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Some explanations of Black Friday claim that the holiday references a 19th-century term for the day after Thanksgiving, during which plantation owners could buy slaves at discount prices.
The History Channel adds, "Though it's true that retail companies use to record losses in red and profits in black when doing their accounting, this version of Black Friday's origin is the ...
The holiday shopping season is about to reach full speed with Black Friday, which kicks off the post-Thanksgiving retail rush later this week. The annual sales event no longer creates the midnight ...
"Black Friday" has evolved in meaning and impact over the years, initially referring to calamitous days, with a notable early instance being Black Friday (1869) in the US. This financial crisis saw a dramatic plunge in gold prices, affecting investors. The term was later used in American retail, starting ambiguously in the 1950s.
The Black Friday hoax is an internet hoax about the origin of the term "Black Friday". The term denotes the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States , a day that traditionally marks the start of the Christmas shopping season. [ 1 ]
Fair to Midland was an American alternative metal band based in Texas. They produced two self-released albums before signing to Serjical Strike, Serj Tankian's vanity label at Universal Republic. There, they released their only major record label album, Fables from a Mayfly, in 2007.
How one day dedicated to sales morphed into a month-long promotional season.
Black Friday Incident (19 November), the 1993 disastrous screening of Toy Story for Disney executives which led to a temporary production shutdown; Black Friday (2002 film), action movie starring Gary Daniels; Black Friday, Indian film about the 1993 Bombay bombings; Black Friday, 2007 cable television movie directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman