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Black Friday sales are starting earlier as businesses fight to attract shoppers on the hunt for pre-Christmas bargains while juggling cost-of-living pressures.<\/p>\n

The Australian Retailers Association expects Australians to spend $6.36 billion over the four-day Black Friday sale period alone. But chief executive Paul Zahra said some retailers, worried about the continuing fall in consumer spending, had decided to start their sales early.<\/p>\n

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Black Friday sales are starting early this year as retailers compete for budget-conscious shoppers\u2019 dollars.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Simon Schluter <\/cite><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re concerned about trade, so they\u2019re pulling the lever on starting the sale earlier,\u201d Zahra said.<\/p>\n

More sales will begin early next week, he said, with uncertainty about a potential December interest rate rise from the Reserve Bank looming over the economy driving shoppers to do the vast bulk of their holiday spending over the Black Friday sales.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are shopping earlier; they\u2019re looking for a deal, they\u2019re looking for value, and they\u2019re shopping with a particular budget in mind,\u201d Zahra said.<\/p>\n

Woolworths and Samsung are among a handful of businesses that have already kicked off discounts for shoppers ahead of next week\u2019s Black Friday weekend.<\/p>\n

Last Friday, Samsung launched a \u201csecret price slash\u201d for 24 hours only on home appliances and also launched a broader \u2018TGI Black Friday\u2019 flash sale that offers reduced prices every Friday for the month of November.<\/p>\n

While Australians are hunting for ways to spend less on Christmas shopping, consumers are seeking relief in the grocery aisle as well: Everyday Rewards has unveiled an \u2018Orange Friday\u2019 sales event across Woolworths, Big W, and its other businesses.<\/p>\n

Customers can expect reduced prices on staples including some instant coffees and toilet paper as well as other items from November 15 to 21. <\/p>\n

Research from Finder.com.au shows Australians are expected to spend $727 per person on the Black Friday sales.<\/p>\n

Discretionary retailers will generally make up to two-thirds of their yearly profit through the holiday trading period, Zahra said, but this year household budgets were under extreme pressure from the cost-of-living crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, this is a complete reverse of what we saw the last two Christmases, because people were record spending, there was a lot of what we call freedom spending \u2026 but this year, it\u2019s a very different proposition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is very much a budget-conscious customer. That\u2019s probably the best way to describe the Christmas spend,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the sales, consumer spending has slowed after a resilient few months, according to the Commonwealth Bank\u2019s household spending index.<\/p>\n

The bank\u2019s senior economist Belinda Allen said the question was whether consumers had held back spending ahead of this month\u2019s sales, or whether the Reserve Bank\u2019s November interest rate hike, which took the official cash rate to 4.35 per cent, would keep spending soft.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat it\u2019s showing is, when there\u2019s no reason to spend, consumers are winding back,\u201d the bank\u2019s senior economist Belinda Allen said.<\/p>\n

The Commonwealth data showed consumers had reduced spending at furniture stores, appliance stores, luxury boutiques and jewellery stores, which was partially offset by some higher spending on online marketplaces and used and second-hand goods stores.<\/p>\n

Allen said this was building on a trend the bank has seen over the course of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have seen it in terms of consumers [who are] trading down brands, trading down quality of goods as well,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just another example of how consumers are making decisions to help them in terms of the cost-of-living pressures.\u201d<\/p>\n

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