Black Friday (shopping) Black Friday. In 2015, Black Friday was predicted to become the biggest day of shopping in Britain, with as much as £2bn spent in shops and online in 24 hours. However, many large retailers have discontinued, downplayed or heavily modified the concept since 2014, sometimes citing disruption to Christmas trading patterns or bad publicity. Black Friday appears to be growing in popularity year on year in the UK. In 2016, total spending on online retail sites on Black Friday 2016 was £1.23bn, marking a +12.2% increase on the £1.1bn spent on the same day in 2015. In 2017, retail sales
Sunday shopping allowed 10 Sundays each year in 2013, reduced to 8 Sundays in 2014, of which two must be during the month before Christmas. In addition, a few supermarkets, located at major subway/railway stations, are allowed to be open for Sunday shopping all year. Several major railway stations are permitted to operate their shops, such as grocery stores, bookstores, drug stores, on Sundays. Until 15 March 2015, shopping hours in Hungary were not regulated. Most convenience stores and general stores were open on Sunday, even if only in the mornings. Larger stores (typically those above , such as Tesco hypermarkets) were