Posted on 11/29/2014 9:55:59 AM PST by Citizen Zed
Black Friday was the busiest day on record for online retailer Amazon UK, with sales that "surpassed all expectations", the company has said.
Its website recorded orders for more than 5.5 million goods, with about 64 items sold per second.
Amazon said the public's appetite for Black Friday was "bigger than ever".
However, the day was not without controversy as police were called to deal with scuffles at a number of retailers' stores across the UK.
And some online retailers reported problems with customers accessing their websites because of sheer demand.
Last year's Black Friday was also a record day for Amazon, when it sold more than 4 million items.
Xavier Garambois, who is vice-president of EU retail at Amazon, said: "Ever since we introduced Black Friday to the UK in 2010, sales have increased year-on-year but this year really has surpassed all of our expectations.
"The public's appetite for Black Friday has been bigger than ever, kicking off the Christmas shopping period in earnest and establishing Black Friday as a fixture on the UK Christmas shopping calendar."
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They even sold a copy of “Hard Choices” by Hillary Clinton.
America’s cultural contribution to the world: Black Friday mayhem and cheerleaders.
And the Kartrashians.
“Poutine is a common Canadian dish, originating in Quebec.”
I have relatives in Montreal and that is one of the things I always look forward to eating when I visit them. I could understand why someone would mistake it for an American dish since it looks like a gastronomic disaster.
Good thing that Christmas is not celebrated in the Muslim world. Imagine how chaotic Black Fridays would be in Baghdad, Tehran, Kabul, or Damascus.
Good point. It would be body parts and pools of blood everywhere.
It would certainly give the term ‘I lost my Head when bickering over an item’ a whole new meaning.
Have you met my wife Morgan Fairchild?
I’m British. I don’t get this black Friday thing. Whose racist idea was it to call a day involving violence, mayhem and looting ‘black Friday?’
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