Figures show sales beat 2021 volumes, with energy-efficient products in high demand.
of the discounts found on Black Friday in 2021 could be found at other times of the year too.
"I think you can draw from that that customers are worried about their finances and more concerned perhaps about their future finances than they were this time last year," Mr Connolly told the BBC's Today programme. Diane Wehrle, marketing and insights director at Springboard, said 2022's footfall showed that while trading conditions were "challenging, Black Friday is certainly not a disaster".The promising sales for retailers appears to have exceeded predictions from industry analysts, who had forecast a weaker day of trading.
He suggested this could be down to the "feelgood factor in the run-up to the World Cup" giving retail and hospitality a boost.
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