Black Friday spurs online shopping
However, experts said this week that they expected a boost in online shopping on Black Friday.
Arthur Goldstuck, the managing director at World Wide Worx, said that for the foreseeable future, brick and mortar sales would significantly outpace online sales on Black Friday, especially since online-only made up around 1.8percent of total retail.
“However, the significance of online sales on that day is that it draws in more new online shoppers than any other event of the year, and contributes to the acceleration of online retail sales for the year,” said Goldstuck.
Shopping malls are the preferred destination for South Africans, particular in urban areas, with almost 2000 malls nationally, according to the Council of Shopping Centre’s 2015 estimates.
Source: iol.co.za
