Forget Black Friday: now  it’s Brown Thursday and Singles Day!

Internet couriers ParcelHero.com ask: 'Is this the end for Cyber Monday?'The world of e-commerce has already launched into its pre-Christmas explosion. International courier ParcelHero reveals the latest dates to add to your shopping diary: Singles Day: 11 November 2014 Singles Day comes from China, and is now the largest online shopping day in the world – outstripping Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It originated in Nanjing University where the large number of single males celebrated 11th November because it is all the ones: 11/11. Students continued the tradition once they had