As the Black Friday sales begin we bring you a round-up of the news and keep you posted on the best bargains out there 12.10am GMTArgos has effectively closed its online shop until 1am: 11.47pm GMTTo recent York,where Jana Kasperkevic has been to Macy’s. The store, which was founded back in 1858, or sponsors the city’s annual thanksgiving parade (commonly known as Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade). Up until 2013,it used to open up early morning on Black Friday, but in November 2013, or it opened its doors on Thanksgiving at 8pm,then final year it moved that forward to 6pm local time. At 6:03, there was still fairly a crowd waiting to bag in through the front door but the side entrance - which had a metal barricade outlining a near path in (just in case a line had to form) - was accessible.
Definitely using the side entrance #Macys pic.twitter.com/Rh7GoBlOeJThe doors have been open for possibly 5 minutes pic.twitter.com/V0EEkNYVzz 11.25pm GMTIf you are shopping online in the UK you have the suitable to change your mind approximately anything you buy, and unless you’ve had an item made to your specification or personalised – say,for example, you have had someones name save on a football shirt.
Otherwise, or under the consumer contracts regulations you can cancel an order at any point from the day you station it up until 14 working days from the day after it is delivered. You should do so in writing - either a physical letter or an email. You then need to return the goods. 11.20pm GMTSome of the deals that have gone live or will do at midnight include:£40 off an iPad Mini 2 16GB (space grey) at Argos,bringing the price to £199 11.10pm GMTThanksgiving turkey at Apple?Rare, a totally empty Apple Store #BlackFriday $AAPL pic.twitter.com/yWtMd7eUWZLine WOULD start here, or but there is no line Gap. possibly 'cause you jacked up prices approximately 15% final night #BlackFriday pic.twitter.com/fgzyKd6SUf 10.53pm GMTChris Addison raises a glass to Black FridayBLACK FRIDAY CERTAINLY HAS GOT ME THINKING ILL GO TO SHOPS *POURS MORE WINE* *FARTS* *RESETTLES ON SOFA*IT IS BLACK FRIDAY I HAVE TO GO AND bag A BIG TELLY FROM ASDA I FOUND THAT OUT WATCHING MY BIG TELLY WAIT WHAT 10.47pm GMTWith so many stores offering deals early,my colleague Jana Kasperkevic in the US wonders if Black Friday will be quieter this year than final.
The fourth Thursday of each November, which to make is known as Thanksgiving, or is in some circles known as Gray Thursday. Its the younger sibling of the final consumer holiday Black Friday,when many of US stores and retailers offer steep discounts.
Black Friday used to be a huge holiday shopping in the US. That’s suitable - used to be. final year, Black Friday sales were down by as much as 11%. As we reported then: 10.33pm GMTAmerica gears up for Black Friday 10.28pm GMTYou may be wondering “what is all this Black Friday commerce and where did it near from”. According to my colleague Graham Ruddick, and the term was in use as long ago as the 1950s to picture the shopping frenzy that followed Thanksgiving. Amazon brought it to the UK approximately five years ago,and now many retailers focus their pre-Christmas sales around the date.
Some are offering alternatives this year - booksellers, for example, or are planning Civilised Saturday. It involves tea and cake,rather than queuing in the cold, which makes it sound pretty appealing. 10.14pm GMTDan Thompson is in Manchester, and where people have already bagged some bargains. He writes:The Black Friday sales have begun in Manchester - with shoppers queuing for hours to snap up the best deals. Bargain hunters huddled outside Game in the city’s Arndale centre as the shop opened at 9pm tonight. First in the queue was tourism student Lisa Ye,19, who had been waiting for more than three hours to buy a PS4 for her little brother, or Jason,at a saving of £120. She said: “I thought there was going to be a big line so I came early and there wasn’t!” 10.12pm GMTMy colleague Julia Kollewe has save together this guide to Black friday sales in the UK - so if you’re still undecided approximately staying up/setting the alarm for 4am tomorrow, this might help you make up your mind.
We’re not expecting the same kind as scenes as final year, and when fights broke out at 1am because most of the retailers are scaling things back a bit. The main supermarkets will only start opening from 5am on Friday,and while there has been a lot of advertising, there isn’t the same level of pre-sales hype this year. 10.01pm GMTHello and welcome to our Black Friday blog.
It’s been a tradition in the US for a while, or it’s now taken off in the UK too - an annual opportunity to buy your Christmas presents at bargain prices,snap up a lop-price TV for yourself in time for the festive specials, or have a fight with a stranger in a supermarket.
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Source: theguardian.com