{"id":278745,"date":"2018-10-22T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=278745"},"modified":"2018-10-22T11:00:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T09:00:36","slug":"pick-n-pay-has-made-special-arrangements-for-black-friday-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/278745\/pick-n-pay-has-made-special-arrangements-for-black-friday-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick n Pay has made special arrangements for Black Friday 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Retailer Pick n Pay is preparing for its biggest Black Friday ever.<\/p>\n<p>This is according to John Bradshaw, head of marketing at Pick n Pay, who confirmed to BusinessTech that the retailer&#8217;s plans for 23 November are already well underway.<\/p>\n<p>Black Friday has quickly become the biggest shopping day of the year in South Africa, with retailers across the country reportedly seeing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/277605\/5-things-you-can-expect-from-black-friday-2018-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than twice<\/a><\/strong> the daily average transactions compared to a standard shopping day.<\/p>\n<p>Bradshaw acknowledged that Black Friday is a big day for Pick n Pay, and that a number of arrangements have been made in preparation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are working very hard to make sure our customers get the best deals on the biggest day of the year,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have also made special arrangements to get more stock than ever before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bradshaw added that Pick n Pay is looking to ensure that its deals and savings are bigger and better than Black Friday 2017.<\/p>\n<p>This will include deals that will apply across a variety of categories &#8211; both in-store and on Pick n Pay\u2019s online store, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The retailer stood out for its Black Friday deals in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/277763\/black-friday-2018-deals-from-some-of-south-africas-biggest-retail-brands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017<\/a> <\/strong>where it primarily focused on TVs, gadgets, smartphones, and household products. Pick n Pay Hypermarkets also opened earlier on the day (7:00).<\/p>\n<p>However, Bradshaw did not disclose specific details on Pick n Pay&#8217;s 2018 Black Friday deals &#8211; with the company expected to release more information closer to the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Customers should watch our website www.pnp.co.za for more details about our deals and the surprises we have planned to maximise Black Friday savings for all our customers,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/277605\/5-things-you-can-expect-from-black-friday-2018-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5 things you can expect from Black Friday 2018 in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Bradshaw, head of marketing at Pick n Pay, has confirmed to BusinessTech that the retailer&#8217;s plans for Black Friday 2018 are already well underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":200836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[26,4067],"class_list":["post-278745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-headline","tag-pick-n-pay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278745"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278815,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278745\/revisions\/278815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}