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The growing allure of Black Friday sales

Coming so soon after Singles Day, is it worthwhile for retailers to jump on the bandwagon?

Published Sun, Nov 24, 2019 · 09:50 PM

    THE annual Singles' Day sale on Nov 11 has passed but coming up soon is the next major shopping affair - Black Friday - on Nov 29.

    With slightly less than a three-week interval between the two big sales events, should retailers scurry to gear themselves up for this event as well?

    The term "Black Friday" was interestingly first associated with a financial crisis when the US gold market crashed in the late 1800s.

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