{"id":40887,"date":"2020-11-27T11:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=40887"},"modified":"2020-11-27T11:00:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T11:00:50","slug":"not-your-usual-black-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/not-your-usual-black-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Not your usual Black Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Black Friday is finally here, but as with most things this year it&#8217;s not necessarily what you&#8217;d expect. This Cyber weekend doesn\u2019t have to be just another excuse to replenish your wardrobe or buy the latest tech, this time around it could be the perfect opportunity to use your annual savings while supporting a good social cause.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many companies are starting to reconsider their business models and overall role in society, giving more importance to issues such as climate change, sustainability and gender equality. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a result, a growing number of brands have decided to do something different this Black Friday, to support a greater cause. Either by redirecting their campaigns to raise awareness or even by supporting charities through donations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Not your usual Black Friday\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s9ZBqYi2yIY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>\n<h3><b>MISBHV<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;This has been a year like no other. This should then be a Black Friday like no other&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Black Friday in which we give instead of take.&#8221; This is how MISBHV announced its reconception of Black Friday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Polish streetwear brand will be donating 100% of its Black Friday sales to three different organisations: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">World Health Organisation, UNICEF and Centrum Praw Kobiet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40898\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/not-your-usual-black-friday\/screen-shot-2020-11-27-at-10-22-17\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40898\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40898\" class=\"wp-image-40898\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-27-at-10.22.17-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-27-at-10.22.17-1.png 802w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-27-at-10.22.17-1-284x300.png 284w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-27-at-10.22.17-1-768x812.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by: Allbirds Green Friday Mail Campaign<\/p><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>\n<h3><b>Allbirds\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Increasing prices instead of slashing them? May sound crazy at first but it may just be the change that we needed. The sustainable sneakers brand has inverted the Black Friday custom and will be increasing its prices across its entire collection. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prices will be raised by $1 which will be matched by their own contribution of an additional $1, with the difference being donated to Fridays for Future with the scope of<\/span><b>\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cbreaking tradition, not the planet\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>\n<h3><b>FAGUO\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FAGUO is one among thousands of brands participating in the French collective\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.makefridaygreenagain.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018Make Friday Green Again\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that has been encouraging a more responsible approach to consumption. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The French clothing brand is committed to adopting existing solutions to compensate for its carbon footprint, one of these being boycotting the over-promoted Black Friday sales. Instead, it encourages its consumers to consider the last Friday of November as any other day and question, whether their urge to buy, is worth the environmental damage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>\n<h3><b>\u00a0Lebrusan Studio\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The London based brand that makes \u2018beautiful jewels that are kind to the earth\u2019 will be making their Black Friday more of a green one by raising money for The Water Project. Up to the 1 December, 20% of their proceeds will be donated to the charity that operates to provide sub-Saharan Africa with clean water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/LebrusanStudio\/status\/1331583700132311044<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>\n<h3><b>Patagonia<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Patagonia&#8217;s stand against Black Friday has been clear since 2011 when the clothing brand launched an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patagonia.com\/stories\/dont-buy-this-jacket-black-friday-and-the-new-york-times\/story-18615.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ad campaign<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> discouraging its consumers to buy its own products on the anticipated last Friday of November. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The brand continues to stay true to its values and this year it will proceed with donating 100% of its profits to grassroots nonprofits. However, it&#8217;s also taking a step further by including refurbished pieces in their sales as part of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBuy Less, Demand More\u201d campaign<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, to encourage buying second-hand clothing and promote slow-fashion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Read more about the dark side of Black Friday <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/black-friday-how-overconsumption-fuels-overproduction\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Find more ways to support a greener Black Friday <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/5-ways-to-make-black-friday-a-little-greener\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn about the second-hand movement <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/old-is-the-new-new\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words: Chiara Ferrari | Video : Chiara Ferrari | Subbing:\u00a0Sam Tabahriti<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Friday is finally here, but as with most things this year it&#8217;s not necessarily what you&#8217;d expect. 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