WAS £199.99, NOW £89.99 5 – Peter Andre Forever perfume (100ml), The Perfume Shop.
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During the buildup to Black Friday 2015, we told you about 10 great deals on HDTVs that marked the lowest prices of the year despite the fact that Black Friday hadn’t even yet arrived.
Mobile and tablet shopping is becoming increasingly popular, so how do stores make sure you can buy quickly and easily during sale time?
Their deals include a Samsung Galaxy S6 available for free at £22 per month and an HTC A9 available for free at £23.50 per month.
Amazon is offering lightning deals throughout the day – if you miss one, don’t be too discouraged, there will be more!
“Feedback from our customers revealed that one day simply isn’t enough”.
Staying home to shop online during Black Monday has even become so big that there has been a 5% reduction in the number of accidents, collisions and thefts on the day, according to the motor insurance branch of the Co-operative. You can find it in the Google Play Store and iTunes app store by searching for “Amazon”.
The Boots flagship store on Sedley Place was one of a handful of shops which opened extra early, advertising deals on huge posters by the shop entrance.
“Black Friday has grown enormously over the last few years and we’re now expecting it to be the largest sales event of the year”, said Stuart Ramage, e-commerce director at Dixons Carphone (DC.L), Britain’s largest electricals retailer. Mindful of the damage a repeat Black Friday fracas could cause to reputation and customer loyalty, many companies have pared back their offerings as they strive to protect margin and avoid cannibalisation of sales during the Christmas shopping period.
A study by Visa suggests there could be a record £1.9bn of purchases across the UK. Also expected to be cut this weekend on Forza Motorsport 6, Gears of War Ultimate Edition and God of War 3 Remastered.
The explanation for how Britons came to embrace Black Friday seems to reside in a mix of canny unbridled capitalist opportunism, the fetishizing of things American, the explosion of online shopping and two giant retailers called Walmart and Amazon.
In the United States, Black Friday, the day after the Thanksgiving holiday, was so named because spending would pick up and retailers would begin to turn a profit for the year and move into the black.
For more Black Friday deals and discounts visit the IBTimes UK Black Friday hubSo, who is prepared?
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Yesterday police here issued a warning to consumers about online fraud ahead of this week’s discount sales bonanza.
