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
99p Stores a subsidiary chain, Family Bargains. The first store opened in Carmarthen, Wales. The new chain is intended to operate from larger store sites, such as retail parks, and aims to sell a wider range of products, with the benefit of not being tied to a single price-point as in the 99p Stores. The Carmarthen, Wales, Family Bargains store reverted to the 99p Stores branding in February 2012 A survey by the store reveals some of its 600,000 weekly customers are stockbrokers, solicitors, accountants and doctors, as opposed to an overwhelming majority of hard-up and poorly paid people. The retailer has