Black Friday (shopping) XXL" (XXL day) instead of Black Friday. An alternative was brought up by some online businesses in 2018, called "French Days", which goal is to replicate Black Friday during spring season (starting around the first day of May). In Germany, "Black Friday" retailer advertisements refer to "Black Week" and "Black Shopping" in English language, with sales lasting an entire week (excluding Sundays when most retail stores are closed). During this sale time, stores keep their normal working hours; and though goods are offered at reduced prices, the prices are no more significantly slashed than normal weekly price reductions. Apple was
Home Bargains Home Bargains Home Bargains is a chain of discount stores founded in 1976 by Tom Morris in Liverpool, England, as "Home and Bargain". It is the trading name of TJ Morris Ltd, stocking up to 4000 branded product lines and employs over 17,000 people from head office staff to warehouse staff and shop staff. In 2013, the company estimated they served over three million customers and published a record breaking turnover of £1 billion which was subsequently increased by 50% just three years later in 2016. Home Bargains were ranked in sixth place in a "Which?" list of 100 Top