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Latest Survey Finds Black Friday Has Gone Global

Furniture World News Desk on 11/20/2016


One Hour Translation, the world's largest online translation agency, recently announced that a survey conducted in early November 2016 indicates that online shopping in Black Friday is expanding beyond the U.S. and gaining popularity in other developed countries.

The survey was performed in cooperation with Google Consumer Surveys among a total of 3,600 participants in 8 developed countries: the U.S., Canada, U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Australia and Japan. In the survey, One Hour Translation asked: "In what day or days are you planning to do your online shopping this year?" The respondents could select more than one answer. The survey analyzed 1,000 responses in U.S., 600 in the U.K. and 300 in each one of the other 6 countries.

In the U.S., around 26% of the respondents plan to buy online on Black Friday, which falls on November 25th this year, while around 28% plan to do so on Cyber Monday (November 28th).

The average of the 8 countries surveyed shows that 16.5% of the respondents prefer to buy online on Black Friday, compared to around 9% on Cyber Monday – data that clearly show that Black Friday, which became a popular shopping event in the U.S. during the 1960s, is becoming a significant online shopping event outside of the U.S.

In Canada, 19.5% of the respondents said they plan to buy online on Black Friday, compared to 8% on Cyber Monday. In the U.K., the scores were 27% for Black Friday and 10% or Cyber Monday, while in Germany the scores were 12% and 8% respectively.

In Spain, 29% of the respondents said they plan to buy online on Black Friday, compared to 5% on Cyber Monday.

The results in Australia were 11% for Black Friday, compared to 6% for Cyber Monday. The male respondents in Australia scored 17% interest in Black Friday.

Black Friday is still struggling to make it with French online shoppers. The survey showed keen interest among 18% of the French surveyed between the ages of 25 and 44 in Black Friday online promotions, but there was no interest whatsoever among those above 45. The overall level in France was 7% for Black Friday and 2% for Cyber Monday.

Japan seems to show the least interest in the Christmas season online shopping frenzy. The results in Japan were 5% for Black Friday and 3% for Cyber Monday. Nevertheless, the results show higher rates of interest in the 25-34 year-old segment where 13% showed interest in Black Friday and 10% for Cyber Monday.

Millennials lead the holiday season online shopping frenzy

According to One Hour Translation's survey, young people between 18 and 34 show a strong tendency to buy online during Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

In the U.S., 44% of the 18-34 year olds surveyed said they plan to buy online on Black Friday, and 42% on Cyber Monday. For the 35-64 year olds surveyed the results were 21% on Black Friday, and around 23% intended to do so on Cyber Monday. In the 65 and older category only 5% planned to buy online on Black Friday, compared to around 12% on Cyber Monday.

The 35-64 age group has also shown lower percentages than younger people outside the U.S. – Canada (18% intend to buy online on Black Friday and 8% on Cyber Monday; U.K. (25% for Black Friday and 10% for Cyber Monday); France (7% and 2% respectively); Germany (13% and 7%); Australia (10% and 4%) and Japan (5.5% and 3%). Spain stood out, with 31% of the 35-64 age group opting for Black Friday, but only 6% for Cyber Monday.

Other interesting data pertain to those 65 or older living outside the U.S. Cyber Monday draws no interest with this segment in Spain, France, Japan and Canada, compared to around 5% in Australia and 14.5% in Germany. In contrast, 36% of those 65 or older in Spain say they would buy online on Black Friday, compared to 9% of this age segment in Australia, 14% in Germany and 0% in France, Japan and Canada.

"The Christmas holiday season online shopping events are the culmination of the preparations by the world's largest e-commerce players, which began in early 2016," said Ofer Shoshan, Co-Founder and CEO of One Hour Translation. "These preparations included upgrading and localizing websites in order to adapt them to shoppers all over the globe. The survey we conducted proves that Black Friday, a shopping event that was considered purely American, is becoming popular even in major non-English speaking countries."

Shoshan summarized: "The e-commerce players understand than in order to boost their sales and reach wide audiences all over the world, they have to make their websites accessible to consumers in their own languages.”

More about One Hour Translation: One Hour Translation is the world's largest online translation agency, offering professional translation services to thousands of business customers worldwide, 24/7/365. One Hour Translation provides professional, high-quality translations, performed by real people, for over 75 languages and 2,500 language pairs, thanks to a community of over 15,000 Professional Translators from more than 100 different countries.

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