{"id":34761,"date":"2021-11-26T11:11:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T11:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=34761"},"modified":"2021-11-26T11:11:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T11:11:42","slug":"where-is-everyone-in-sheffield-this-black-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/11\/26\/where-is-everyone-in-sheffield-this-black-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is everyone in Sheffield this Black Friday?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheffield\u2019s main high street, The Moor, was deserted this Black Friday, with most shoppers deciding to find the bargains online rather than in person.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online retailers have been offering discounts in the weeks leading up to today, meaning independent retailers, without websites, are being disadvantaged.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al Bermawi, manager at Moor Perfume, said: \u201cWe have discounts but we feel as though the Moor is being a bit slow today<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCustomer habits are hard to change. But, the whole Moor market management should encourage people to shop in small local businesses\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Blackfriday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Blackfriday<\/a> scenes from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SheffieldCityCentre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SheffieldCityCentre<\/a>. An anti-climatic start this morning. Will you be grabbing any bargains today? \ud83d\udecd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wdq67ZHDXj\">pic.twitter.com\/wdq67ZHDXj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheffield Wire (@Sheffield_Wire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheffield_Wire\/status\/1464172085677199367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We contacted The Moor\u2019s Management, but they were unavailable for comment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comes as Sheffield was named as having the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centreforcities.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">best high street recovery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> score of the 63 largest towns and cities in the UK .\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brands being online creates a competitive advantage, with Boohoo\u2019s half-year revenue growth of 45% and ASOS\u2019s full year sales up by 20%, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space48.com\/blog\/high-street-versus-online-fashion-retailers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to Space48<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adobe\u2019s Digital Economy Index <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/internetretailing.net\/customer\/uk-online-spending-hits-104bn-in-october-black-friday-scepticism-grows-adobe-finds-24069\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">found<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that UK shoppers spend 12% year on year for Black Friday online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, the survey also found that the majority of shoppers, 53%, do not plan on shopping on Black Friday at all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most were sceptical about the discounts on offer, with 39% saying that they felt this year\u2019s discounts would be smaller than previous years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sheffield Wire will be providing updates on the busyness of the city centre\u2019s Black Friday, which can be followed via our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheffield_Wire\/status\/1464172085677199367?s=20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter feed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield&#8217;s city centre is deserted this Black Friday with more shoppers buying online. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":34763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,133],"tags":[595,410],"class_list":["post-34761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-top-story","tag-black-friday","tag-shopping"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Where is everyone in Sheffield this Black Friday? 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