{"id":34660,"date":"2019-11-29T14:17:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T14:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=34660"},"modified":"2019-11-29T14:17:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T14:17:24","slug":"black-friday-sales-go-up-12-5-per-cent-from-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/black-friday-sales-go-up-12-5-per-cent-from-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday sales &#8220;go up 12.5 per cent&#8221; from last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Initial data from Barclaycard on Friday showed payment transactions in Britain were up 12.5 per cent from the previous year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/uk-usa-holidayshopping-britain-barclayca\/uk-black-friday-volume-of-payment-transactions-up-12-5-vs-2018-barclaycard-idUKKBN1Y31DJ\">Reuters&#8217;<\/a> report, one in three of all debit and credit card transactions in the UK are made with Barclaycard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor\u2019s Picks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/london-bridge-shut-down-after-gunfire\/\">London Bridge shut down &#8220;after gunfire&#8221;\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/the-brothers-of-grime\/\">The Brothers of Grime<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/greta-thunberg-whats-the-big-deal\/\">Greta Thunberg \u2013 the 16-year-old activist, now author of the year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/how-historically-accurate-is-the-crown\/\">How historically accurate is The Crown?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Analysts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/black-friday-2019-uk-shoppers-20986392\">predicted<\/a> a \u00a32.5 billion spending spree, with most of that to be spent online.<\/p>\n<p>However, most shoppers have been racing to their keyboards instead of the High Street.<\/p>\n<p>One shopper at Tesco Accrington\u00a0showed up at 3:50 am to realise he was the only person waiting for the store to open.<\/p>\n<p>David Pollitt, a groundsman for Blackburn Rovers FC wrote on Twitter: &#8220;3:50am at tesco Accrington and I&#8217;m the only 1 here waiting for it to open at 5am. Things you do for a good deal for the kids Christmas presents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">3:50am at tesco Accrington and I&#8217;m the only 1 here waiting for it to open at 5am \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02. Things you do for a good deal for the kids Christmas presents <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackFriday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackFriday<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/minus1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#minus1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Christmas2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Christmas2019<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N61B5X9LSB\">pic.twitter.com\/N61B5X9LSB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David pollitt (@davep5290) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davep5290\/status\/1200261769291284482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">29 November 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The groundsman left with a shopping bag that contained an Xbox with three games and &#8216;fortnite stuff&#8217; worth \u00a3109.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK Amazon warehouse workers are staging <a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/blockfriday-amazon-causes-outrage-across-europe\/\">walkouts<\/a> citing: &#8220;Amazon workers were breaking bones, being knocked unconscious and taken away in ambulances due to unsafe conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words: Michelle Del Rey | Featured Image: Jacek Dylag\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Initial data from Barclaycard on Friday showed payment transactions in Britain were up 12.5 per cent from the previous year. 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