New story in Business from Time: How Black Friday Sales Madness Came to the U.K.

New story in Business from Time: How Black Friday Sales Madness Came to the U.K.

Before 2010, Black Friday didn’t exist in Britain. Now, the yearly retail sales bonanza is almost as ubiquitous in the U.K. as it is in the United States, and its tremendous growth shows little sign of slowing down in 2017. In fact, this Friday Brits are expected to spend £1.8m ($2.39m) per minute on Black …