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The new Builders website offers customers a much quicker and more intuitive online experience resulting from new features that significantly improve the customer journey from sign-up and log-in, to product search, recommendations and checkout.
Following a further round of in-depth Black Friday consumer research, Massmart’s Makro, Game and Builders stores will re-introduce month-long Black Friday promotions this year.
Massmart opened two new Builders Express stores last week, one near Mall of The North in Polokwane and the other, in Vergelegen, Western Cape.
Makro, Game and Builders are gearing up to offer customers deep price cuts in their annual Halfway Day promotion, which aims to provide consumers with a measure of mid-year financial relief.
Massmart-owned retailers Makro, Game, and Builders are flipping the script on tradition by bringing a global first for their Halfway Day promotion – a Mid-Year Wrapped experience within music and podcast streaming app Spotify.
Builders has kicked off its month-long 2024 Black Friday promotion, with the release of its first week of deals. Each weekly promotion will feature deals across product categories that are most relevant to Builders customers at this time of the year.
As consumer interest in Black Friday reaches its highest level in three years, Builders has announced a significant expansion with the simultaneous opening of three new stores across South Africa on 28 November 2024.
Dubbed The Store of The Future, this new 15 170m2 store features a technologically advanced design and a bouquet of services that simplify customer’s lives.
As the Festive season approaches, searching for the right toys to gift can be a daunting task for parents. Makro and Game have removed the guesswork from this task, revealing this year’s Top 10 Toys – as rated by South African kids.
Trojan Health and its sub-brand for semi-commercial health equipment, Trojan Pro Series is a Private Brand owned by Massmart, and available exclusively at Makro and Game stores.
Massmart opened an experimental clearance outlet called ‘The Last Chance Store’ in response to consumer demand for quality hard goods at basement bargain prices.
Massmart’s Game and Makro stores Launch ‘Little One’ nappies in response to consumer feedback requesting cheaper high quality nappy options.
Game's omnichannel progress continues to gain momentum, with OneCart playing a pivotal role.
As the next step in its turnaround strategy and in support of its goal to become a leading omnichannel retailer, Game launched a refreshed eCommerce platform.
To improve financial accessibility to good quality sanitary pads, local retailer, Game Stores, has launched Great Value Sanitary Pads, which will retail at R7.99 for a pack of 8.
Game has expanded its Great Value Private Brand product offering with the introduction of Great Value instant noodles which are available in three flavours - Beef, Chicken and Durban Curry. Priced at R19,99 for a pack of five these instant noodles are currently the best priced noodles at Game.
Massmart’s Jumbo and Cash & Carry Brands operate an intensive food safety programmethat ensures that food for sale in these stores is always safe for consumption.
Recognising the vital role of maize meal as a staple in South African households, Jumbo and Cash & Carry stores have introduced Econo Maize Meal, a private label maize meal, to alleviate the pressure faced by consumers amidst soaring food prices.
Massmart owned Jumbo is celebrating four decades of providing affordable access to quality goods and trusted brands to community-based spaza shops, wholesalers, tavern owners and liquor traders.
In its latest move to become the leading eCommerce player in South Africa, Massmart has launched a bespoke business (B2B) website to meet the needs of business customers, who are facing similar economic challenges to end consumers.
Makro Strubens Valley in Gauteng became the sixth Massmart store to make use of renewable energy, with a 480 kilowatt (kWh) peak plant that consists of 1476 car park-mounted polycrystalline PV panels.
In light of this rise in comparative shopping behaviour and the current challenging consumer environment, Makro has redoubled its efforts to help customers save money so they can live better.
Massmart’s Makro is set to open its 23rd store on the 23rd of April, this time in Gonubie, East London.
Data released by the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity (PMBEJD) in its April 2025 Household Affordability Index showed that the price of a basic food basket in SA increased by almost R100 month-on-month.
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