Consumer protection

28.November 2024 Bojan Bednar

Serbia is far from a real Black Friday

The euphoria of Black Friday in Serbia may exist, but it is unjustified, because on the ground, apart from honorable exceptions, real discounts are not a practice, says Dejan Gavrilović from the Consumers' Association Eftekrifa

Shopping holiday

24.November 2023 Z.S.

Black Friday: The world's most expensive savings 

The shopping fever on the day of "Black Friday" grips the whole world. A few decades ago, it also made its home in Serbia. However, world rules do not apply on home soil. Traders in Serbia have copied the American trend, but in our region the discounts are much smaller. And while people queue for miles to buy bargains to brighten their day in the short term, the workers who produce those same goods in Bangladesh are dying in the streets as they protest for an increase in their $95 a month wages.