BLACK FRIDAY
In the United States, the day after Thanksgiving has become known as Black Friday and is considered the official kick-off for holiday shopping. Retailers across the country slash prices, offer doorbuster deals on popular big-ticket items and often open in the wee hours of the morning to extend early bird specials. Dedicated and thrifty shoppers line up outside the stores to be the first to grab that special deal or this season’s popular and hard-to-find gift.
HOW TO OBSERVE
Get out for those amazing Black Friday deals.There are several ways to maximize your Black Friday shopping success:Plan ahead. Scour the ads both online and in newspapers.Use #BlackFriday to post on social media.
HISTORY
The origin of Black Friday is derived from the enormous amount of sales retailers report which can often bring their profits into the black. Black in accounting is used to describe a business making a profit as opposed to being in the red denoting losses.Within our research, we were unable to find the creator of Black Friday.