Black Friday (shopping) In Panama, Black Friday was first celebrated in 2012, as a move from the Government to attract local tourism to the country's capital city. During its first year, it was believed to have attracted an inflow of about 35,000 regional tourists according to the government's immigration census. In South Africa, Russia, Austria and Switzerland, Black Friday Sale is a joint sales initiative by hundreds of online vendors—among them Zalando, Disney Store, Galeria Kaufhof and Sony. Over its first 24-hour run on November 28, 2013, more than 1.2 million people visited the site, making it the single largest online shopping event
Black Friday (shopping) in German-speaking countries. There has been growing interest for black Friday in Poland as well. 2014 marked the introduction in Bolivia, Colombia, Denmark, Italy, Finland, France, Ireland, Lebanon, Nigeria, South Africa and Sweden. For Middle East, UAE Black Friday started as White Friday campaign back in 2014 by SOUQ then late whole market to follow as NOON and SIVVI. In 2015 Spain joined with some small retailers. The celebration became more famous year by year, until the big retailers grew. In the Netherlands Black Friday was seriously introduced in 2015. Some years before there were already a number of large