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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by pirate787 on Thursday November 25, 2021 @08:45PM (#29346805)
The history of Thanksgiving -- FDR moved the holiday to support the holiday shopping season. Black Friday has not really been about dumping excess inventory but as the beginning for the holiday shopping season..."black" references the profit retailers make, going from red to black for the year.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/franklin-roosevelt...

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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by CallMeJim on Friday November 26, 2021 @12:32AM (#29347718)
This is entirely unrelated, but it's unusual to see "black" used in a positive sense... Just thinking about all the phrases it's been used negatively in (eg "black sheep of the family").

I'm entirely uninvested in the US culture war, but it's good to see something on the positive side of the ledger.

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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by allen_lasn on Friday November 26, 2021 @04:55AM (#29348834)
The name Black Friday comes from the nightmare experienced by store staff, shoppers, mall cops, etc on a day of extreme overcrowding and sometimes fights over discounted items.

The reference to being 'in the black' was invented afterwards to try and make the name seem more positive.

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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ... by cyberlurker on Thursday November 25, 2021 @11:31PM (#29347498)
Fantastic article. I didn’t realize how polarized things were.

“Public opinion split along political lines. A Gallup Poll showed Democrats favored the switch 52% to 48%, while Republicans opposed it 79% to 21%.”

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