Important day for many retailers black friday and forget about the u. S. China trade war forget about Climate Change the day after thanksgiving is all about going shopping in new york shoppers have been queuing up outside the worlds Biggest Department store macys throughout the night keen to be among the 1st to lay their hands on the best black friday deals and this hunt for crazy discounts and deals is no longer limited to the u. S. Black friday has become a global phenomenon. 45060. 00 or even 70 Percent Discount the skys the limit when it comes to black friday sales mania in the us people use the friday after thanksgiving to go out on a shopping spree for christmas presents or just for fun retailers have adapted to the surge and even extended it by adding cyber monday on to what became a long shopping weekend and black friday has long since trusty atlantica arrived in europe for several years now retailers in germany have also been ramping up their business with a myriad of special
We start with black friday. The annual shopping binge after the thanksgiving holiday is now a global phenomenon, with retailers around the world offering discounts on everything from Kitchen Appliances to tvs to clothing. But its also becoming the focus of concerns about the environmental cost of consumerism. Spending in the us, the home of black friday, is forecast to hit more than 29 billion over the next four days. Theres an added incentive this year us retailers want to do as much business as possible ahead of a new 15 import tax due to hit chinese made goods later this month. It would affect 160 billion worth of goods, including popular gifts like smartphones, toys and clothes. Dont expect the frantic scenes in the shops of black fridays past though its increasingly being done online. Thats where more than three quarters of us are looking for bargains here in the uk, according to pwc, and the trend is the same around europe and the us. But are more of us growing uncomfortable with
A scandal of corruption in high places. Im suzanne was going to its good to have you with us climate activists around the world are taking to the streets in the 4th of fridays for a future Global Climate strike they are demanding that governments step up their efforts to cut Carbon Emissions and theyre sending a message as well to the u. N. Climate change conference which kicks off in madrid next week now organizers say more than 3000 strikes are planned around the world and here you can get a sense of the scale of these rallies around the world calling on politicians to do more to slash c o 2 emissions australians were among the 1st to take to the streets in sydney hundreds of young people skipped school to hold a rally outside city hall they were joined by victims of recent bush fires that have been ravaging the country. Demonstrations are also underway in japan and hong kong and theyre picking up steam in europe as well. And right here in berlin a big turnout is expected at Brandenb
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