BLACK FRIDAY: AN AMERICAN HANGOVER OR VITAL SHOT TO OUR ECONOMY?

Of all the things to inherit from our American cousins, a day dedicated to cutthroat sales should be the least surprising. While Thanksgiving itself has become a novel holiday that ex-pats and Americophiles (a disappointingly less elegant term than expected) increasingly make the most of this side of the Atlantic, it’s Black Friday that the British have truly welcomed with open arms.