Never heard of that one.......
2007-11-22 13:58:58 · 13 answers · asked by Debi 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
except as a reference to Friday 13th
I'm in the UK if that makes a difference.
2007-11-22 13:59:42 · update #1
It's the first day for X-mas shopping. There are tons of sales, but it's because we all start our Christmas shopping on that day (technically). I found a link that can help; http://retailindustry.about.com/od/abouttheretailindustry/g/black_friday.htm
Americans don't start with Christmas stuff until after Thanksgiving, not like some countries in Europe where they started selling Christmas stuff 2 weeks ago.
2007-11-22 14:01:52 · answer #1 · answered by J V-S 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
People were even pitching their tents in front of the electronics stores the day before the doors opened! Crazy....
Most people have the Friday off of work the day after Thanksgiving, which is always on a Thursday. I have friends that plan a route between the different stores. I hate to shop, so i hide from this type of behavior! One store had laptops with a printer on sale for $220 and there were two pallets stacked 7 feet tall and were sold out in 4 minutes!
I think the term "black" refers to the stores books, they will be in the black that day, and will make money.
You should have seen the car accidents on the news last night because of it!
2007-11-24 09:45:09 · answer #2 · answered by Ayla B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black Friday is THE BIGGEST SHOPPING DAY OF THE YEAR!!!!! Traditonally here in America the Friday after Thanksgiving Holidays has become literally the largest buying/selling day ever. Stores that normally open at like 8 am are open as early as 4 am. People get flyers in the newspapers on Thanksgiving day that advertise what "special items" will be on sale. You can buy things dirt cheap during these sales. Last year my mother in law got our son a dvd/tv combo that was 32'' sized for 60 bucks!!!! irs fyn but a pain un the tush too, i'd be going in the am but having just had Aubrey i think this yr ill stay home
2007-11-23 00:13:03 · answer #3 · answered by Biscuit_n_bailey1982 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Black Friday is always the day after Thanksgiving where everyone gets up super early and goes shopping because stores have really good sales so that people can basically start their Christmas shopping.Some stores even open up at 5 am...
2007-11-22 22:09:04 · answer #4 · answered by Your dad thinks I'm hot 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The news media frequently refer to Black Friday as the busiest retail shopping day of the year and read the link on it more
2007-11-23 02:10:24 · answer #5 · answered by Organic77Dreams@yahoo.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1).the day after Thanksgiving Day in the United States, one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday
2) when share market is collapse at a Friday next day some new paper wirte that is Black Friday :)
3) In Ayodhya mosque collapse 1992. some new paper wrote that is Black Friday :)
2007-11-22 23:56:35 · answer #6 · answered by pandurang j 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the day after American Thanksgiving. Most stores start their sales that day, and Americans travel to malls before they are open and await the morning sales. It's a bigger deal in some parts of the country, like Texas, than others.
Commercialism at its best. The term "Black" refers to inventory, I believe.
2007-11-22 22:03:46 · answer #7 · answered by mithril 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It is another corporate sceme hyped up by corporate owned media to get people to spend money. Good for the economy. It was never "black Friday" before but now all the sudden it is, go figure.
2007-11-22 22:26:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It could be related to Easter. Black Sunday, or Quasimodo, is the first Sunday after Easter, and is known as Black Sunday. I don't know if there is a Black Friday connected to Easter.
It may also relate to a day when share values crashed in the 1980's, on a Friday.
If neither of those are correct answers, then, like Robinson Crusoe, I am marooned.
2007-11-22 22:04:29 · answer #9 · answered by Zheia 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
its a stock market term for the friday after thanksgiving
2007-11-22 22:28:03 · answer #10 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋