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Heck, I'm still digesting my turkey on Black Friday... I couldn't move to get to a store if I wanted to (but I can still operate a mouse and shop on-line).
 
Heck, I'm still digesting my turkey on Black Friday... I couldn't move to get to a store if I wanted to (but I can still operate a mouse and shop on-line).

And if you oversleep on Black Friday you still have Cyber Monday:shakehead:.
 
craracer has the etymology correct... it's called "Black" because that's historically when retail stores went from losing money to making a profit for the year. Red ink in the books is a debt or loss and black ink is a profit. It's meaning less and less these days with internet shopping but it will probably be called that forever, at least here in the USA. It'd be interesting to see when that date falls in other countries that are less bent on consumerism and how retailers accommodate that.
 
craracer has the etymology correct... it's called "Black" because that's historically when retail stores went from losing money to making a profit for the year. Red ink in the books is a debt or loss and black ink is a profit. It's meaning less and less these days with internet shopping but it will probably be called that forever, at least here in the USA. It'd be interesting to see when that date falls in other countries that are less bent on consumerism and how retailers accommodate that.

Good info, I'll tell my students this.
 
craracer has the etymology correct... it's called "Black" because that's historically when retail stores went from losing money to making a profit for the year. Red ink in the books is a debt or loss and black ink is a profit. It's meaning less and less these days with internet shopping but it will probably be called that forever, at least here in the USA. It'd be interesting to see when that date falls in other countries that are less bent on consumerism and how retailers accommodate that.

In NZ it's probably Boxing Day i.e. day after Christmas, big sales ridiculous amounts of shoppers, just crazy.
 

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