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The corona crisis has hit retail hard in recent months.

It is therefore hardly surprising that what is probably the biggest discount battle of the year opens unusually early.

Since this weekend, retailers have been attracting numerous offers.

The real bargain day, Black Friday, does not take place until November 27th.

How hard the consumers will hit seems to depend largely on where they live.

This is shown by a representative online survey by the market research institute Yougov on behalf of Klarna, which WELT is available to.

Accordingly, Berliners seem to be the most willing to buy.

You want to spend an average of 303 euros on Black Friday.

Bayern follow a long way behind with an average of 269 euros, followed by Baden-Württemberg with an average of 251 euros.

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Schleswig-Holstein comes last with planned expenditure of just 127 euros per person.

The people in Thuringia want to spend a little more (147 euros), ahead of the Rhineland-Palatinate with an average of 177 euros.

For their survey, Yougov and Klarna interviewed a total of 2037 people in November.

The consequences of the Corona crisis such as short-time work are likely to dampen the mood to buy.

According to the survey, the average German only has a budget of 219 euros this year - less than last year.

The contact restrictions should at least drive online sales on Black Friday even higher.

More than one in three people wants to go hunting for bargains even more this year.

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"Due to the circumstances, online retailing is playing an even more important role than before, which means that new target groups have been added in addition to the classically young online shoppers," says Thomas Vagner, Klarna's head of Germany.

According to the survey, every eighth over 55-year-old wants to look for offers on the Internet.

So far, only one in five people in this age group has ever struck Black Friday.

The survey also shows clear differences between men and women.

Men calculate with expenses of 256 euros, women estimate 185 euros for the shopping event.

This is also noticeable in the shopping cart: While more than half of men want to buy electronic goods in particular, women prefer shoes and clothing.

Dangerous bargain hunt in the home office

There is one thing that people who are crazy about shopping should be careful: those who hunt for bargains in the home office can risk their job.

"During working hours, private activities are taboo, because working time fraud is a reason for dismissal and is even punishable," explains Simon Fischer, Professor of Business Law at the SRH Fernhochschule.

However, employees also have the right to take breaks at home.

In addition, the boss first has to find out about the employee.

The supervisor is not allowed to enter the apartment without consent, says Fischer.

And working time monitoring, as it could be possible, for example, by reading traffic data, should not be permitted from Fischer's point of view.