Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and the TV exploded with viral vids and breaking news of shoppers fighting over the best deals in stores last Friday. The discounts on tech, household goods and potential Christmas gifts meant shopping spiralled out of control.
It all escalated rather quickly…
Brit shoppers are known for loving a good bargain, but there’s plenty to learn from the crazed discount day given to us by our good friends across the Atlantic – Black Friday.
This year, it wasn’t just the shops that were pulling in the punters – online sites hopped on the bandwagon offering hungry mouse clickers some great pre-Christmas offers.
Online offered the perfect solution for those who didn’t want to venture out into the cooler temperatures of the midnight queues, and shopping via mobile has seen a BIG increase in the last year.
Recent figures revealed by IBM show that 46.7% of all online traffic was mobile – an increase of 24.2% from last year.
Consider this too, drum roll please…Mobile accounted for 26.1% of online sales on Black Friday!
From big retail giants through to independently owned high street boutiques, many sent out text messages to their customers to notify them of upcoming Black Friday discounts, and with the help of the smartphone, mobile has been able to play a massive part in bringing in the vital cash in for businesses.
We all know that the spending isn’t over yet, with the opportunity to grab extra credits as a new customer with our ‘Double Credit offer for bulk SMS’, you can get your Christmas campaign off to a flying start – read our How to make Christmas work for you.
We were pleased to see a lot of you cashed in our Black Friday offer this year, our prices are always consistently low to maximise your potential for profits.
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Here is a little infographic about some of our Christmas spending habits…