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You’ve come to that unavoidable moment in life when it’s time to purchase new appliances. Now, this may be because you’ve recently moved into a new home, or maybe even your first, and you need to purchase new appliances to match it. Or maybe your old trusty appliances recently bit the dust, and you are

Hardware stores are no less crucial than your local grocer when you need to get things fixed, and rather than patronising the box stores, googling “hardware near me” can often be the start of a great local relationship! For those who don’t know (although have likely noticed), hardware stores and nurseries have blurred over the

If you are in search of a convenient shopping mall and are lucky enough to be a Gauteng resident, perhaps Google will be kind enough to deliver “Gift Acres Convenience Centre” in your search results. It’s a genuine score, because when you’re searching a “shopping mall near me” and Gift Acres pops up, you can

Cash Converters Gift Acres is well positioned to take advantage of the global trend towards transforming sometimes wasteful consumption habits, through re-use. Our team at Cash Converters Gift Acres are firm believers in the principles of upcycling – using the opportunity provided by re-fashioning some of the second-hand household items of value sold into the

Shopping malls arose on the back of convenience and common sense. With the expansion of suburbia, it became possible to be a very definite part of a town, but still far away from the city centre. Urbanisation has succeeded too well! There’s no point in being able to enjoy a suburban lifestyle, however, when access

When next you’re thinking “What shopping mall near me can supply X or Y?”, there’s a really good chance you’ll come across Gift Acres, especially if you’re in the greater Tshwane area. The reason Gift Acres will pop up is that for years now, we’ve kept apace with Pretoria’s needs and wants. Now that lockdown

The last two years have been a strange time for everyone, not just in South Africa, but across the globe. The ramifications of lockdowns have manifested in a variety of ways. There are negative side effects to such social isolation, it’s true, but quite miraculously, there are now some serious benefits, as the world slowly

While it’s true that shopping centres fill various roles for different people, it’s really the passing of time that allows for its real value to emerge. Of course, for those nearby, the local shopping centre will be their, well, local, neighbourhood shops – the easiest route to getting what they need. Do a snap survey,

We’ve come a long way from having to hitch the horse to the cart and trek over hill to lay up on supplies. Some underestimate the convenience of the closest shopping mall, but it used to be a real pain to get all the shopping done without them! More than just a trolley-loading exercise, malls

Boy, hasn’t the local shopping mall gone up in value lately! Quite apart from how mall managers upgrade and market the mall, lockdown has made us all almost nostalgic for simply hanging at the mall! With restrictions lifted now, shoppers can again wander through the mall unhindered, but after the hiatus, there seems both a