Every year, businesses and consumers get in a frenzy over Black Friday. Yes, it’s great for companies to earn money and for consumers to get a good bargain, especially when we’re all facing a cost of living crunch.
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November 4, 2022
How not to do Black Friday
Here are some tips for avoiding the Black Friday frenzy and doing something different instead
4 min read
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Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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