Black Friday is an American tradition it
happens the day after Thanksgiving
retailers offer huge discounts that
kickstart the Christmas shopping season
a few years ago British retailers
decided to join in on the act a ploy to
get us to part with our cash
experts predict a record-breaking day
with online sales set to break through
the 1 billion fine mark for the first
time in the UK a third more than last
year
one major credit card company reckons
will spend 1.9 billion when you include
all the physical shops here on the high
street that means 20 1990 pounds could
be spent every second
who could forget the mayhem from last
year as shoppers literally fought over
bargains websites crashed and
distribution centers struggled to cope
with a tsunami of orders whilst it's
good for US consumers there's plenty of
evidence to suggest that Black Friday
simply drives us to spend earlier not
more hissing retailers not helping them