How Black Friday Changed Shopping, Forever

Arvindh Yuvaraj

23-Nov-18 11:00

How Black Friday Changed Shopping, Forever

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Black Friday - the one day a year when it’s socially acceptable to drop civility and break into fits of mass hysteria and complete anarchy… all in an attempt to buy a TV and some peppermint cookies for a few dollars less. It’s the Purge of shopping sprees. It’s also the day that changed the way we shop, and its effects have grown tenfold with the rise of e-commerce. The question is, how?

Produced by: Arvindh Yuvaraj

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Tags: Black Friday, Amazon, Shopping,

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