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2. Black Friday (shopping) - Wikipedia

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   The earliest known use of "Black Friday" to refer to the day after Thanksgiving occurred in the journal, Factory Management and Maintenance, for November 1951, and again in 1952. Here it referred to the practice of workers calling in sick on the day after Thanksgiving, in order to have a four-day weekend.

3. What Black Friday's history tells us about holiday shopping ...

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   Multiple post-Thanksgiving sales events keep shoppers enticed after Black Friday, including Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, which the National Retail Federation's online arm designated ...

4. Why is it called Black Friday? Here's the real history behind ...

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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.

5. Black Friday Origin: Why Is It Called 'Black Friday'? - AOL

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   Always the day after Thanksgiving—and always a Friday—the day has become synonymous with doorbuster deals and sales that kick off the holiday shopping season. After all, with the holidays ...

6. Black Friday (hoax) - Wikipedia

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   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 ]

7. Cyber Black Friday - Wikipedia

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   'Cyber Black Friday' was created in 2009 by eCoupons.com after observing that online retailers launched their holiday sales before Cyber Monday to compete with the Black Friday brick and mortar frenzy. According to Talya Schaeffer, founder of Cyber Black Friday, "Cyber Black Friday sales are typically the largest of the season.