WATCH: Shopping craze as consumers target bargains on Black Friday
The Advertiser spent the morning at major shopping centres in the city centre to bring you live updates of what was going down in the respective retail outlets.
The biggest shopping day of the year is here and it left many people excited. Three friends who couldn't hold their excitement was Millicent Mabuza, Vuyelwa Langfoot and Khanyisile Manana who were spotted by the Boksburg Advertiser at Pick n Pay East Rand Mall during the Black Friday sale on November 29.
Black Friday kicked off in various retail stores across the city this morning, and most of the outlets have slashed prices on hundreds of products, including savings on TV sets, mobile phones and food products.
Although on the day many retailers which offered selected goods on sale were busier than usual, the shopping craze was not as hectic as anticipated.
Apart from long queues at the East Rand Mall and East Point, the rest of the city’s shopping centres were relatively quiet, with everything continuing in the normal way throughout the morning.
However, some centres predicted there would be a spike in shopping from the afternoon until closing time in the evening.
Hundreds of people were, however, noticed taking advantage of the Black Friday deals at some outlets, including the Game store, Pick n Pay, Footgear, Nike Factory and others in the East Rand Mall and East Point.
It appeared electrical appliances, including TV sets and a range of smaller consumer electronic devices, were the bargain hunters’ favourites at Games store as many shoppers were seen heading straight for such merchandise as the doors opened at midnight.
Traffic remained normal on the major roads around Sunward Park Lifestyle Centre and Checkers Hyper throughout the morning.
Game store in East Point attracted large bargain hunters on Black Friday.
Unlike yesteryears, the Pepper Square shopping centre on North Rand Road was relatively not as busy as anticipated.Retail stores such as Checkers at the Sunward Park Lifestyle Centre were quiet on the morning of Black Friday, but more bargain hunters headed to the stores as time went by. Security companies, police and the EMPD were on standby to ensure the safety of the shoppers.There was no Black Friday madness at Checkers Hyper Boksburg on Friday morning (November 29), but employees said that there were more feet than last year and more people were expected to come after 5pm. A few taxis were also seen dropping bargain hunters off at the centre to support Black Friday.Cashing in on some of the bargain Black Friday sale at Pick n Pay East Rand Mall on November 29 is Boksburg resident Zanel, Chris and Tama-Lee Badenhorst.One vibrant shopper who wasn’t tired of standing in the long queue outside Superga Outlet store East Point is Maphule Liphafa who also like millions of people across the country got their hands on the Black Friday best deals. With her is Thami Mbolekwa and Ntando.Irene Chigweshe from Boksburg made use of the hot Black Friday sale at Game East Point as she bought baby items.Retail stores such as Checkers at the Sunward Park Lifestyle Centre was quiet on the morning of Black Friday, but more bargain hunters headed to the shop during the day. Security companies, police, EMPD were on standby to ensure the safety of the shoppers.Retail stores such as PNA at the Sunward Park Lifestyle Centre were quiet on the morning of Black Friday, but more bargain hunters headed to the stores as time went by.
