Black Friday got off to a muted start in the UK, with the number of home deliveries booked down by about 5% and no surge on the high street.
On Friday morning, the number of transactions handled by Barclaycard Payments, which processes £1 in every £3 spent in the UK, was up just 0.7% on the same period on the morning of Black Friday a year before and just under 5% up on pre-pandemic levels.
