4 days discounts on clothes and shoes instead of White Friday

Translated by :Raghad Zahran

The representative of the clothing, fabrics, shoes and jewelry sector in the Jordan Chamber of Commerce, Asaad Al-Qawasmi, dealed with the sector’s merchants, commercial centers and malls, to allocate four days for the so-called "Black Friday” global discounts, and the White Friday in the Arab world, but it is not binding on everyone.

Al-Qawasmi said in a press statement, today, that the date of the discounts that will coincide with Black Friday, will start from the twenty-fourth of this month and will continue until the twenty-seventh of this month, to prevent crowds in the markets in order to preserve the health of citizens, and to avoid focusing on one day.

He added that the deal came after a meeting arranged by Jordan's trade at its headquarters, with the sector's merchants and representatives of commercial centers and malls, so that shopping days throughout the Kingdom would be in accordance with the health protocol applied by clothing, shoes and fabric merchants and to avoid crowds.

Al-Qawasmi affirmed that the discounts on clothes, shoes and fabrics will be real and may reach about 70 percent, to enable shoppers to obtain preferential prices and to activate the sales movement at the merchants of the sector, which has been experiencing an unprecedented recession since the beginning of this year. 

He explained that the discounts on clothing, shoes and fabrics will include various markets, shop centers and outlet stores spread throughout the Kingdom, noting that shops, companies and owners of brands operating in the local market give these shopping days great importance in terms of providing models and available prices, and providing e-sale and delivery services. 

He also stressed that workers in the clothing, shoes and fabrics sector must adhere to safety procedures, physical distancing, wearing a mask, leaving distances between customers and workers in stores, and paying attention to health and safety standards.

He pointed out that there is a situation of weakness with regard to the activity of the clothing and shoes market despite the entry of the winter season. Noting that this is due to the decline in the purchasing power of citizens, the scarcity of financial flow and the absence of marketing tourism, in addition to the high operating costs on the sector, noting that this is due to the decline in the purchasing power of citizens, the scarcity of financial flow and the absence of marketing tourism, in addition to the high operating costs on the sector.

The clothing and shoes sector, which employs 53,000 workers, the majority of them are Jordanian labor, includes 11,000 establishments operating in various regions of the Kingdom.

The local market includes 180 international brands of clothing and shoes that invest in the Kingdom.

Black Friday, as it is called outside the Arab countries, is the day that comes immediately after Thanksgiving in the United States, and it is usually the end of November of each year, and it is the beginning of the season for buying Christmas gifts as most stores offer great offers and discounts, especially since most of the Christmas gifts is bought on that day, large numbers of consumers crowd at dawn on Friday outside supermarkets, waiting for their doors to open to buy what they need.