Black Friday

[stewey]

I was just wondering if this shipping craze over here has reached your shores yet.

[Clanad]

Just as aside… the Monday following Black Friday has become known here as Cyber Monday… It's promoted as the busiest day for on-line shopping of the year. It started maybe 4 or 5 years ago. It hasn't reached the mania of 'Black Friday' but still exceptionally prolific for on-line sales and increases in volume from year to year (Think Amazon!)

[mikey4444]

There is a word that the Yanks use for the Friday after Thanksgiving Thursday, but I have forgotten it. I was in New England for Thanksgiving in 2008 and everybody went shopping the day after.

Also, did you know that they all go shopping on December 26th ? Boxing day means nothing on the other side of the Atlantic apparently.

[stewey]

Boxing Day is a statutory holiday in Canada; however, many people go crazy over the 50%, or more, off sales and are out fighting and foraging for stuff for next Humbug season!

[Eve]

Isn't Labor Day a sales day too, in the US anyway. I remembering being in New York an abandoning my ex in Macys who was after bargains to go hide in one of the Starbucks in there. I'm not a big shopper :)

I've spent one in Hamilton/Toronto too though it seemed more lots of stalls down by the lake and a big air show on.

[trt]

I hope Harrods is not to busy? :-)