Could Black Friday be a good thing, this year?
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That’s because Black Friday has always seems to me a fairly tasteless extravaganza; consumerism at its worst. I can’t help feeling that while it’s true we’re all struggling, and cut-price deals might make an otherwise-unattainable Christmas gift somewhat more attainable; Black Friday still feels a little like the bloke who tries to pick the pocket of a mother coming out of a food bank with a pair of Aldi carrier bags in the hope of feeding her kids. – the consumer group found that only one in seven of the 214 Black Friday deals it analysed from last year’s event offered “a genuine discount”. He’s too smart for us.” To keep up to speed with all the latest opinions and comment sign up to our free weekly Voices Dispatches newsletter by clicking here “It’s likely many will be trying to be more savvy when shopping online, says Which?