{"id":172769,"date":"2020-11-20T22:35:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T20:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/november-and-black-friday-responsibility-this-years-black-friday-will-be-like-no-other-after-all-weve-never-had-a-covid-19-situation-before-mypr-co-za\/"},"modified":"2020-11-20T22:35:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T20:35:53","slug":"november-and-black-friday-responsibility-this-years-black-friday-will-be-like-no-other-after-all-weve-never-had-a-covid-19-situation-before-mypr-co-za","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/november-and-black-friday-responsibility-this-years-black-friday-will-be-like-no-other-after-all-weve-never-had-a-covid-19-situation-before-mypr-co-za\/","title":{"rendered":"NOVEMBER AND BLACK FRIDAY RESPONSIBILITY? This year\u2019s Black Friday will be like no other. After all we\u2019ve never had a Covid-19 situation before. | MyPR.co.za"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOVEMBER AND BLACK FRIDAY RESPONSIBILITY? This year\u2019s Black Friday will be like no other. After all we\u2019ve never had a Covid-19 situation before. | MyPR.co.za<\/a>: <\/p>\n

MyPR: NOVEMBER AND BLACK FRIDAY RESPONSIBILITY? This year\u2019s Black Friday will be like no other. After all we\u2019ve never had a Covid-19 situation before.<\/strong>: <\/p>\n

\"\"Burt Rodrigues CEO of Biodx and Alan Hirsch founder and CEO of Hirsch\u2019s Homestores give their insight into shopping this Black Friday.<\/p>\n

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A few months ago we\u2019d probably never have considered even thinking about a situation like Black Friday being possible. After all who\u2019d want to be standing in lines with people pushing and shoving to get their coveted appliance or item of clothing. This goes against everything we\u2019ve been doing to avoid infection during the pandemic. According to Burt Rodrigues, CEO of Biodx, this, similar to going back to sports events, has to be given careful consideration around human behaviour. \u201cThe main thing is that stores must give this a lot of thought as their responsibility is to their staff first, and then to their customer. Every precaution that can be taken, must be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n

So how are shops in South Africa preparing for this. For many they\u2019ve decided to just make November Black Friday the whole month of November and for others like Takealot, Friday the 13th seemed a suitable day. They felt that as online retailers they\u2019re safe anyway but were taking advantage of the opportunity to get in early with their specials which they\u2019re offering until the end of the month.<\/p>\n

But what about stores who can\u2019t just rely on online sales. According to Allan Hirsch, founder and CEO of Hirsch\u2019s Homestores, his customers can rest assured that not only will they be safe but they will get what they come for on the Black Friday weekend starting on the 27th November. \u201cAt first dealing with Covid-19 safety was really difficult for our staff but once they got into the swing of things it wasn\u2019t difficult. People didn\u2019t always like wearing their masks in the shop but since the first few weeks we\u2019ve had no negative feedback.<\/p>\n

The Black Friday onslaught<\/p>\n

When asked how his stores are planning to cope with the hordes that will come to get the bargains up for grabs that weekend Hirsch replies confidently, \u201cWe\u2019re expecting a lot of people but we\u2019re confident in the training we\u2019ve given our staff.<\/p>\n

Temperatures will be taken when people arrive. There will be specially sanitised seats spaced apart and as people arrive they\u2019ll be asked what they\u2019ve come for, given a ticket for that item with the assurance they\u2019ll get what they want. We\u2019ll have 25 sales people on the floor and allow in 25 people at a time so each person is personally attended to.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe keep track of how much stock we have of any one item and only give out the amount of tickets to match. When we\u2019re out of stock on that item we\u2019ll immediately tell people. That way you reduce any pushing or shoving and everyone\u2019s happy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll also give out special cardboard boxes of water so there\u2019ll be no dirty coffee cups lying around, keeping everything and everyone safe. We feel it\u2019s all about communicating with our staff and our customers. For instance when it comes to masks \u2013 no mask no entry into the shop. That\u2019s not negotiable. Ours is a family business and we\u2019re about our team members and our customers. After all without them we don\u2019t have a business. We\u2019ve had three preparation training sessions and will do another one just before the 27th. We\u2019re ready and prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think making this a three day event, instead of just one day was a wise move by Hirsch\u2019s as by giving people extra time and assurance of stock, you\u2019ll mitigate some of the danger,\u201d adds Rodrigues.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is still not a time to let your guard down. \u201cWhatever shop you go to that day, or that weekend, make sure you\u2019re properly armed with your mask, disinfectant and hand sanitiser. Don\u2019t just rely on a spray at the door. Keep your distance and stay safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NOVEMBER AND BLACK FRIDAY RESPONSIBILITY? This year\u2019s Black Friday will be like no other. After all we\u2019ve never had a Covid-19 situation before. | MyPR.co.za: MyPR: NOVEMBER AND BLACK FRIDAY RESPONSIBILITY? This year\u2019s Black Friday will be like no other. After all we\u2019ve never had a Covid-19 situation before.: Burt Rodrigues CEO of Biodx and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3332],"tags":[3813,5274,5766,37606,3983,4716,26763,10009,2289,39606,5341,7806,3613,6783,3715],"class_list":{"0":"post-172769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-johannesburg-south-africa","7":"tag-after","8":"tag-before","9":"tag-black","10":"tag-covid19","11":"tag-friday","12":"tag-like","13":"tag-mypr-co-za","14":"tag-never","15":"tag-november","16":"tag-other","17":"tag-responsibility","18":"tag-situation","19":"tag-this","20":"tag-weve","21":"tag-years","22":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}