Black Friday

How web scraping, AI, and the EU have come together to sweep away fake discounts in Europe

Even if you didn’t know it, before the COVID-19 pandemic, another plague was sweeping Europe, and it’s still prevalent today: fake discounts.

5 min read Jan 24, 2023

Black Friday

Black Friday 2022: the final countdown for Czech e-commerce discount tricks

Jakub Balada

Is this year's Black Friday the last chance for e-commerce stores to artificially inflate their discounts? Hopefully, yes, thanks to new law based on EU directive.

13 min read Dec 5, 2022

Black Friday

Black Friday 2022 - naposledy bez pravidel, deklarované slevy jsou už poloviční

Jakub Balada

Za Hlídače shopů jsme se letos těšili nejen na Black Friday, ale zejména na platnost novely zákona o ochraně spotřebitele, která definuje jasná pravidla pro výpočet slev. Jak k tomu přistoupily?

11 min read Nov 27, 2022

Black Friday

Black Friday 2021 in Czech Republic - real discounts and same old tricks from retailers

Natasha Lekh

Our 5th annual analysis of discount tactics used by the largest Czech e-commerce retailers around the time of Black Friday.

13 min read Dec 3, 2021

Retail

Top 5 web scraping tools to help you gather retail analytics

Natasha Lekh

Managing a retail business is impossible without data analytics in some shape or form. Web scraping is a great opportunity for retailers to move from manual data collection to automated solutions.

7 min read Nov 25, 2021

Black Friday

Black Friday 2020 — rays of hope for a better future

David Barton

Some old tricks and deceptive practices, but two e-shops have seen the light and are being honest with their customers — with our help.

15 min read Dec 3, 2020

Black Friday

Black Friday 2020 — getting better

Jakub Balada

Results of our annual Black Friday 2020 analysis for Czechia. Improvements in discounts, but some still misleading. In Czech language only.

15 min read Nov 30, 2020

Black Friday

Black Friday 2019 — s Hlídačem shopů

Jakub Balada

TLDR: V letošním Black Friday bylo na největších českých eshopech dvakrát více produktů, průměrné uváděné a reálné slevy podobné jak loni.

13 min read Dec 1, 2019

Black Friday

Black Friday in Czechia — magical prices one year on

David Barton

After last year’s revealing analysis of Black Friday discounts, Apify again decided to look at what the three largest Czech e-shops are up to this year.

3 min read Dec 13, 2018

Black Friday

Black Friday počesku — kouzla se slevami po roce

Jakub Balada

Po loňské úspěšné analýze slev v rámci Black Friday jsme se opět rozhodli podívat na to, jak největší české e-shopy pracují s tímto fenoménem. Hlavně nás zajímalo, zda stále čarují se slevami, převážně pomocí umělého navyšování původních cen, ze kterých vypočítávají slevy.

11 min read Dec 7, 2018

Black Friday

Magical Black Friday prices in Czechia

David Barton

Using the Apify platform to scrape prices, we ran an extensive analysis of the three leading Czech e-shops for the month leading up to Black Friday and found some surprising results.

8 min read Jan 10, 2018

Black Friday

Black Friday in Czechia — magic with discounts

Jakub Balada

Many online stores now offer “large” Black Friday discounts. We used web scraping to find out actual discounts. In Czech language only.

8 min read Nov 27, 2017