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Q: If China had a US style Black Friday, what woud it look like?
It would be 'blackish with some yellow spots' similar to bumblebee
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Ever participated and/or witnessed rush hour in a big city while using the metro. There ya go.
Funny you should ask this. Just this morning I saw an advertisement for black Friday in the elevator. I guess singles day is pretty much what it would be like.
It would become yet another Chinese holiday for us to avoid at all costs. Stay inside and lock the door until the swarm of locusts passes
It would look like 11 11 singles day that does 10 times the volume.
From 2011-2014, the US apparently had about $50-60Billion in sales on their Black Friday (including connected days).
Statistics for the 11.11 this year in China - about 145Billion USD! (in one 24 hour period!)
silverbutton1:
So are you saying that the 50 to 60 billion for the USA is the total from 2011 to 2014?
Shining_brow:
@SilverB... yeah, I did think it could be read that way... no, each year. Mostly at the lower end, but in one year, it did get up to about $59Billion.
Ever seen the hordes that rush towards the meat counter when a "flash sale" is announced? I'm imagining pushing, screaming, and people getting trampled fighting over discounted items. It happens in the US too but would be worse in China for sure.
I thought Black Friday meant that is was Friday the 13th. Never heard of this new gimmick. Fuk me, people are stupid. What.
royceH:
Disclaimer: I've never been shopping. As a golfer I feel it's my right to brand all shoppers as dicks with nothing to do.
It'd be a massacre. Locals don't understand crowd control, hence a number of sad events when lots of people have been crushed.
It'd be a massacre. Locals don't understand crowd control, hence a number of sad events when lots of people have been crushed.
I was in Jusco one friday afternoon where they had 10RMB packs of toilet paper.... I bought a ~30RMB pack of Vinda 2000 which was actually more grams of paper per RMB so a better deal Anyway, people where running like crazy trying to get TP each time a shop employee wheeled in more TP. There was other stuff on sale too that day. Bloody nightmare, the TV footage from US Black Friday seems like a walk in the park (a Scandinavian park that is)
Already there is. And there are many sale discounts on "Black Friday" in China right now. I do not think it is a good thing.
You have to be aggressive waiting in line at the Super-markert. Found that out Day 2 here. I think that this would be a dangerous situation.
