eshrag
11-23-2018, 11:33 AM
Shoppers in Britain expected to spend £10bn – but warned to watch out for rip-off deals
Struggling retailers are hoping for a boost from this year’s Black Friday, with as much as £1.5bn expected to be spent online alone on one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
Britons are expected to spend £10.4bn in total over the US-inspired event (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/16/amazon-and-high-street-chains-kick-off-black-friday-early) which for some retailers now lasts almost a fortnight – 3.1% more than in 2017, according to analysts at GlobalData.
Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/23/retailers-hope-black-friday-will-tackle-spending-lull)
Struggling retailers are hoping for a boost from this year’s Black Friday, with as much as £1.5bn expected to be spent online alone on one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
Britons are expected to spend £10.4bn in total over the US-inspired event (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/16/amazon-and-high-street-chains-kick-off-black-friday-early) which for some retailers now lasts almost a fortnight – 3.1% more than in 2017, according to analysts at GlobalData.
Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/23/retailers-hope-black-friday-will-tackle-spending-lull)