Black Friday becomes a global event

Foreign brands and retailers around the world are preparing for another duo shou day - a Chinese expression which translates roughly into 24 hours when you need to chop your hands off, to stop you from online shopping.

For many years, the Black Friday shopping spree, the day after Thanksgiving, was a United States-focused shopping event.

But in the last couple of years, interest in the retail frenzy has been growing in popularity with customers in other parts of the world too.