{"id":3670,"date":"2016-11-22T11:07:23","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T11:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/?p=3670"},"modified":"2023-11-10T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T16:00:59","slug":"the-black-friday-mayhem-is-about-to-commence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/the-black-friday-mayhem-is-about-to-commence\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the mayhem begin! Black Friday is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An American holiday tradition, marking the beginning of the festive period, which now starts weeks before you open the first door on your Advent calendar, Black Friday falls on the day after Thanks Giving each year. Retailers kick start the Christmas shopping period with their Black Friday sales, offering customers the best deals they can expect to see all year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The concept was relatively unknown in the UK until recent years, despite various attempts by American owned retailers to introduce the idea, but in 2014 it was picked up on by UK retailers who, understandably, wanted to get in on the action, boost sales and generate a spending spree to rival our American cousins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3671 size-full\" title=\"Black Friday Sales\" src=\"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/black-friday-sales.jpg\" alt=\"Black Friday Sales\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/black-friday-sales.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/black-friday-sales-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/black-friday-sales-600x373.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Telegraph<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The retail festival is loved by consumers, many will hold out on making large purchases to see how much they can save on the big day, and they expect big savings! Retailers are prepared to offer customers the best deals they possibly can on high priced items, driving footfall in their stores at a time when, with big retailers at least, even the media has a curious eye on sales figures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The event is mutually beneficial, customers are happy to save some hard-earned money, and retailers are happy with the boost to their sales. Despite this, the day has attracted negative press over the last few years, with some shopper\u2019s poor behaviour at the heart of a news storm.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Retailers criticised for lack of security<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Retailers were criticised for not laying on enough security to deal with the over-excited, adrenaline-filled shoppers, which led to some stores, such as Asda, announcing they wouldn\u2019t be doing in-store <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/1783860\/black-friday-2016-when-date-best-uk-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Friday deals in 2016<\/a>.\u00a0 Don\u2019t fret though, Black Friday is still going strong in the UK and you can expect to see some amazing deals, with some retailers extending the sale period over the weekend and into the following week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  data-ep-a=\"fadeIn\"  id=\"_ytid_48445\"  width=\"580\" height=\"326\"  data-origwidth=\"580\" data-origheight=\"326\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-ep-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iwsDZB48LWw?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iwsDZB48LWw\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Asda Black Friday madness as frantic shoppers fight over TVs\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Black Friday shoppers trample over each other and fights break out as people pile into Asda in London in a desperate attempt to grab bargain A north-west London branch of the supermarket chain Asda witnessed scenes of chaos this morning as the Black Friday sales kicked off. Black Friday is a day of discount shopping which originates in the US and is held every year after Thanksgiving. In the US it is widely regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. Shoppers queued outside supermarkets across the UK in the early hours of Friday morning, eager to snap up bargains Reports of violence emerged from some shops in the UK, at least two people have been arrested, with police officers being forced to close some shops to restore order. A number of shops opened at midnight boasting major discounts on a range of products. However shoppers complained the hysteria led to scenes of carnage as people rushed to get the best deals. Get the latest headlines http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/ Subscribe to The Telegraph http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=telegraphtv Like us on Facebook http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/telegraph.co.uk Follow us on Twitter https:\/\/twitter.com\/telegraph Follow us on Google+ https:\/\/plus.google.com\/102891355072777008500\/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com\/TelegraphTV are websites of The Daily Telegraph, the UK&#039;s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/iwsDZB48LWw\/0.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M14S\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2014-11-28T10:27:11Z\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you watched the video and don\u2019t fancy finding yourself in a similar situation, there\u2019s always online. Although Cyber Monday, falling on the Monday after Black Friday, has been heralded as a shopping event in its own right, you\u2019ll be sure to find fantastic deals on retailers websites from Black Friday onwards.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Make sure you get the most out of Black Friday!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you\u2019re in need of a new TV, Laptop or Tablet now\u2019s the time to start looking, get a good idea of what you want and what the regular price is, this way you can make sure you\u2019re getting a good deal on something you actually want.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Start to get a list together of what you\u2019d like to get people for presents this year, then you can check in the Black Friday sale to see if it is any cheaper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Don\u2019t forget, it\u2019s not just retailers offering amazing deals, if your broadband or TV package is up for renewal soon, you could get a fantastic reduction and carry those savings through the year with a cheap contract.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We\u2019ll be offering some fantastic Black Friday deals at Valentino\u2019s, including 50% off selected products, and a 20% discount code will be available across the site if you use &#8220;BLACKFRIDAY&#8221; at the checkout.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Have a look<\/a> for what you need<\/span> here<span style=\"color: #000000;\">, so you\u2019ll be ready to grab those bargains on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What have you got your eye on this Black Friday?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Let us know how you get on if you find any amazing deals share them with us and we\u2019ll see who gets the most unbelievable deal of the year!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An American holiday tradition, marking the beginning of the festive period, which now starts weeks before you open the first door on your Advent calendar, Black<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3670"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60958,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3670\/revisions\/60958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinosdisplays.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}