoppers on Black Friday 2017, the sales day became the biggest in its history based on…

Superbalist sees 143% spike in website traffic on Black Friday 2017

Black Friday 2017 was fashion etailer Superbalist’s “biggest trading day to date” the company announced. The South African company experienced sales growth of 118%…

Black Friday 2017 was the biggest ever in US history, stats suggest

Singles’ Day may have become Alibaba’s biggest one-day sales period raking in some US$25-billion, but Black Friday is still a force in the western…

Takealot struggles minutes into Black Friday

Takealot buckled under the pressure of Black Friday just minutes after midnight — and by 8.30am, the site was still turning shoppers away. At…

These are MTN’s Black Friday data deals for 2017

There are so many deals hitting consumers on Black Friday, that it’s hard to keep track. (Sidenote: Gearburn’s doing an excellent job in this…

Grey Saturday: the safest shopping day of the Black Friday weekend

What is the safest day to shop online during the sales season? That’s a question many a budget hunter should be asking over the…

Takealot CEO Kim Reid chats Black Friday, the ‘War Room’ and fidget spinners

“I think it’s grown over time” is how Takealot CEO Kim Reid describes Black Friday. And he’s not wrong. In November 2016, South African…

TWR #130: SA Black Friday deals, Silicon Valley, Battlefront 2, and more

Welcome to The Weekly Roundup, where we discuss the latest in tech and startup news. This week, Hadlee Simons hosts Stephen Timm, Andy Walker,…

Here’s how Raru, Wootware handled South Africa’s Black Friday rush

This year’s Black Friday was a massive occasion. Besides the number of deals that were spread across a range of SA’s ecommerce stores and…

US consumers blow $3.34bn on Black Friday, break mobile shopping record

It was an extremely healthy Black Friday for US retailers according to new data released by Adobe. The company this week published its 2016…

Black Friday: Takealot disabled mobile website due to load

Between the photos of chaos at Checkers and websites going down, it’s clear that retailers have been overwhelmed on Black Friday. In fact, Takealot announced earlier…

Weekly Round Up Podcast #86: Axl Rose, ZTE, naughty Reddit & Black Friday

Welcome to Weekly Round Up, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation, and news from the last few days. This week, Hadlee Simons…

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