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Rolling coverage of the latest business and markets news, as England prepares to exit its national Covid lockdown
8.19am GMT
We’ll get a fuller picture of the success of today’s Black Friday deals come Monday, but as my colleague Zoe Wood explains, total sales are set to soar.
Black Friday is expected to smash online sales records this year as struggling retailers slash prices in a desperate attempt to drum up trade after a lost November on the high street.
Consumers love discounts. If shoppers are looking to bring forward their Christmas shopping, retailers don’t want to lose market share to their competitors. They have to have skin in the game.
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8.04am GMT
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