Holiday Shopping facts
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There's a holiday called 'Buy Nothing Day' an international day of protest against consumerism & 'Black Friday.' Participants wander around shopping malls or other consumer havens with a blank stare.
The Friday after Thanksgiving is called Black Friday in the United States and is the first official shopping day for Christmas.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 15 of the best facts about Holiday Shopping I managed to collect.
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China has the largest shopping day in the world, called Singles Day, where people celebrate being single. Alibaba made $1 billion in sales during the first minute of the holiday.
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On National Donut Day it is common for coffee shops to hand out free donuts.
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National Donut Day is also used as a day to raise money for charities such as the Salvation Army. Many of the free donuts given out by restaurants and coffee shops come with the hope that you will make a donation.
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Many retailers and business have used Labor Day as a retail sale day because of the large number of people who are not at work and are free to shop. The day has become so popular for shoppers that it the second largest 'sale" day in the United States. The first is Black Friday.
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Singles Day" is a holiday in China for single people to celebrate and shop, making it the world's largest online shopping day. In US dollars, sales from this past year alone were $5.8 billion, which was more than the combined sales from both Cyber Monday and Black Friday.
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11/11, a Chinese holiday also known as "Single's Day" and invented in the early 90s as a sort of opposition to Valentine's Day, has become the "largest online shopping day in the world" due, in part, to marketing efforts by online retailer Ali Baba
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Some countries have turned Boxing Day into a huge shopping day, similar to Black Friday, with huge markdowns and sales. In some Canadian provinces Boxing Day is a statutory holiday.
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16% of online holiday shopping is conducted from a toilet
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The founders of Macy's convinced FDR to move Thanksgiving up a week to extend the holiday shopping season
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When a shopping mall Santa is revealed to be fake, they admit to not being the real Santa but that they are helping him during the busy holiday season
What is true about holiday shopping?
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In December 2005, a strike was observed by employees of New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), effectively shutting down the city's subway and bus systems during the middle of the holiday shopping season.
In China, today is a holiday called Singles Day which celebrates being single and is the largest online shopping day in the world - source
