Singles' Day

November's shopping spree is expected to boost the sales of both physical and online retailers by as much as 60 billion Turkish Liras (around $6.2 billion).

Retailers are keenly waiting for the Singles' Day on Nov. 11, the "Legendary Friday" on Nov. 26 and the Cyber Monday on Nov. 29.

Legendary Friday is the Turkish equivalent of Black Friday.

China’s smartphone-wielding masses unleashed billions of dollars in e-commerce spending on Nov. 11 as they rushed to snap up bargains on “Singles Day” - billed as the world’s biggest one-day online shopping festival.

Chinese shoppers spent more than $1 billion in the first five minutes of Singles Day on Nov. 11, e-commerce giant Alibaba said in the world's biggest online shopping promotion.

Chinese Internet users spent billions of dollars in the planet's biggest online shopping splurge Nov. 11, as "Singles Day" hit new heights, despite slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy.