AS WE HEAD INTO 2018, WHAT LESSONS CAN THE UK LOGISTICS INDUSTRY LEARN FROM THE 2017 SEASONAL PEAK? DAVE BERRIDGE, SECRETARY OF THE AUTOMATED MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION (AMHSA), EXAMINES THE TRENDS IN ECOMMERCE. Despite its relatively recent arrival on these shores from the US - introduced by Walmartowned Asda in 2013 - Black Friday has taken a firm foothold in the UK's retail calendar. An American post-Thanksgiving phenomenon since the 1950s, Black Friday has traditionally marked the start of the US festive shopping season. By 2015, it was the UK's biggest day of shopping, with over ￡1 bn spent in just 24 hours.
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