South Park S17E7
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Celebrations | Shopping |
|---|---|
| Significance | Shopping holiday |
| Movies/Shows | South Park |
| Air date | November 13, 2013 |
| Directors | Trey Parker |
| Episode number | 7 |
| Season number | 17 |
| Writer | Trey Parker |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 406031 |
About South Park S17E7
With Black Friday, the angriest shopping day of the year approaching, Wizard Cartman deems it necessary to form alliances in his quest for a new gaming console, but who can he trust during these dark times.
Ex-gang member charged with stabbing Derek Chauvin 22 times
... Turscak told FBI agents he attacked Chauvin on Black Friday - as the day after US Thanksgiving is known - as a symbolic connection to Black Lives Matter and the Black Hand symbol linked with the Mexican Mafia, according to prosecutors...
France warns people off Black Friday clothes deals
...By Lou NewtonBBC NewsThe French government has launched a campaign encouraging people not to buy new clothes in Black Friday sales...
HSBC mobile banking down for thousands across UK
... The problem comes on Black Friday, a day when many people will be making purchases due to the discounts offered by retailers...
Black Friday: Amazon staff in Coventry strike
...By Caroline Gall & PA Media BBC News, West MidlandsHundreds of Amazon staff have gone on strike as Black Friday, one of the year s busiest shopping days, starts...
Black Friday deals: How to avoid impulse buys in the sales
... it can only mean it s Black Friday again...
How factories are deploying AI on production lines
... A minute of factory downtime can cost companies thousands of pounds, and increased delays can mean missing out on consumer demand at critical moments like the festive period or Black Friday...
PlayStation 5 supply issues finally fixed after three years, says Sony
... " He said the shortage of PS5 consoles meant they had largely not been part of Black Friday deals in previous years, but he expected that to change this year...
High-value Amazon orders 'switched for cat food', say customers
... " He had bought a graphics card for the discounted price of £400 on Black Friday [22 November], ahead of Christmas, it was going to be his present, " she said...
Black Friday: Cost of living crisis may hit sales rush
The cost of living crisis may dampen this year's Black Friday sales rush, retail experts have predicted.
This is first festive season without Covid restrictions in place in three years, so The Number of people hitting the shops is expected to be up on 2021.
But purse strings will be tighter as prices are rising at their fastest rate in 41 years.
Experts have said sales and profits are expected to be lower compared with 2021 as a result.
Retail expert Richard Lim told The Bbc he was expecting Black Friday to be a more " muted affair" with sales down on Last Year .
" Inevitably, I think what we're going to see is consumers being much more careful with their spending, " He Said .
Although it is one of the busiest days in the retail calendar, this year Black Friday has to compete with football World Cup Matches - including England v USA and Wales v Iran.
Overall, footfall at shops around the UK is still expected to be below pre-pandemic levels, retail experts at Springboard said.
For many, it will be The First chance to see High Streets and Shopping Centres lit up for Christmas as many stayed away during lockdowns, said Springboard's marketing and insights director, Diane Wehrle.
But she also warned that those shoppers would be looking for a hard bargain. " People will be trying to outpace the 11. 1% inflation rate, " She Said .
'Not rushing out'Louise, 40, a stay-at-home mum from Suffolk, said she would not be rushing out for this year's Black Friday sales.
" I use price trackers and can see that some things I want are cheaper in advance, about four to Six Weeks ahead of the sales, so I do my Christmas shopping around then, " She Said .
She Said all of her household bills were going up. Now shopping feels like a luxury, when she feels like she should be saving.
Black Friday has morphed from its former one-day shopping frenzy of a decade ago, to offers stretched over the week. Consumer group of the discounts found on Black Friday in 2021 could be found at other times of the year too.
Amazon said it was offering savings during the festive season as well as throughout the year.
" We Are acutely aware of the cost pressures customers are facing at The Moment , " said John Boumphrey, UK Country Manager for Amazon.
He Said that rising costs and interest rates were squeezing not just low-income households, " but The Crisis is spreading to The Middle classes as well. "
Andy Mulcahy, an analyst at IMRG, analysed figures for The First week of November, when many major retailers launched their Black Friday deals online, to see if they would give a clue on retail's performance on Friday.
But He Said : " Electronics, where retailers focused heavily on TVs for watching the World Cup , were still down -9. 4%, against -14% for the same week in 2021, so that feels like a disappointing response from shoppers. "
Meanwhile, brand consultant Ello Group - which is behind some customer loyalty schemes including Tastecard for restaurants - surveyed 1,000 people and one-third said they could not afford to shop this Black Friday , with 25 to 34-year-olds struggling The Most .
Ello's Michael Kalli said that with costs rising rapidly, people's shopping priorities are now " moving from treats to necessities. "
Source of news: bbc.com
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