International parties always tend to be well received in our country, especially if these parties are synonymous with discounts and low prices. The black friday or Black Friday is celebrated every year after Thanksgiving in the United States and Canada, although it is increasingly widespread in other countries such as Spain.
When is it celebrated and how long does it last?
In 2021 this day falls the Friday, November 26, but, like every year, many companies extend discounts throughout the weekend and others even all next week. Although at present the discounts are applied both in physical surfaces and in the online commerce, the day specifically designated for online discounts is the following Monday, the November 29th, called cyber monday.
These discounts are comparable to seasonal sales or Amazon Prime Day, which is held for 48 hours in the month of June, but they have an advantage, and that is that many buyers take the opportunity to make the first christmas shopping. Clothing, footwear and accessories for Christmas dinners, some technological gifts and even the most far-sighted can buy non-perishable food at discounts.
Sustainable consumption, alternatives to Black Friday
Discounts are well received by citizens, but they sometimes cause the consumption of unnecessary elements that accumulate in our homes or that end up in the garbage. This means that resources are wasted generating products that we do not need, in addition to their distribution and packaging, and that end up being waste.
In line with sustainable consumption, environmental organizations promote initiatives such as in green friday. This initiative is supported by entities such as the European Commission, WWF, ECODES and Ecoserveis, which intend to transform this day by making citizens aware of sustainability and the importance of energy efficiency and sustainability.
The green friday initiative does not go against the discounts of this day, but it promotes thoughtful and responsible consumption, so that more and more associations and medium and small businesses are joining this trend.
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