Colette Sexton: Firms should be ready for Black Friday

Irish shoppers jump on the US-inspired spending bandwagon

Irish shoppers spent €100m last year on Black Friday. Pic: Rollingnews.ie

This Friday is Black Friday, which wasn’t a thing in Ireland until about two years ago but now seems to whip the country up into a frenzy. For those of you who have been living under a rock,Black Friday originated in the US(of course) in the early 2000s. It takes place the day after Thanksgiving and is seen at the beginning of the Christmas shopping period over there.

As a Clare person, the ...