Black Friday boost for John Lewis

This year's John Lewis Christmas advert urging people to show someone they're loved this Christmas.

While some retail experts have declared this year’s Black Friday a damp squib and many retailers have gone as far as scrapping the American concept altogether, John Lewis posted record weekly sales after it was boosted by Black Friday sales online.

The employee-owned retailer set a record for weekly sales in the seven days to November 28 as trading spiked thanks to discounts both online and in its department stores.

John Lewis posted sales of £187.7m during the week, up 4.8 per cent from 2014 when the U.S. shopping tradition turned into a retail frenzy with long queues and fights over bargains.