Does Markham have genuine sales, or is the discount off an inflated price?

It varies by item, and the gap can be wide. Across the 148 Markham deals we have tracked long enough to judge, the typical badge is 52% off, but measured against the price the item actually holds, the median real saving is R50 (28%). The rest of that percentage is calculated off a was-price we have not seen the item reach. We show both numbers on every deal so the badge does not do the deciding.

What is the biggest genuine Markham price drop SaleDrop has recorded?

Right now the deepest genuine Markham saving we are showing is 57% below the usual price: Markham Men's Regular Fit Lightweight Basic T-Shirt, now R69 against the R159 it usually sells at. That is measured off the price the item genuinely held, not the advertised was-price.

How many Markham deals is SaleDrop tracking right now?

We are tracking 154 Markham deals at 50% or more off, priced from R59 to R999, up to 63% off. Of those, 148 have enough recorded history for us to judge the saving, and 30 are at the lowest price we have on record.

How do I know if a Markham deal is actually a good price?

Ignore the percentage badge and look at two figures we record: the lowest price we have ever seen the item at, and the price it usually holds. If the current price is at or near that recorded low and clearly below the usual price, the saving is real. Our method is on the how-we-verify page.

Markham sale, checked

Markham sells men's fashion, footwear and accessories. Here is how its sales behave while we watch the prices, and every live deal it is running at 50% or more off.

154 deals live148 with judgeable history30 at a recorded lowbadge says 52%, typical real saving 28%

How Markham sales really work

Markham is a TFG menswear chain, so the range is men's clothing, footwear, formalwear and streetwear-leaning casual. Like the other TFG brands it discounts often, which makes the badge unreliable on its own and the underlying price history the thing to trust.

Menswear clearances tend to be sharpest on seasonal pieces, jackets, knitwear and formal shirts, when the range rotates. We keep the recorded low and the usual price next to each deal so a 50 percent badge can be judged against what the item actually cost before.

Formalwear and outerwear see the deepest genuine cuts at season change.
Basics like tees and chinos discount shallowly and often, so wait for a recorded low rather than the first markdown.
Check our usual-price figure: that is the price the item held longest, which is a fairer anchor than the was-price.