Black Friday 2014 deals hub — updated

When is Black Friday? Every year there are reports of fisticuffs as bargain-crazed shoppers beat each other up, partly because of the practice of using ‘doorbusters’: amazing and excruciatingly limited deals to attract as many customers as possible. How did Black Friday get its name? The things you’ve missed! LIVE NOW: Amazon Fire TV – £69
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Many popular online retailers have set up Black Friday deals pages, which we’ve linked to below. What this has resulted in now, though, is an entire four-day weekend of hot deals both in store and online. Cyber Monday is the Monday immediately after Black Friday, and it was invented in 2005 in an attempt to create an online equivalent of Black Friday. So you need to be quick off the mark – and we’ll be on hand to make it as easy for you as possible. Black Friday’s top deals – US
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Amazon.com
Best Buy
Dell
Microsoft Store
Samsung
Staples
Target
WalMart
UK Black Friday hubs
Amazon.co.uk
Currys
John Lewis
Argos
Very
What is Black Friday? Take your pick: some say it’s the day that retailers’ profits finally move into the black, although Wikipedia reckons that the true origin of the term comes from Philadelphia, where it referred to the disruptive pedestrian, and vehicle, traffic that occurred during the holiday. You’ll need to keep your wits about you, though, because many deals only last for an hour or until stocks run out. John Lewis emerge victorious – still only £169
LIVE NOW: Adobe Creative Cloud – save up to 40%! Is Black Friday as big a deal as it seems? If you want a broader selection of tech deals, head over to our sister site TechRadar’s Black Friday deals hub. If it’s 2015, it’s Friday 27 November. The biggest shopping day of the year is nearly upon us, and amongst all the bargains to be had are some pretty great deals for designers – or for your friends and family in the build-up to the festive season. Black Friday is the first Friday after Thanksgiving and represents a perfect storm for retailers: many people in the US have the day off and, as a result, it’s been the busiest shopping day of the year for nearly a decade. Can I get more Black Friday deals on other tech? To make things even busier, many retailers now offer some of their best sale bargains on Black Friday. On this page you’ll find links to all the best Black Friday deals pages from popular online retailers, as well as some specific deals we feel are particularly great offers. That depends on when you’re reading this.