Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ...
by surge on Friday November 26, 2021 @12:17AM
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It literally meant the day stores would go into the "black" because many stores would be in the red for the year overall until they sold so much on that one day they'd turn a profit for the year or go into the "black" on their accounting.
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Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ...
by relaxing on Friday November 26, 2021 @09:13AM
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No stores operate at a loss for 10 months out of the year.
Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ...
by staticman2 on Friday November 26, 2021 @12:26AM
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You are repeating a fairy tale some marketers invented to explain the black friday name.
Black friday is a term for a day when something horrible ocurs, the term was applied to the day after thanksgiving by police in an american city because of the difficulty in maintaining crowd control and it caught on.
Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ...
by hermes8329 on Friday November 26, 2021 @01:54PM
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Well guess what? Language and terminology change over time
While black Friday is a reference to a single day in history. It is also a reference to the annual shopping for Christmas. Which has also changed. It really was the start of the shopping season but alas, you cant stop change
Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ...
by Dylan16807 on Friday November 26, 2021 @01:16AM
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If you're so certain your etymology is the right one, you should probably be able to name the city.
Re:90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper ...
by SapporoChris on Friday November 26, 2021 @01:28AM
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Philadelphia and Rochester.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)#Origin...