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
Harbour Place Shopping Centre Harbour Place Shopping Centre Harbour Place Shopping Centre () is a shopping centre located in Mullingar, Ireland. The centre is anchored by Dunnes Stores, and it is overall the largest store in the shopping centre. It is one of the most well-known shopping centres in Mullingar, and one of the busiest in the town. Permission was granted by the Westmeath County Council for a shopping centre to be built beside Cusack Park. Development began on the shopping centre began in 1994 and the shopping centre was completed a year and a half later opening in November 1995. In November 2014,