Black Friday Deals Week returns next week with more deals on more items than ever before and – new for Black Friday Deals Week 2012 – themed hours to help customers find the deals they want in some of our most popular categories including Fashion, Beauty, Fitness and Wellbeing
Luxembourg – 14th November, 2012 – Black Friday Deals Week returns at Amazon.co.uk from Monday 19th November until Sunday 25th November, extending over the weekend beyond Black Friday itself for the first time. Offers at Amazon.co.uk during Black Friday Deals Week will be 'Lightning Deals' with a limited quantity of a product being offered at a discount for a limited period of time.
There will be more than 1,000 deals available over the seven day period – nearly twice as many as Black Friday Deals Week 2011 – including these items with an average of 40% off current Amazon.co.uk prices:
- ‘Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals’ – by Jamie Oliver
- Barbie's California Dreamhouse
- Harry Potter - The Complete 8-Film Collection [Blu-ray]
- Le Creuset Cast Iron Cookware
- Windows 8 and Chromebook Laptops
- LG Cinema 3D 37 Inch LED TV
- Timex Ironman Men's Digital Watch
- Lipsy Women’s Dresses
- ghd Limited Edition Gold Series Hair Straightener Gift Set
- Sony Playstation 3 Console Bundle
“Black Friday Deals Week offers millions of pounds of savings on hundreds of Christmas gifts as well as every day essentials,” said Christopher North, Managing Director, Amazon.co.uk Ltd. “From electric toothbrushes to the must-have video game or cookery book of the year, it’s a great opportunity for customers to make great savings on things they want for themselves as well as gifts for others.”
This year, for the first time, Amazon.co.uk is running a series of themed hours so customers keen to make savings on specific types of products can easily find what they are looking for. Themed hours will include:
- Prepare for Christmas – including hampers, gift-sets and stocking fillers
- Cookery – including kitchenware, grocery items and cookery books
- Fashion & Beauty – including clothing, jewellery, watches and skincare products
- Fitness & Wellbeing – including sports equipment and nutrition
“For the first time, Black Friday Deals Week will run beyond the five days leading up to and including Black Friday itself, with a second chance to get some of the Black Friday deals from earlier in the week on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th November,” said Xavier Garambois, Vice President of EU Retail at Amazon.
Customers can find out more by visiting www.amazon.co.uk/blackfriday, by following Amazon.co.uk on Twitter www.twitter.com/amazonUK or by visiting our Facebook page www.facebook.com/amazonUK
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