If you are an avid shopper and managed to bag a deal over the Black Friday weekend, then well done to you! Black Friday was certainly well reported across the UK, with scenes of chaos and in-store fighting making headline news. Friday’s scenes continued over the weekend with retail parks up and down the country witnessing gridlocked car parks, increased footfall in shops and lengthy queues at the tills.
Today is “Cyber Monday” – traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year online. When we say “traditionally”, obviously there isn’t much tradition to be talked about being as online shopping is a relatively new phenomenon in the grand scheme of things. The volume and value of transations grows at a staggering pace year on year as an increasing number of people take advantage of the convenience and ease of shopping online. Indeed, a survey released today shows that around 50% of us will be doing all our Christmas shopping online this year, up from 28% last year. Experts are forecasting that a staggering £650 million will be spent online today alone.
What does this mean for us in the event hire business? Well, as it is the 1st December, this means that most people’s thoughts naturally turn to Christmas. We are seeing lots of people wanting tables and chairs for hire for Christmas Day, and New Year’e Eve function furniture hire. Event Hire UK is able to provide you with all the event hire equipment you need, so why not give us a call today, or browse our online range….it is Cyber Monday after all….
