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...
Pre-Christmas shopping discounts 'could hit 50%'
Sales discounts on clothing and products in The Lead up to Christmas could be the biggest in almost Ten Years , according to one consultancy.
Deloitte, which has monitored the prices of 800,000 products online and in shops since 2011, expects average discounts to hit 50% by Christmas Eve .
Its forecast came as data provider Springboard said shopper numbers were lower than the same time last year.
The Firm said shoppers were waiting for deeper discounts before buying.
"Consumers clearly took advantage of early discounts to purchase Christmas presents, and are now waiting for discounts to deepen Once Again in The Days immediately before Christmas as retailers do their best to shift unsold stock," said Diane Wehrle, insights director at Springboard.
Deloitte said current discounts ranged from 8% to 78% with the biggest discounts on clothing, but said the coming weekend - The Last before Christmas - could see "a tipping point in promotions".
The consultancy said The Price cuts had been driven by UK shops discounting earlier in the season due to Black Friday - The Day after The American holiday of Thanksgiving, when retailers drop their prices for 24 hours. The tradition has increasingly been adopted by UK retailers too.
Deloitte said this had created a long run-up for pre-Christmas discounting, with prices falling steadily in The Lead up to Christmas Day .
"Consumers have come to expect an increasing amount of pre-Christmas discounting. The result is a blending of promotions, one seeping into the next, and a steady price decline rather than a steep Boxing Day drop, reminiscent of Christmases past," said Jason Gordon, consumer analytics partner at Deloitte.
Post Christmas , Deloitte is expecting deeper discounts, with average reductions of up to 54% on Boxing Day .
Retail expert Natalie Berg said the current retail environment is worrying: "This is The Most important time of the year for retailers, and this is a sign of distress. "
She added that retailers have become worried and started discounting earlier due to consumers buying less, and once a few big brands start discounting, it is difficult for the rest of The High Street not to join in.
"It's a combination of pent-up demand and the late timing of Black Friday being on 29 November, not 23 November," she told the BBC.
"Generally, there's been a lot of political and economic uncertainty this year so consumers have been quite cautious about spending. That pent-up demand has been released At Christmas , when you spend, but consumers have cottoned on to the fact that there will be pre-Christmas discounts now. "
But consumers might not even have to wait for the Boxing Day sales. Deloitte predicts that many Boxing Day discounts could go live online on Christmas Day itself, and on Christmas Eve in bricks and mortar shops.
"The operational challenges that sales present in-store mean some retailers could be offering Boxing Day sale prices on Christmas Eve , for those willing to hit the shops early," says Mr Gordon.
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