Don’t let any of these retailers fool you. Black Friday happens once per year. There is no…
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The term “Black Friday” has two key origins: first, as a term used by Philadelphia police in the 1950s to describe the chaos of post-Thanksgiving shoppers, and second, the retail explanation that the day marks when stores go from being “in the red” (at a loss) to “in the black” (profitable). The Philadelphia origin was initially negative, but retailers rebranded the day in the 1980s with the more positive financial meaning as the term spread nationally. Now it means nothing.
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