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Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the orgy of shopping that takes place after the US Thanksgiving holiday, has lost its crown as the biggest shopping event of the year to China's Singles Day, after Middle Kingdom buyers splurged over US$9bn consoling themselves for being sad and alone. Singles Day, so named because of the date 11 …

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  1. hardboiledphil

    3,200+ trades a second average for a whole day?

    Hopefully they're not depending on Yodel to deliver them

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  2. Voland's right hand Silver badge

    And we dare complain about consumerisation of Christmas...

    The consumerization of Christmas, Halloween, Easter, etc in the western world pales by comparison...

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  3. Irony Deficient

    5.7bn yuan ($9.3bn)

    Iain, did you mean 57 G¥ rather than 5.7 G¥?

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