Can Direct Mail boost sales on Black Friday?

Historically, the biggest shopping day around the World is Black Friday, which happens on the last Friday of November every year, just after the traditional American Thanksgiving. Everyone has the image of people in the US buying as if the end of the World is coming. Sales are impressive, and have only been outdone by the recently invented singles days on the 11^th of November (11.11) in China.

The Black Friday phenomenon is here to stay and it’s going to get bigger in the UK. Above 80% of Britons know what is, compared to the 40% of French.

Black Friday 2016

"Britons spent £5.8 billion over Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2016"

In 2016, Britons spent £5.8 billion over the four days between Black Friday and Cyber Monday – 15% increase compared with 2015. E-commerce business took £2.8 billion – up 20%. On Black Friday itself, £1.27 billion was spent according to estimates of the Centre for Retail Research (CRR) and the website vouchercodes.co.uk.

Online retailers experienced sky-rocketing traffic on their websites, according to the Daily Mirror. Currys PC World reported more than half a million visitors which resulted in 40% more orders. eBay estimated 20.7 million UK visitors in the long Black Friday weekend.

Emails sent in Black Friday 2016

"2.9 billion emails sent on Black Friday and Cyber Monday" MailChimp

The email provider Mailchimp sent over 1.5 billion emails on Black Friday itself and 1.4 billion in Cyber Monday. SendGrid also sent more than...

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