Black friday?

Question

Why is next friday 22/12/06,when most people finish work for christmas commonly called BLACK FRIDAY???????????i`ve heard the saying lots of times,when i asked these people why none of them knew! any ideas????????

Answer 1

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the United States, marks the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season, although retailers often decorate for the Christmas season weeks before-hand. Many retailers open very early (typically 5 A.M.) and offer doorbuster deals to draw people to their stores. Although Black Friday has served as the unofficial beginning of the Christmas season for decades, the term has been traced back only to the 1970s and did not achieve widespread popularity until about 2002.

Black Friday is frequently but erroneously referred to in the media as the busiest retail shopping day of the year. While it has been the busiest day in terms of customer traffic, in terms of actual sales volume Black Friday is usually the fifth to tenth busiest day. The busiest retail shopping day of the year in the United States (in terms of sales) is invariably in the week before Christmas, usually the Saturday before Christmas.

No racism here.

Answer 2

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the United States, marks the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season, although retailers often decorate for the Christmas season weeks before-hand. Many retailers open very early (typically 5 A.M.) and offer doorbuster deals to draw people to their stores. Although Black Friday has served as the unofficial beginning of the Christmas season for decades, the term has been traced back only to the 1970s and did not achieve widespread popularity until about 2002.

Black Friday is frequently but erroneously referred to in the media as the busiest retail shopping day of the year. While it has been the busiest day in terms of customer traffic,[1][2] in terms of actual sales volume Black Friday is usually the fifth to tenth busiest day.[3] The busiest retail shopping day of the year in the United States (in terms of sales) is invariably in the week before Christmas, usually the Saturday before Christmas.[4]

Answer 3

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving while there are distinctive revenues and human beings are doing a great variety of procuring for Christmas. often times consumers get in fights with one yet another, etc. I surely have virtually laways controlled to stay away from Black Friday. it extremely is a set of hype to get you to spend a tense day spending all your funds. Who desires that?

Answer 4

Black Friday is in November, the day after Thanksgiving Day that marks the informal beginning of the Christmas shopping period. The majority of major retailers have large marketing sales to begin the vacation shopping season.

Black Friday has become that popular in standard traditionals shops that individuals line up for hours and there is lots of push and shoving and even physical violence. Why would you wait in a long line, be pushed and shoved simply to conserve a couple of bucks when online websites like Amazon have massive Black Friday sales and it's a stress free environment.

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Friday/b?ie=UTF8&node=384082011&tag=yah-blac-20

Amazon now has remarkable offers every day for a week leading up to Black Friday that it terms Black Friday Offer Week and culminates in Cyber Monday. Black Friday deals cover all shopping categories however Cyber Monday is specifically concentrated on digital items and electronics. It is Cyber Monday when items like Games Consoles and Kindle e-readers, Kindle Fire tablets is slashed.

http://www.amazon.com/Cyber-Monday/b?ie=UTF8&node=5550342011&tag=yah-blac-20

Have a look at Amazon's Black Friday Offer Week specials.

If your searching for Amazon's deal outside of Black Friday Week then check out Gold Box Deals at:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/?ie=UTF8&tag=yah-blac-20

Between those three pages on Amazon you will find the best deals available.

Answer 5

I am British and I know that 'Black Friday' is the day after thanksgiving in the USA.
Its when the shops,after a year of slipping into the red are expecting to bounce back into the black.
It can't be a racist remark as the Tv news channels in the USA report it as Black Friday.
If it WAS racist...They wouldn't dare.

Answer 6

Not sure about the states but in the UK we call it black Friday because of the antisocial behaviour caused by excessive drinking. Town centres become full of drunk revellers celebrating the end of work. The police and emergency services initially nick named it black Friday as its there busiest night.

Answer 7

Black Friday may refer to many historical events but I guess that you are refering to this:
The last Friday before Christmas in the United Kingdom, a day when widespread anti-social behavior due to public alcohol consumption is expected to occur, and police are given additional powers to combat it

Answer 8

it's when business experience a huge influx of spending it pushes up the bottom line and generally gets them out of the red and into the black...... thus black Friday. although that is usually reserved for the day after thanksgiving

Answer 9

Technically, it means the day that businesses in trouble make their profits for the year. Maybe prosperous businesses as well. So, not racist at all, a financial term.
--That Cheeky Lad
A Wickedly Happy Christmas to all!

Answer 10

it is called black Friday because it is one of the biggest shopping days of the year. So instead if being in debt aka in the red. the stores are in the black. That is why IT is called black Friday.