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A US import we could live without

We were already used to Halloween and Mother’s Day being turned into major retailing events. Now we’re starting to get used to Black Friday as well, which started in the US as the day after Thanksgiving, which traditionally marked the start of the Christmas shopping season, and which retailers would celebrate with a few special offers to start the busiest period of the year.

With the arrival of the American online shopping

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