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11-28-2011, 10:33 AM | #71 |
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"In the red" is an expression used to describe a business in dire financial straits. "In the black" is the opposite of that. Black Friday has traditionally been the day when stores get "in the black" for the year. Of course, these days Black Friday extends from Thanksgiving to at the following Sunday. It's not really just a day anymore.
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11-28-2011, 10:37 AM | #72 |
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Ah... Makes sense now.
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11-28-2011, 10:41 AM | #73 |
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That is the explanation you get from a lot of retailers when asked about the meaning of Black Friday.
Here is a good article I came across that gives more detail as to how the term Black Friday came to be in reference to the day after Thanksgiving shopping. The Real Story Behind Black Friday | Mother Jones |
11-28-2011, 10:46 AM | #74 |
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Thanks for the link Sharky.
From what the media reports of it that made it to Australia,it looks the day could easily soon come to take on a double meaning: Black Friday - cause of the 1st meaning as said and then to have to wear black to a funeral cause of the way that some behave to get a "bargain" |
11-28-2011, 10:59 AM | #75 |
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Well I went to Wal Mart and all the places I wanted to go at 7 am and they still had everything I wanted. If I need a tv or something like that.. I can catch a deal at anytime of the year. But people are crazy. I mean this one bitch was pepper-spraying people!!!
Walmart pepper-spraying customer may not be charged: reportĀ* - NY Daily News |
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11-28-2011, 11:46 AM | #76 |
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I didn't go out. The weather was pretty bad. All I know one of my friends went out and said he had to fight his way to the stores.
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