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Right before the biggest sale season of the year—Black Friday—analysts from Picodi.com conducted research and a survey among Filipinos. The results of the research reveal what we can expect from Black Friday this year. From this report you’ll learn, among other things, if you can trust the sales that will be offered, what’s the consumers’ attitude toward Black Friday and how much Filipinos are going to spend during Black Friday shopping spree which starts on 23rd November.
Customers will not waste the opportunity to save money on shopping. 55% of the surveyed Filipinos admitted that they’re going to take part in the upcoming Black Friday sales. This is most likely the result of marketing campaigns—only 5 years ago Black Friday in the Philippines didn’t stir up as many emotions as in the USA or the United Kingdom.
There are other numbers that confirm the serious intentions of consumers on that day. 91% of shoppers save money prior to Black Friday just to shop on this day. Let’s remember that Black Friday sales are usually associated with electronics and housewares which are the best-selling products. The remaining 9% declared that they are going to buy on installments.
During Black Friday, Filipinos are going to do some serious shopping. Most consumers (38%) are going to buy 2-3 products, and 36% are going to go on a shopping spree and buy more than 5 items. What’s more, 59% of buyers already have an idea what’s going to end up in their baskets. This can be due to the infinite number of guides to what’s worth buying and how to find the biggest discounts.
Black Friday symbolically opens the season of pre-Christmas sales. That’s why it’s a great opportunity for those who start searching for gifts in advance. 38% of consumers will take advantage of Black Friday exactly for this purpose—to buy Christmas gifts. However, in the Philippines Black Friday is also an occasion to get a present for yourself (67% of respondents chose this answer) or to buy something for your household (30%).
Multiple reports about fake sales have no effect on experienced clients. 93% of respondents claim that they can find the real discounts among all the Black Friday offers and only 7% say that the sales are fictional and unworthy of the attention of consumers. Let’s remind that according to the last year’s statistics the average discount during Black Friday in the Philippines reached 61%.
The results of the surveys show that an average man will spend more money on sales than an average woman: 3906 PHP and 2724 PHP respectively.
Which age group is the most interested in Black Friday discounts? To check this out, we looked at last year’s statistics and compared the number of visits to our website on a regular Friday and on Black Friday. We noted a huge increase in traffic among all age groups. However, the biggest interest was among people aged 55-64 and 45-54: the growth of traffic reached 90% and 52% respectively.
The statistics also say that mobile devices dominated desktops. 68% of consumers did their shopping on mobile phones on Black Friday, 3% used tablets and 29% used desktops.
In the report, we used internal statistical data of the discount platform Picodi.com as well as the results of the survey conducted between 25th and 31st October 2018.
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Are you a journalist or a blogger and are looking for information about the preferences of consumers in the Philippines and other countries? We’d be glad to share both internal statistics and forecasts with estimations. Contact us at: contact.philippines@picodi.com.
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