[Tamatrainee]

I've noticed a few websites over the past couple of days offering money off products for Black Friday.
Is this a US term for the Friday after Thanksgiving and why is it called this?
Is it because most people have a hangover?

[CJohn364]

http://www.time.com/...1942935,00.html

[TheYonderGod]

Yeah it's the day after thanksgiving when everyone does Christmas shopping and there's huge sales.

[Dan62]

Sam Ash was selling 10" trashformers for $20 on Friday but I wasn't able to get one

I did get 3 games, 2 new pairs of jeans and a new pair of shoes though!

[realscotch]

Black Friday has some really great sales. 2 years ago, I got a $1300 TV for $549, the next week, they were selling the same TV, on sale, for $899. You can't beat that.

[Tamatrainee]

CJohn364, on 26 November 2011 - 01:24 PM, said:

http://www.time.com/...1942935,00.html

Thanks for this. Another thing learned from this helpful site.

[The Mimic]

Megadeth - Good Mourning/Black Friday? That song is epic!!!! ]\/[ E G A D E T ]-[ _\|(0_0)|/_

This post has been edited by The Mimic: 15 February 2012 - 08:28 PM

[einarabelc5]

Nobody talks about why is it called Black. It's because originally people went out to Brick and Mortar shops and ran over each other for a new tv. Last one had news of a woman pepper spraying a bunch of customers to get an XBox 360- "Only at Walmart"

[Poco Askew]

einarabelc5, on 16 February 2012 - 03:46 PM, said:

Nobody talks about why is it called Black. It's because originally people went out to Brick and Mortar shops and ran over each other for a new tv. Last one had news of a woman pepper spraying a bunch of customers to get an XBox 360- "Only at Walmart"

...and the real reason is...
Many retailers don't break even until the Christmas season. They've been operating "in the red". When Christmas season hits they finally begin to turn a profit for the year and are then operating "in the black". The day after Thanksgiving was given the name "Black Friday" since it is the approximate time when this happens for retailers.

[Kusanagi]

Poco Askew, on 16 February 2012 - 04:06 PM, said:

...and the real reason is...
Many retailers don't break even until the Christmas season. They've been operating "in the red". When Christmas season hits they finally begin to turn a profit for the year and are then operating "in the black". The day after Thanksgiving was given the name "Black Friday" since it is the approximate time when this happens for retailers.

Aww thank you for that nugget poco

[einarabelc5]

Kusanagi, on 16 February 2012 - 04:21 PM, said:

Aww thank you for that nugget poco

nugget? I'm surprised no one is freaking out if those are actually the facts. And then they complain about the economy? Speculatively, very speculative economy if that's the case.

Beyond that Poco, yours is NOT the only meaning that Black Friday is used for. Since the name was rare to me the first Black Friday I had I Did research it. You are just seeing the same thing from a different perspective (as a retail owner I guess). See here:

http://en.wikipedia....riday_(shopping)#Origin_of_the_term

So no need for ...and the real reason is...

This post has been edited by einarabelc5: 16 February 2012 - 04:52 PM

[Poco Askew]

einarabelc5, on 16 February 2012 - 04:48 PM, said:

nugget? I'm surprised no one is freaking out if those are actually the facts. And then they complain about the economy? Speculatively, very speculative economy if that's the case.

Beyond that Poco, yours is NOT the only meaning that Black Friday is used for. Since the name was rare to me the first Black Friday I had I Did research it. You are just seeing the same thing from a different perspective (as a retail owner I guess). See here:

http://en.wikipedia....riday_(shopping)#Origin_of_the_term

So no need for ...and the real reason is...

Sensitive much?
I never said my "nugget" was the only possible reason for the term. It has been the common reason given during my lifetime. I can see why your reason may become the connotation of the future, but according to Wiki, it has never been the reason so far. Originally it had to do with the gold market, and later traffic jams = lots of hard work for cops, but it has not been about people fighting in stores. That is a relatively new phenomenon.

BTW, most retailers do turn a profit year-round. Only a handful have such huge holiday sales (e.g. toy manufacturers) that they rely on the last two months of the year to make money. Part of how this was calculated includes taxes. Since small business pay a lot in taxes (unlike the large corporations you hear about), many more companies do rely on the last few months of the year to end up with a NET profit after taxes. With federal, state, payroll, local, property and other taxes, easily 1/3+ of all profits can go up in smoke to the government.

[realscotch]

The term "Black Friday" came about because purple, yellow and pink didn't work.

[Timmy]

Black Friday

[einarabelc5]

realscotch, on 17 February 2012 - 10:01 AM, said:

The term "Black Friday" came about because purple, yellow and pink didn't work.

When I think of Black Friday I envision a Pirate flag I wonder why that is?

This post has been edited by einarabelc5: 17 February 2012 - 12:31 PM

[realscotch]

When I think of bikinis, I think of Jessica Alba. I wonder why that is.

[einarabelc5]

realscotch, on 17 February 2012 - 02:39 PM, said:

When I think of bikinis, I think of Jessica Alba. I wonder why that is.

You need a job....

[realscotch]

einarabelc5, on 17 February 2012 - 03:18 PM, said:

You need a job....

Not me. I am very happily retired.

[einarabelc5]

realscotch, on 17 February 2012 - 05:03 PM, said:

Not me. I am very happily retired.

Is that why you get so creative?

[realscotch]

einarabelc5, on 17 February 2012 - 06:00 PM, said:

Is that why you get so creative?

No, that's the scotch.