When is Black Friday 2018: and how many days hard discount campaign

Start the account back to the arrival of Black Friday 2018, the day in which thousands of online and physical stores will kick off in Christmas campaign by applying price cuts to its products to encourage purchases.

As every year, Black Friday is held the first Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States (which is celebrated the fourth Thursday in November), so the date that we should keep us on the calendar this year is November 23.

The market expects online sales to reach this year the 1,300 million euros, which will mean an increase of 13% over last year. Faced with the appointment, consumers should take into account some keys. For example, the dates that may benefit from discounts.

While Black Friday is celebrated in Spain officially on 23 November, everything points to many shops to lengthen bids for several diasaprovechando the interest of buyers, as it has happened in previous years. In fact, three weeks before it reaches the appointment are picking up the searches users online.

Duration of offers

Most of the stores discounts applied for four days: the Black Friday weekend and Cyber Monday, which is another key date for online shopping. Therefore, this year consumers can purchase products discounted between 23 and 26 November, both included. In some cases you can also find discounts during the previous days, which he baptized as Black Week.

Where to buy during Black Friday in Spain

Some giants such as El Corte Inglés, Amazon, MediaMarkt, Fnac, Worten or PC components have already activated on its website a specific space for Black Friday 2018 and offer some discounted products, while IKEA is another of the giants that tends to lower prices for several days. MediaMarkt has gone this year a step further and has celebrated already a day without VAT.

The Council is therefore attentive to developments that can announce the main chains through its website. On the other hand, other stores like Zarasuelen stick to the official calendar and limited discounts to Black Friday. Other brands which apply discounts on the campaign and which arouse more interest among buyers are Apple and H & M. In the case of the theme of the home, some of the most sought-after offerings tend to be Zara Home, Conforama and Leroy Merlin.

Another date to keep in mind to try to save on purchases is the Day Singles, the singles day, which is celebrated every year on November 11 and whose origin is not in the United States, but in China. That day you can find discounts of up to 70%, although not all stores apply it. The paradigm on this date the Alibaba, the Chinese rival of Amazon, which last year recorded sales record of more than 25,000 million dollars only during the day.

How much you can save

How much money you can save by buying on the Black Friday is a question difficult to answer. It all depends on the product you want and shop. In general terms, the sales are between 5% and 50%, and leave offers flash every so often. Amazon, for example, launches offers every 5 minutes.

Retailers usually apply the same discounts both physical stores and the web, and there is greater variety of discounted products. We can find from televisions, home appliances, furniture, mobile, laptops, clothing, cosmetics, videogames, game consoles like the Nintendo Switch or books. There are even Black Friday deals for travel, discount air tickets, accommodation or tickets for shows.