Our Store and Country Footprint

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.

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.

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.

Massmart opened an experimental clearance outlet called ‘The Last Chance Store’ in response to consumer demand for quality hard goods at basement bargain prices.

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’s Game and Makro stores Launch ‘Little One’ nappies in response to consumer feedback requesting cheaper high quality nappy options.

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.

Game's omnichannel progress continues to gain momentum, with OneCart playing a pivotal role.

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.

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.

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.