Once just an American tradition, Black Friday sales have quickly spread across the world as retailers attempt to take advantage of the holiday season to shift high-value stock and build on their customer base before the Christmas rush. While the Americans climb over each other to get the best deal in stores, most retailers in Europe provide their best deals through their online
Singles’ Day records smashed in 2019
After 24 hours of intense buying and selling, along with weeks of advertising the promote the event, the Chinese market is calming down after another record-breaking Singles' Day. The Alibaba Group, once more, realised a higher sales turnover than in the previous year. The Chinese e-commerce platform sold goods worth 268 billion Yuan, $38.4 billion dollars. This is an
Amazon: Black Friday 2019 lasts more than a week
On Amazon UK, this year's Black Friday sale will be longer than ever. The marketplaces announced that this year's Black Friday will last for over a week, running for a full eight days from 00:01 on Friday the 22nd of November until 23:59 on Friday the 29th November. It is likely that the 2019 Amazon Black Friday sale to stop there. It is likely that Amazon will continue the
Alibaba: king of the holiday season
Tamebay.com reports that Alibaba, the most powerful, well-known Chinese marketplace platform, is the absolute king of the 2018 holiday sales. Comparing the United States versus Alibaba Holiday sales for 2018, Alibaba’s Single’s Day beat all four American Cyber weekend sales combined. Adobe tracked sales in the United States during Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday ($6.2
Black Friday: major growth in transactions in the Netherlands
According to Betaalvereniging Nederland, payment transactions have increased a lot over the Black Friday weekend. From Friday, November 23rd to Monday 26th, the popular payment method iDeal and normal debit cards were used a lot more. The number of iDeal transactions rose 72% compared to normal. For debit cards, the increase was 16%. In total, a turnover of about 2.35