Black Week 2025 · Marketplaces & department stores
Zalando
Ads delivered
2,468
1 Oct to 5 Dec
Black Week ads
935
85% say "Black Week"
Lift in new ads/day
1.9×
33.7/day late Oct → 63.6/day
Typical start
19 Nov
9 days before Black Friday
Deepest discount
75%
median 70%
New ads per day
First Black Week ad 6 Nov. Half of them were live by 19 Nov; the median one ran 13 days, and 36% kept running past Cyber Monday.
Black Friday
Cyber Monday
1 Oct1 Nov1 Dec
Black Week adsOther new adsBlack Week period, 17 Nov to 1 Dec
The offer
Share of new ads with an offer in the copy
Late October (22 Oct to 9 Nov)22%
Black Week period (17 Nov to 1 Dec)94%
In Black Week ads
State a discount as %98%
"Up to" pricing98%
Discount code0%
Early access0%
Against marketplaces & department stores
Zalando vs the industry median of 4 brands
| Zalando | Industry | |
|---|---|---|
| Typical start | 19 Nov | 19 Nov |
| Lift in new ads/day | 1.9× | 1.4× |
| Deepest discount | 75% | 65% |
Same industry
Biggest Black Week ads
Ranked by EU reach.
#1Offer ad10.9MEU reach
Swedemount ST. ANTON - Snowboard pants - orange
Uncover unbeatable deals on the brands you love, now with up to 70% off.
20 Nov to 3 Dec
#2Offer ad8.2MEU reach
Swedemount ST. ANTON - Snowboard pants - orange
Uncover unbeatable deals on the brands you love, now with up to 70% off.
20 Nov to 3 Dec
#3Offer ad7.2MEU reach
Swedemount ST. ANTON - Snowboard pants - orange
Uncover unbeatable deals on the brands you love, now with up to 70% off.
20 Nov to 3 Dec
Method and limits
- Source: Meta Ad Library API (ads_archive, all statuses). Every ad the brands' pages delivered in SE, NO, DK, FI, DE, GB between 1 Oct and 5 Dec 2025, pulled 21 Oct 2026. Ads that left the Library before then (about a year after they last ran) are missing.
- Black Week ads: copy that names Black Week, Black Friday or Cyber Monday (six languages), plus ads with an offer (discount, sale wording) that started in the Black Week period, 17 Nov to 1 Dec. Catalogue ads with product-only copy read as neither.
- Lift compares new ads per day, not budget. The Library has no spend, daily impressions or results for commercial ads, so nothing here says what was profitable.
- Discounts count only percentages in discount context (“-30%”, “30% off”, “up to 50%”). Reach is Meta's EU reach estimate.
- Retailers are measured on their Swedish pages. Outside the EU and UK the API returns no commercial ads, so US programmes (Gymshark, AG1, Hismile, Oura) aren't here.