Retail experts predict a more muted Black Friday this year, as consumers cut back and Royal Mail strike disrupts deliveries
People are prioritising buying essential domestic products this year, and trying to cut their energy bills, reports Ed Connolly, chief commercial officer at Currys.
He told Radio 4’s Today Programme that there is higher demand for items such as microwave ovens, and also energy-efficient products such as heat pump tumble dryers.
This is definitely the year of the air fryers.
We’re selling two and a half thousand a day, as soon as we can get the stock in people are buying it, because it’s a very energy-efficient way of cooking.
