{"id":48454,"date":"2026-01-26T17:16:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=48454"},"modified":"2026-01-26T17:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:16:58","slug":"business-reflection-after-the-bell-why-constant-discounts-may-be-hurting-retails-bottom-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/26\/business-reflection-after-the-bell-why-constant-discounts-may-be-hurting-retails-bottom-line\/","title":{"rendered":"BUSINESS REFLECTION: After the Bell: Why constant discounts may be hurting retail\u2019s bottom line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s retailers lead the world in aggressive promotions, but while discount-hunting shoppers benefit, the \u2018Promotional Intensity\u2019 is hitting corporate profits. Is Walmart\u2019s \u2018Everyday Low Price\u2019 model the smarter future?<\/p>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#BUSINESS #REFLECTION #Bell #constant #discounts #hurting #retails #bottom #line<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s retailers lead the world in aggressive promotions, but while discount-hunting shoppers benefit, the \u2018Promotional Intensity\u2019 is hitting corporate&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48455,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48454\/revisions\/48455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}