2023’s boycott Black Friday movement is the most hardcore yet

By Julia Wray | Published: 23-Nov-2023
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Black Friday 2023 is set to be a bumper year; Statista predicts that, in the UK alone, total spend will hit £8.74bn, with Cyber Monday anticipated to rack up £1.55bn. 

This represents a continued upward trend since 2020’s mid-pandemic slump.  

According to experts, the Christmas shopping push is happening earlier in 2023 than ever before.

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