{"id":50058,"date":"2013-11-29T15:20:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T14:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=50058"},"modified":"2013-11-29T15:20:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T15:20:29","slug":"the-great-british-black-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/the-great-british-black-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great British Black Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50088\" alt=\"shoppers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/shoppers-447x600.jpg\" width=\"447\" height=\"600\" \/>Black Friday is a term which in the old days referred to stock market crashes and national calamities but since the early 2000\u2019s the term has come to represent the\u00a0biggest shopping day in America, taking place the day after Thanksgiving. Retailers from other parts of the world looked upon the US \u2018blowout\u2019 sales in the prime days leading up to Christmas with envy, and it wasn\u2019t long before international retailers adopted the tradition.<\/p>\n<p>British retailers are now very much part of the game. High streets, malls (and Twitter) is buzzing with Black Friday discounts and customers \u00a0are buying into it.\u00a0Here is a look at some of the big British deals of the day:<\/p>\n<p>British Airways announced 45% off hotels and free city passes via Twitter:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Black Friday Deals, up to 45% off hotels plus FREE city passes in London &amp; Europe, ends midnight 2 Dec <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/uQQKNuN4Z5\">http:\/\/t.co\/uQQKNuN4Z5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 British Airways N.A. (@BritishAirways) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BritishAirways\/statuses\/406392263405998080\">November 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>John Lewis&#8217; one-day-only sale on electricals advertised with a print campaign, and its tweet to customers:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50067\" alt=\"john lewis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/john-lewis-589x600.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Today, for Black Friday, we&#8217;ve hundreds of offers available for one day only. View all offers here: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/pNH99n2IwT\">http:\/\/t.co\/pNH99n2IwT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Lewis (@johnlewisretail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnlewisretail\/statuses\/406365086647730176\">November 29, 2013<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Asda&#8217;s &#8216;earth-shattering&#8217; deals advertised in print, and the Black Friday rush effect in-store as captured and tweeted by <a title=\"James Davies\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jimmyd235\" target=\"_blank\">James Davies<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50069\" alt=\"asda\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/asda-549x600.jpg\" width=\"549\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rothers83\"><\/p>\n<p>@Rothers83<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jo_wads\">@jo_wads<\/a> big queues in Pudsey store <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23asdablackfriday&#038;src=hash\">#asdablackfriday<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/O2VmlHO8PD\">pic.twitter.com\/O2VmlHO8PD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Davies (@Jimmyd235) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jimmyd235\/statuses\/406327272912977920\">November 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Online retailer Very.co.uk&#8217;s 8am &#8211; 8pm sale with hourly price-cuts announced all day; a tweet from a happy customer:<\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Our 8am <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23BlackFriday&#038;src=hash\">#BlackFriday<\/a> Offers Now Live! Includes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/babyliss\">@Babyliss<\/a> straightener was \u00a380 now \u00a330. Shop now: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/4HmkD2OUav\">http:\/\/t.co\/4HmkD2OUav<\/a> x<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Very.co.uk (@verynetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/verynetwork\/statuses\/406332397949812736\">November 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Very happy it&#8217;s Black Friday! I got a lee Stafford hairdryer with rollers, comb, and travel bag for \u00a319 instead of \u00a350! Thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/verynetwork\">@verynetwork<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rachel\u2728 (@Rachel_0905) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rachel_0905\/statuses\/406370845029052416\">November 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Not to be left out, Curry&#8217;s and PC World announced a &#8216;tech auction&#8217;:<\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>To celebrate Black Friday we\u2019re having a tech auction! Fancy a TV, tablet or camera for less than half price?? Here&#8217;s how it works&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Currys &amp; PC World (@curryspcworld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/curryspcworld\/statuses\/406406496511995907\">November 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Centrale Croydon\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CentraleCroydon\" target=\"_blank\">Centrale Croydon<\/a> responds to Jane Norman&#8217;s tweet and in a way sums it all up for us &#8211; a new meaning for a Black Friday has indeed arrived for the UK.<\/p>\n<blockquote lang=\"en\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaneNormanLtd\">@JaneNormanLtd<\/a> like it. It&#8217;s bringing a new meaning to the term black Friday!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Centrale Croydon (@CentraleCroydon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CentraleCroydon\/statuses\/406392015815835649\">November 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Friday is a term which in the old days referred to stock market crashes and national calamities but since the early 2000\u2019s the term has come to represent the\u00a0biggest shopping day in America, taking &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":50401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7272,3531,3643,3680,3695,4949,1191,5336,5741],"tags":[5440,5441,5442,5443,4015,4869,5353,5438,5439],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}