{"id":214064,"date":"2026-03-15T18:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T18:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=214064"},"modified":"2026-03-15T18:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T18:17:15","slug":"business-reflection-after-the-bell-why-constant-discounts-may-be-hurting-retails-bottom-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=214064","title":{"rendered":"BUSINESS REFLECTION: After the Bell: Why constant discounts may be hurting retail\u2019s bottom line"},"content":{"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 profits. Is Walmart\u2019s \u2018Everyday Low Price\u2019 model the smarter future&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/after-the-bell-why-constant-discounts-may-be-hurting-retails-bottom-line\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s retailers lead the world in aggressive promotions, but while discount-hunting shoppers benefit, the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214064-business-reflection-after-the-bell-why-constant-discounts-may-be-hurting-retails-bottom-line.jpg",1992,996,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214064-business-reflection-after-the-bell-why-constant-discounts-may-be-hurting-retails-bottom-line-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214064-business-reflection-after-the-bell-why-constant-discounts-may-be-hurting-retails-bottom-line-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214064-business-reflection-after-the-bell-why-constant-discounts-may-be-hurting-retails-bottom-line-768x384.jpg",640,320,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214064-business-reflection-after-the-bell-why-constant-discounts-may-be-hurting-retails-bottom-line-1024x512.jpg",640,320,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214064-business-reflection-after-the-bell-why-constant-discounts-may-be-hurting-retails-bottom-line-1536x768.jpg",1536,768,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214064-business-reflection-after-the-bell-why-constant-discounts-may-be-hurting-retails-bottom-line.jpg",1992,996,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214064-business-reflection-after-the-bell-why-constant-discounts-may-be-hurting-retails-bottom-line-1024x512.jpg",1024,512,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214064-business-reflection-after-the-bell-why-constant-discounts-may-be-hurting-retails-bottom-line-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214064-business-reflection-after-the-bell-why-constant-discounts-may-be-hurting-retails-bottom-line-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=40\" rel=\"category\">Africa<\/a>","tag_info":"Africa","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=214064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/214065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=214064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=214064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=214064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}