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Retailers hoping for record Black Friday sales

Retailers are still hoping to clock up record Black Friday sales despite a slow start to the heavily discounted shopping day.

Millions of consumers are set to spend their way to the UK's first £1 billion online shopping day today as retailers hope for a repeat of last year's bargain frenzy.

Retailers made cut-price deals available online from midnight and many spent the night preparing to open their doors early to customers desperate to snap up discounted stock, ranging from televisions to toothbrushes.

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Black Friday: Currys sell 30 TVs a minute online

Currys PC World has reportedly clocked up online sales of 30 TVs a minute during this year's Black Friday sales event.

The electrical retailer said it had had its "biggest ever start to Black Friday with seven million visitors to the site this week already".

Sales online have been up today Credit: Currys
Currys has reportedly sold 30 TVs a minute online Credit: Currys

Stuart Ramage, E-Commerce Director at Currys PC World, said:"We’ve seen unprecedented demand online with a 53% increase in hourly web traffic and across the country we’ve seen customers queuing from before the stores open – everyone’s in good spirits and things are running smoothly.”

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