What is Black Friday?
Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year , when retailers offer deals and discount on their products to kick-start the Christmas shopping season.

Last year, British consumers spent £810m on Black Friday, taking advantage of the best seasonal offers.

When and what is Black Friday?
This year, Black Friday falls on 27th November 2015. It is an event that has come overseas from the USA and traditionally takes place the day after American Thanksgiving. Most sales kick off at midnight or at 8am, although the day is creeping earlier and earlier, with some retailers (particularly in the US) launching the deals the evening before. Last year, Amazon released flash deals every 10 minutes for the full week running up to Black Friday, and this year it seems to be running deals for the whole of November.

The term Cyber Monday was coined in 2005 to refer to the first day back at work after the Thanksgiving weekend, when people would continue their shopping online on their office computers. This year, Cyber Monday is on November 30th. Black Friday first arrived in the UK five years ago when Amazon thought it would try its luck bringing the shopping sensation to a new market. In 2013, Asda, which is owned by American retail giant Walmart, participated in UK's version of Black Friday, and last year most major UK retailers including John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Argos and even British Airways jumped on board.

What are the best deals?
Now we are in November, retailers are starting to promote their deals. Here's the current offering:

• Amazon is offering daily flash deals throughout November
• John Lewis has launched its Black Friday website and, like last year, has promised to honour its Never Knowingly Undersold pledge and match its competitors' prices.
• Currys PC World has launched a price comparison app and is promising to match cheaper prices at its major competitors, such as John Lewis, Argos and Asda.
• Very.co.uk is running "thousands" of deals in the run up to Black Friday, including electrical such as laptops.
• If you're looking to buy a new laptop, you might want to wait until Black Friday.

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