Cyber Monday 2016: Dates, deals and retailers taking part ahead of the online sale

The Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals | 2016

Black Friday has become one of the biggest global shopping days of the year - with millions of eager bargain-hunters taking to the high street to pick up American-style deals on just about everything - from TVs to fashion and furniture.

Buy what is Cyber Monday all about? Unlike Black Friday, which evolved from the US, it"s the UK"s most famous online-shopping 24-hours - a time for you to shop "till you drop, straight from your sofa.

What"s the difference between Black Friday and Cyber Monday? What is it and where can the best deals be found?

Following a boom in 2012, Black Friday has become one of the biggest days in the retail calender year - with Amazon reporting sales every 62 seconds alone.

The event, which takes place the day after Thanksgiving in the US, famously kicks off Christmas shopping season - andlast year, cashed in over 1 billion for the first time in history.

In 2013, Black Friday headlines were dominated by violent scenes as rivals scrapped over the time and stock-limited bargains - with those famous Tesco videos of Brits going viral around the world.

Thankfully, there"s no such risk of serious injury on Cyber Monday - except, perhaps, the possibility of developing repetitive strain injury.

When is Cyber Monday?

Cyber Monday takes place the Monday after the American Thanksgiving holiday and following Black Friday.

Cyber Monday 2016 will be on Monday 28th November 2016. On this day, most major retailers starts their sales online at midnight.

What is Cyber Monday?

In short, it"s the online equivalent of Black Friday. Whilst Black Friday is online and in stores, Cyber Monday is exclusively online, as bargain hunters take to the internet to spend billions on time limited reductions, before websites crash, that is..

Is it bigger than Black Friday?

Yes and no. Cyber Monday is online only, so there"s a lot more choice available. On the other hand, Black Friday is boih online and in stores and deals tend to last around 5 days, with the best deals on the actual day. Cyber Monday is strictly a 24-hour affair.

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Similar deals to Black Friday can be expected, mostly electrical gadgets, like Dyson vacuums, laptops, tablets, mobile phones and homeware - including furniture.

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Last year there were big discounts on PlayStation 4, Apple products and cameras. Premium stores like House of Fraser and John Lewis also tend to go big on fashion, beauty and home electricals.

Read MoreCyber Monday Deals Which websites are taking part?

Plenty of online only retailers have headed up big deals for Cyber Monday, including Amazon - and we"re expecting a similar turn-out in 2016.

A lot of the big high-street retailers, including Argos , Tesco , Asda and John Lewis will most likely be putting on special online-exclusive deals over the Black Friday - Cyber Monday weekend.

A taste of what"s to come: Cyber Monday deals at PC World in 2014 included fitness bands and phonesWhere are the best deals to be found?

Most of the big retailers are keeping their big Cyber Monday deals under wraps for now, but keep an eye out here for big announcements over the coming weeks.

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