South Park S17E7
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Celebrations | Shopping |
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Significance | Shopping holiday |
Movies/Shows | South Park |
Air date | November 13, 2013 |
Directors | Trey Parker |
Episode number | 7 |
Season number | 17 |
Writer | Trey Parker |
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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...
Boxing Day sales: Footfall slumps as bad weather hits UK
Black Friday discounts and bad weather have been blamed for a decline in Boxing Day shoppers, with retail analysts reporting a Fall In The Number of people heading for the sales.
Springboard, which analyses customer activity in stores, said footfall had seen the largest decline since 2011, dropping by 8. 6%.
It said Boxing Day was becoming less important as a trading day.
But there were still queues for some shops from as early as 04:30 GMT.
However, the retail data analyst, which examines information from UK High Street and shopping centre cameras, said more people were waiting until later in The Day to head to the shops In Search of a bargain.
Diane Wehrle, insights director at Springboard, said: "It is clear that consumers visited high streets more in the early evening than during The Day . "
By lunchtime on Boxing Day , footfall was 10. 6% lower than last year, its biggest annual decline since 2010, when Springboard first published its data.
Commenting on the disappointing morning for retailers, Ms Wehrle said many consumers were still Celebrating Christmas with their family on Boxing Day , while the rainy weather, Online Shopping and increased Black Friday spending were also possible factors for The Drop in footfall.
"Boxing Day is indisputably a less important trading day than it once was," Ms Wehrle said.
Customers queue outside Selfridges in London ahead of the Boxing Day sale.Some bargain-hunters did brave The Rain , with some shoppers on London's Oxford Street waiting for stores to open at 9am.
Others queued outside Selfridges in Greater Manchester 's Trafford Centre at 4. 30am.
As The Doors to Next opened in Liverpool at 06:00 GMT, More Than 150 people were waiting outside the store.
A total of £3. 7 billion was expected to be spent in the Boxing Day sales, according to Barclaycard, with four in 10 UK adults predicted to spend an average of £186 each.
But environmental concerns were also expected to drive down buying, with shoppers also predicted to spend £200 million less in post-Christmas sales this year compared to last year.
Opinium Research surveyed 2,002 UK adults online for Barclaycard between 29 November and 3 December .
uk economy, retailing
Source of news: bbc.com