Independent sellers in the north west of England say Black Friday hits sale as Amazon warehouses gear up.
At Amazon's giant warehouse on the outskirts of Manchester, men, women and robots work together to deal with the massive surge in orders that Black Friday inevitably brings.
So how do small retailers fare in a market where one company alone - Amazon - must take on an extra 2,000 staff across the north-west of England just to deal with demand?Afflecks retailer Megan Price says small independent sellers see a dip in trade as they "just cannot compete". Black Friday is also a worry for Erin Taylor-Thomas, owner of second-hand clothes store Beg Steal and Borrow.
Cole McGrath, who maintains the robots - known as drives - says he is expecting things to be "much busier" as the shopping frenzy peaks.
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