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Black Friday

             If you turn on the tv or any video streaming service, you will see the beginning of advertisements highlighting the Christmas season as well as Black Friday discounts. For today's blog post, I have decided to dive deeper into the history of Black Friday and tips tricks and deals this holiday season. Grab your shopping cart and you can add valuable information as we go.

In an article from the Huff Post, it starts with the background information saying

 

Maybe you’re familiar with the wholesome origin story of Black Friday. It goes something like this: For years, tryptophan-happy shoppers would flood local shops and malls the day after Thanksgiving, and that surge in spending was enough to put retailers “in the black for the year. Therefore, the Friday following Thanksgiving was dubbed “Black Friday,” and it became the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. “Black Friday” is the name which the Philadelphia Police Department has given to the Friday following Thanksgiving Day. It is not a term of endearment to them. “Black Friday” officially opens the Christmas shopping season in center city, and it usually brings massive traffic jams and overcrowded sidewalks as the downtown stores are mobbed from opening to closing. However, local police weren’t the only ones who loathed this day. The ratio of sales personnel-to-customers added to the pandemonium, as the frequent custom at the time was for sales associates to call in sick on this day to extend their Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

 

All of this history brings us to the present-day Black Friday as we know it is the surge of spending and deals. The New York Times gives you 5 things to avoid this Black Friday stating “Don’t wait too long to buy something you need in time for the holidays, Don’t impulse-buy mediocre products, Don’t fall for bad deals from unreliable retailers, Avoid manually entering your credit card info at checkout and Don’t check out without applying coupons and bonuses”

My experience with Black Friday shopping is limited. My family did not prioritize the immense need to go get things and we are a crew that shops as we feel led but we do like to take part in Cyber Monday.

Do you Black Friday shop? Where is your favorite store to shop at? Any tips or tricks you would like to share? Comment below!

 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-friday-history-why-is-it-called-black-friday_l_5d951322e4b02911e1154386

 

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/money/five-things-to-avoid-black-friday-2021/

 

Comments

  1. PR Life with AndreaNovember 14, 2021 at 4:04 PM

    I do not Black Friday shop. Thank you for the information and history of the holiday. It is important to understand where a phenomenon like this comes from.

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