An extraordinary surge in Black Friday internet shopping is threatening to cause a delivery meltdown, experts have warned. A tidal wave of online orders is expected in the four days up to 'Cyber Monday', putting millions of items into the courier system. Explaining the 200million extra online orders this year, he added: 'Last year, 387million of the 462million Christmas peak deliveries were online shopping orders. It really does seem the black cloud of Black Friday 2014 is rolling in once more.' In France, Amazon and other major stores agreed to postpone Black Friday sales until December when France's own lockdown ends.

Source: Daily Mail November 28, 2020 00:16 UTC