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
99p Stores generally accepted that the alternative of having shops lie empty hurts other businesses. Co-founder Hussein Lalani branded the critics as snobs, but that people vote with their feet and during the credit crunch, budget-conscious shoppers want a place where they can get bargains. In January 2013, 99p Stores was nominated for the Business of the Year award at the British Muslim Awards. 99p Stores 99p Stores Ltd. was a family run business founded in January 2001 by entrepreneur Nadir Lalani, who opened the first store in the chain in Holloway, London, with a further three stores opening later that year.