From Thu 22 Nov until Mon 24 Dec, buy a £25 real Christmas tree from Ikea and you'll be given a £20 voucher to spend at any participating store between 14 Jan and 3 Mar 2019. This deal has proven popular the past five years so go quick.

IT'S GONE. You could get a Sanctuary Spa 'Christmas Day Indulgence' set for £22.50 (norm £45) from Boots, while stocks lasted or until Thu 29 Nov. The contents were £50ish individually, including a £10 eau de toilette. In 2017 it offered a similarly priced £23 set (norm £45) and in 2016 a £23 set (norm £45).

IT'S GONE. As it has done the last few years, eBay released daily deals between 8am and 8pm every day up from the week of Black Friday until Tue 27 Nov, including from eBay stores for big retailers such as Currys and Argos. Deals we've spotted include a £20 Google Chromecast and a £40 Sega Megadrive with 81 games.

IT'S GONE. As we predicted, Selfridges offered up to 20% off via an online code or in-store voucher over the Black Friday weekend until 11.59pm on Sun 25 Nov. The full 20% off was valid on selected lines including fashion, homeware and accessories, but beauty, fragrances and tech were capped at 10% off.

IT'S GONE. Amazon began pumping out Black Friday deals, with daily deals, and new offers appearing at regular intervals, between Fri 16 Nov and Sun 25 Nov. Its Cyber Monday deals, like last year, were largely an extension of its Black Friday offerings.

IT'S GONE. As in previous years, AO.com discounted a number of products in the run up to Black Friday, but this year through to Mon 3 Dec. It had around 800ish deals online, but a lot of items could be found for the same price elsewhere as AO promised to price match other retailers.

IT'S GONE. For the fourth year in a row, Asos offered 20% off almost everything as part of its Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotion. The deal ran from 22 Nov until 8am on 27 Nov 2018, and it worked on all items, both full-price and those in the 'up to 70% off' outlet.

IT'S GONE. Similar to last year, you could get 20% off make-up and skincare brand Benefit until Cyber Monday (26 Nov 2018), as part of its Black Friday promotion.

IT'S GONE. Like last year, Game offered a number of discounts on consoles and software over Black Friday weekend. However, many other retailers including Amazon, Argos, Microsoft, Sony, Currys, and Smyths also offered similarly priced console bundles, and Game wasn't always cheapest, showing it's always worth doing your own research before buying.

IT'S GONE. Similar to last year, Gap offered 40% off all full-price items online and 'up to' 50% off all full-price items in stores as part of its Black Friday promotions. For Cyber Monday, Gap offered a bigger discount of 50% off full-price items and 25% extra off sale, until 11.59pm on Tue 27 Nov.

IT'S GONE. This year, Italian coffee company Illy brewed up a Black Friday offer on its posh coffee machines for 50% off, until 29 Nov 2018. However, in both 2017 and 2016 the offer was slightly stronger at 55% off. In 2015, it was 50% off.

IT'S GONE. Always one of the strong performers on Black Friday, like last year John Lewis discounted a number of high-end products and also proactively matched the prices of its high-street competitors. We spotted a £219 Apple Watch (norm £279) and £84 Ted Baker shoes (norm £120), while it also offered decent discounts on other electricals.

IT'S GONE. Similar to last year, Laura Ashley has at 40% off everything online and in stores, until Mon 26 Nov.

IT'S GONE. Like last year, high street retailer Matalan had an up 50% off sale for Black Friday online and in stores, including selected womenswear, menswear, kidswear and homeware. While it's billed as 'up to' 50% off, we spotted some items with a higher discount than 50% off.

IT'S GONE. Similar to last year, posh clothing brand Ralph Lauren offered 20% off selected items, or 30% off selected items when you spent £350, until Cyber Monday.

IT'S GONE. This year for Black Friday, the Disney Store (now ShopDisney) is offered up to 50% off hundreds of items. However when we've checked, the majority of items were 20% off which is similar to last years offer. Discounted items included a Buzz Lightyear talking action figure for £25 (was £30) and a Winnie the Pooh teaset for £37.50 (was £75).

IT'S GONE. Hip fashion retailer Urban Outfitters offered up to 50% off online and in stores for Black Friday weekend. As in previous year's sales, it didn't include everything, but there was a broad range of discounts across men's and women's fashion, homeware and gifts, with many items at around 50% off.

IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. M&S has some limited offers available over Black Friday weekend, but we've found these aren't as strong as in previous years. In 2017, M&S told us that it wouldn't be taking part in Black Friday, but ran offers of up to 50% off beauty sets, skincare and gift sets over the weekend.

Beauty advent calendars can be great value for money as they're often priced less than their individual contents. The first discount we've seen in 2018 is up to 50% off beauty advent calendars at Superdrug. They were discounted earlier than expected this year, so many of them are now sold out or low in stock.

IT'S GONE. From Sat 1 Dec to Sun 16 Dec, American Express cardholders (some exclusions), could get £5 cashback when spending £10+ at selected local businesses including restaurants, clothes shops, hotels, hairdressers and galleries after registering their Amex with the Shop Small website.

IT'S GONE. As predicted, Boots offered a Ted Baker 'Opulent Suite' toiletries gift set for £25 (norm £50) as part of its 'Star Gift' promotion. We totted up the value of items based on the cost of full-sized and similar items and the rough total came to £49ish.

IT'S GONE. Exactly as we predicted, you could get a 1-litre bottle of Baileys Original for £10 (normally £20) at Morrisons and Asda from Thu 29 Nov to Sun 2 Dec. This is the cheapest we ever see large bottles, so was good for stocking up. Please be Drinkaware.

IT'S GONE. For the last five years, Sainsbury's has offered 25% off its Tu clothing range in the first week of December. However this year it started it early and ran the offer from Tue 20 Nov to Mon 26 Nov.