SHOPPERS will go Black Friday crazy today – lured by promises of huge reductions. And we’ve saved you the hassle of tracking down the best bargains by finding them for you – meaning you can save up to £2,000. Follow all the latest live updates here. Black Friday began in the US and has become a key part of the UK shopping calendar Our brilliant guide also advises which offers to avoid – as some stores’ deals are more expensive than their rivals’ regular prices. Black Friday began in the US and has become a key part of the UK shopping calendar. Online spending today is expected to hit £1billion, up 16 per cent on last year. More Brits will shop on the high street than the internet but they will spend a lot less – £961million. Here, we round up for you the best deals on offer. Some of this year’s best big ticket buys are rolling in, with Amazon offering a marathon of lightning deals and offers on products such as the Amazon Echo, KORG Digital Keyboard and the Microsoft Surface Pro.
Our Black Friday LIVE Blog will feature all the best Black Friday deals and offers as they come in. SAVING: £70, 23 per cent Find all the latest ARGOS Black Friday deals and bargains here SAVING: £170, 37 per cent Find all the latest Black Friday deals and bargains here SAVING: £87.02, 23 per cent Find all the latest AMAZON Black Friday deals and bargains here SAVING: £700, 47 per cent SAVING: £200, 25 per cent John Lewis, Amazon and the major supermarkets are all offering great Black Friday deals on a range of gadgets this year. You can get yourself a 20 per cent discount on the Amazon Echo today, and save a massive £100 on a Philips iron with Sainsbury’s. SAVING: £85, 50 per cent Find all the latest JOHN LEWIS Black Friday deals and bargains here SAVING: £30 60 per cent Find all the latest VERY Black Friday deals and bargains here SAVING: £30, 20 per cent SAVING: £70, 19 per cent SAVING: £100, 50 per cent
Find all the latest SAINSBURY’S Black Friday deals and bargains here Smyths and Toys R US are the big game players for children’s toys today. Savings of up to 81 per cent can be made at Toys R Us, who have discounts across toys, bikes and children’s accessories such as high chairs, prams and car seats. SAVING: £81, 81 per cent Find all the latest TOYS R US Black Friday deals and bargains here SAVING: £25, 33 per cent SAVING: £60, 60 per cent SAVING: £13, 57 per cent SAVING: £20, 33 per cent Find all the latest SMYTHS Black Friday deals and bargains here BETTER CALL PAUL with Paul Ross today from 9am on 0344 499 1000 Listen on DAB, via the talkRADIO app or online at talkradio.co.uk The best Black Friday Home deals can be found from a number of retailers including Amazon, Mothercare, Habitat and Lakeland. Our LIVE Black Friday Blog will be bringing you all the latest deals and offers as they happen. LAKELAND Tefal Airforce Extreme vacuum cleaner
SAVING: £50, 25 per cent SAVING: £400, 58 per cent SAVING: £95, 53 per cent SAVING: £215, 61 per cent Find all the latest HALFORDS Black Friday deals and bargains here You might want to head to Debenhams and John Lewis today for the best fashion bargains. ASOS has been particularly tight lipped about their deals, however we know they are offering shoppers 20 per cent off all orders. SAVING: £19.50, 50 per cent SAVING: £12.50, 50 per cent SAVING: £30, 46 per cent SAVING: £14, 50 per cent SAVING: £290.50, 70 per cent SAVING: £25, 50 per cent SAVING: £32.50, 50 per cent Some major savings in the kitchen can be picked up today from Sainsbury’s, John Lewis and Debenhams. Follow our guide of the best deals and retailers you can shop at today. SAVING: £30, 43 per cent Saving: £9, 18 per cent SAVING: £170, 36 per cent Find all the latest DEBENHAMS Black Friday deals and bargains here
If you’re looking for a beauty bargain this year, look no further than Boots, Superdrug and Debenhams, who are offering a whole host of Black Friday discounts. SAVING: £24, 50 per cent SAVING: £14.01, 16 per cent Saving: £45, 56 per cent SAVING on RRP: £30, 60 per cent SAVING: £3, 20 per cent SAVING: £9.95, 40 per cent Find all the latest BOOTS Black Friday deals and bargains here SAVING: £200, 44 per cent SAVING: £110, 55 per cent SAVING: £36, 60 per cent SAVING: £32.50, 65 per cent However, be wary – not all Black Friday offers may be as good as they seem. Amazon’s Fire 7” Kindle can be picked up for less at both John Lewis and PC World. SAVING: £19.96, 40 per cent. John Lewis’s price is £29.95, PC World Business £29.98 SAVING: £27, 15 per cent. Item has been reduced to £149.99 three times this year, so not a one-off bargain SAVING: £115, 38 per cent. It’s £179 at Currys, Amazon and John Lewis
SAVING: £25, 41 per cent. £29.95 at Tesco Direct. £29.95 at Amazon, including free delivery SMYTHS Thomas & Friends set SAVING: £30, 30 per cent off. It’s £65 at Asda Follow all the latest Black Friday deals and bargains with our LIVE BLOGLONDON — A number of British retailers will be joining their counterparts on the other side of the Atlantic with offers timed to coincide with Black Friday. The day, synonymous with the promise of cut-priced goods, long queues and consumerism at its most extreme, happens on Nov. 28, the Friday following Thanksgiving. An import from the United States, it kick starts the holiday shopping season. See also: 9 People Winning at Black Friday New figures from RetailMeNot seen by Mashable estimate that people in Britain will spend around £1.3 billion between Black Friday and Cyber Monday on Dec. 1. Last year, the UK spent £341 million on Black Friday and the figures from the online marketplace expects that this will grow by 6.5 percent this year.
Online retailer Amazon.co.uk previously kick-started the notion of Black Friday in the UK but this year some of the top British stores like Tesco, John Lewis and Marks and Spencer are getting in on the game. “British shoppers are getting their head around the idea of getting a bargain before Christmas," Bryan Roberts analyst with Kantar Retail told Mashable. “When Amazon introduced the concept about four years ago it was met with a shrug of the shoulders." 72% of UK consumers are aware of Black Friday, Marketing Magazine has reported with 22% of them buying something on that day in the past. Walmart-owned Asda did a number of in-store promotions last year, which Roberts said brought a substantial number of people into stores. “It was fairly chaotic to say the least with people racing to pick up TVs and bikes,” Roberts said. “People were literally queuing around the store along the back wall to get inside and buy bargains.” There were frenzied scenes in a number of the stores with people tweeting about the long queues and fights that broke out.
#BlackFriday brings out the best in humanity. Fight discounts and bloody nose sales at Asda. — Luke Callow (@LukeCallow) November 29, 2013 At least 10 of the top UK retailers are expected to run Black Friday promotions this year, but Roberts said that they are remaining very quiet around the details of those offers. “Tesco are going activate it in store," Roberts said. "People are being cagey about their plans but rumour has it that Sainsbury's will do things in store.” Here's what we know about six UK retailers' Black Friday offers: The online retailer has a countdown screen set telling customers to "get set for Black Friday". It's not giving details away about the products it will be discounting but it does say it will be holding a "huge sale" on its tech, toys and TV ranges. Tesco has told Mashable that it is participating in Black Friday this year, but it hasn't yet released any details of what its offers consist of. Opting to go for a week of promotions, Amazon's Black Friday Deals Week gets under way on Nov. 24 and runs until Nov. 30.
It is planning 3,000 lightning deals during which a limited amount of a product will be sold at a discount for a specific amount of time. Items in its Black Friday promotions include: Sony 48-inch TVs, Canon DSLR cameras, Korg digital pianos, Disney Frozen Pyjama sets and Le Creuset Cookware. "If our competitors have a sale we have a sale," the retailer says, adding that its shops will be open early from 8am. Although it doesn't say what its offers will be, it does say that it will be matching the prices of its competitors. Last year, its traffic between 7am and 8am was 14 times more than anything it had seem before. The electrical retailer is remaining tight lipped about what it has in store, but it has put up a count-down clock on its website leading up to the day. Opening its stores at 8am, Currys says it will have deals on cookers, TVs, tablets, washing machines, fridge freezers and speakers. The supermarket chain is doing Black Friday promotions for the first time this year, across 485 stores with a “when it’s gone, it’s gone” approach.