Budget Well this Festive Season
Food outstrips travel and fun for consumers
Gone are the days of extravagant holidays and heavy drinking sessions as more South Africans are expected to scale back on fun in favour of buying food, according to the latest Deloitte Year-End Holiday Survey Tough economic conditions are prompting consumers to be more pragmatic in their spending habits, with more households expected to allocate […]
Consumers to cut back on travel and socialising this festive season
Gone are the days of extravagant holidays and heavy drinking sessions as more South Africans are expected to scale back on fun in favour of buying food, according to the latest Deloitte Year-End Holiday Survey Tough economic conditions are prompting consumers to be more pragmatic in their spending habits, with more households expected to allocate […]
Indebted consumers warned to save with petrol price drop
The 69-cent drop in the retail price of a litre of petrol will bring only temporary relief to consumers who jointly owe close to R1,5-trillion rand to credit providers Neil Roets CEO of Debt Rescue, one of the largest debt counselling companies in South Africa said although the price reduction is good news, consumers should […]
Don’t let petrol price drop tempt you to spend more – consumers warned
The drop in the retail price of petrol of 69 cents a litre will bring only temporary relief to consumers who jointly owe close to R1,5-trillion rand to credit providers Neil Roets CEO of Debt Rescue, one of the largest debt counselling companies in South Africa said although the price reduction is good news, consumers […]
Fuel price drop doesn’t mean more spending
The drop in the retail price of petrol of 69 cents a litre will bring only temporary relief to consumers who jointly owe close to R1.5-trillion rand to credit providers. Neil Roets CEO of Debt Rescue, one of the largest debt counselling companies in South Africa said although the price reduction is good news, consumers […]
Petrol price scrapes new lows
Cape Town – Petrol is at its cheapest level for the year after the latest drop reversed all gains for 2014 and an economist is seeing a further decline in the new year. The Department of Energy on Friday announced that the retail prices of both grades of petrol will decrease by 69 cents a […]
Plans to spend more on Christmas shopping
SOUTH AFRICA’S higher and middle-income consumers plan to spend 34 percent more this Christmas than they did last year, according to a new survey But the Acentric Christmas Shopping Intentions Survey 2014 found most of the buying will be for food, clothing and alcohol. “We can expect most of the spend to come from younger […]