It's Black Friday, an American tradition which has travelled across the pond where retailers have a big sale the day after Thanksgiving to kick off the Christmas spending season. Here's what on offer today. Amazon is essentially responsible for bringing the Black Friday concept to the UK, and actually runs a full week of deals. It operates ‘lightning deals’ which are basically sales on specific items that are only available for a very short time. It's sure to be one of the big players again in 2015 and is promising reductions on 7,000 items. The top deals for Black Friday include: Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote Fire Kids Edition 8GB Tablet with Case PlayStation 4 500GB with Nathan Drake Collection and FIFA 16 Xbox One 500GB with Ori and Rare Replay Fisher Price Rainforest Jumperoo TomTom Start 25 5-Inch Sat Nav with UK Maps and Lifetime Map Updates Le Creuset Classic Cast Iron Oval Casserole, 25 cm - Almond Apple isn’t taking part in Black Friday online, but you can find deals with Argos and Currys on Apple products.

Argos was one of the big winners of Black Friday last year, making 130 sales a second throughout the day, with deals on everything from TVs to electric toothbrushes. TASSIMO T20 COFFEE MACHINE LG 49” Full HD LED TVswedia storm 2400 vacuum cleaner price PS4 WITH UNCHARTED 500GB BUNDLEelectrolux vacuum cleaner z803 XBOX ONE 500GB CONSOLE and Ori and Rare Replaybest beltless bagless vacuum cleaner iPad Air 1 Wi-Fi 16GB Space Grey / Silver HP WOW Laptop Pentium 4GB 1TB (x4 colours) plus £50 worth accessories Toshiba Celeron 4GB 1TB Laptop TomTom Start 25 5” Full EU Sat Nav iPad Mini 2 16GB – Space Grey / Silver Indesit WXD1252W 7kg 1200 Spin Washing Machine – White

[Related story: Argos launches Red, White and Blue Fridays offering bargains until Christmas] Asda has announced that it won't be taking part in this year's Black Friday. Interestingly, it says it's taken its decision "due to shopper fatigue setting in around flash sales on big-ticket, non-essential items at Christmas". This is despite Asda and parent company Wal-Mart being arguably one of the biggest cheerleaders for bringing Black Friday to the UK. Instead, Asda says it will be giving shoppers £26 million of "sustained savings" across November and December. Asos is offering 20% off everything when you enter the code CYBER at the checkout. You’ll also find 60% off casual cool items including brands like Adidas, French Connection and Free People. B&M will be  offering 10% off everything on Black Friday in stores and is promising up to 70% off selected lines over the weekend. B&Q have got some great bargains for today only. Here are a few top picks.

BHS is offering exclusive online and in-store discounts and up to 50% off everything. Here some of our top picks. Silver George Foreman Grill Boots is promising “incredible offers” on everything from perfume and aftershave to electrical beauty products on Black Friday 2015. Here are some of its best deals. Philips Lumea Prestige SC2007/00 IPL Hair Removal System for face and body Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Special Edition Perfect Prep Machine Black BT has deals across broadband, TV, mobile and the BT Shop. See all of BT's Black Friday deals Today at Burton when you buy a full price suit you can get another for just £1. There’s also 30% off jackets and coats as well as 20% off all shoes. Curry’s has thousands of offers on TVs, tablets, laptops, fridge freezers and more. You can get £100 off iMac and MacBooks, 10% off large black kitchen appliances and TVs over £999 Samsung UE60JU6000 Smart Ultra HD 4k 60" LED TV

Bose Sound Link Mini II Speaker ) then Currys will match it. The Early Learning Centre Black Friday extravaganza means you can get  60% off ALL toys. Game will be opening at midnight again for Black Friday 2015. But hurry because popular products will disappear quickly! [Related story: Best Black Friday deals for gamers] Homebase if offering 25% off Christmas trees, Christmas lights, Christmas decorations indoor furniture, silent night duvets and lighting. Karcher WEV50 Window Vac Black & Decker 18V Cordless Drill Driver Russel Hobbs Silver Microwave House of Fraser is promising some “breathtaking Black Friday deals” this year with up to 50% off across the store. Dyson AM05 Hot & Cool Iron/Blue Samsonite Xylem bronze 75cm large spinner suitcase John Lewis says that its commitment to being Never Knowingly Undersold means that it will be price matching rivals. Here's what's on offer: Nespresso Inissia Coffee Machine with Aeroccino by KRUPS, Red

Phillips GC8650/80 PerfectCare Aqua Pressurised Steam Generator Iron Kenwood kMix KMX80 Barcelona Stand Mixer Smazon Fire Kids Tablet 8GB Sony PlayStation 4 500GB Unchartered [Related story: Eight things you should never pay full price for] Maplin is getting in on the action early, running a week of deals. It's got free standard delivery on all order over a tenner and offers Shutl delivery, which will get your items delivered in 90 minutes. Nestcam 1080p Indoor Wireless IP Camera Marks & Spencer is slashing prices by up to 50% on comfort mattresses and beauty gifts & fragrance. There’s also 30% off on women’s nightwear, luggage and selected lingerie. There are plenty of booze deals too, with half price Louis Chaurey Champagne and 50% off selected wine. Morrisons is holding a special week of deals which it has dubbed ‘Morrisons Black Five Days’. Mothercare launched its Black Friday deals early, slashing the price of all toys by as much as 60%!

More deals are being added every day this week. Discounts include Big City Wooden Rail Play Table for £40 (down from £100), the Happyland Bumper Village Set for £40 (down from £100) and the ELC Rosebud School for £24 (down from £60). It’s also offering a free car seat when you buy selected pushchairs. New Look is promising a weekend of deals from Black Friday onwards. You can sign up to its newsletter to get a heads up on what deals to expect. River Island is offering up to 50% off selected lines. Black Friday even offers the chance for a cheap cocktail! All coffees and cocktails are two-for-one. Sign up to the newsletter and you'll get a voucher emailed over on Thursday giving you £5 off when you spend £10 on food. Tesco did well out of Black Friday last year with plenty of cracking deals on tech products, so it’s worth keeping an eye out this year too. This year it says the event will include over 200 electrical, entertainment and mobile products with discounts of up to 70%.