Argos’ Black Friday 2016 sale will start a week early and it will be dragged out over THIRTEEN days
ARGOS' Black Friday sale bonanza will kick-off a week early and run for 13 DAYS.
The retailer plans a host of special deals from Friday November 18 through to Cyber Monday November 28.
The electronic giants is the latest company to jump the gun with Black Friday offers.
Today, Amazon announced that its bargain offers would begin on Monday, with 'lightning deals' as regular as every five minutes planned.
Argos said it expects Black Friday to be a digital day again this year, after its website received around 12 million visits last year - and 18 transactions a second during peak periods.
More than 70 per cent of all visits were from mobile and tablet devices. And a quarter of total online sales via same day delivery and in-store collection.
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Argos insists that there will be some sizeable discounts on technology, toys, consumer electronics and domestic appliances.
Its chief executive officer John Rogers said: “Last year’s Black Friday was the biggest and most successful shopping day ever for Argos.
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“We have been busy preparing for the Black Friday period for many months now, making sure our website, stores and distribution operations are all geared up in anticipation of high levels of demand for our great range of products."
Argos, which has more than 800 stores across the UK and Ireland, has recruited an additional 10,000 seasonal workers.
Hundreds of head office workers will join Argos staff on the shop floor during Black Friday.
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