It’s Singles Day (11/11), a made-up sales holiday that started in China, and that means a number of Chinese shops and marketplaces including AliExpress, Banggood, DHGate, and GeekBuying are running Singles Day sales. You may have to hunt a bit for true bargains, since there are coupons and flash sales to navigate, and some items […]
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Singles Day deals (11-11-2020)
Black Friday is still a few weeks away, but Singles Day is already upon us. This unofficial shopping holiday began in China a number of years ago and November 11th has since become a bit of a global phenomenon. Names Singles Day because it takes place on 11/11 (get it, they’re all ones… or singles), […]
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Singles Day 2019 tech deals
Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be big in the West. But Chinese retailers started celebrating “Singles Day” on 11/11 for the past few decades — and in recent year’s it’s become the top day for online shopping globally. While it hasn’t really caught on in North America, a number of companies that ship Chinese […]
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Deals of the Day (11-11-2016)
There’s no such thing as Black Friday in China, so a number of years ago retailers in that country decided to turn a makeshift holiday called Singles Day on November 11th, (11/11, get it?) into a big sales holiday. This year I noticed a number of US retailers getting in on the action: HP has […]