Category: Black Friday

Black Friday shopping is a Thanksgiving tradition for most Americans.In 2017, more than two-thirds of American adults shopped over Thanksgiving weekend, either in stores or online.But do you know how the black Friday tradition started? In the early days, Thanksgiving became the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season in the decades after President Abraham…

Thanksgiving has its origins. According to a rumor, the Wampanoag tribe observed that the British settlers (Pilgrims) who first set foot on the American continent in Plymouth in 1621 had not yet become accustomed to the geography of the region and found that they were struggling with hunger. The tribe felt pitiful for the new…

Legend of Black Friday Imagine sitting down at the kitchen table surrounded by family and friends while spending the Thanksgiving holiday together. Laughter and stories are echoed through the house while the resonances of football games are playing in the background. Delicious food has filled everyones bellies and naptime is near. While Thanksgiving is a…

It is not uncommon that holiday seasons have been greatly metamorphosed as shopping seasons at large. Birthing with great intentions, the word shopping for some although seeming to be grim, for many it is a bliss; specifically when one gets what they dearly want at unrealistically low prices. Sale, sale, sale! Early bird specials! One…

In Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyahs apocalyptic short story Friday Black, the author scrutinizes consumers and businesses wilderness on Black Friday in a dystopian, contemporary and materialistic society. For most people, Black Friday rhymes with Deals and Steals- meaning that trying to buy what we really want or need at a good price. But in this account,…

The Phenomenon The Black Friday phenomenon was initially imported from the U.S in the early 2,000s which has now made its way through to the U.K markets as well. Due to some poor sales performance retailers who were initially skeptical about participating in the Black Friday event have now given in to boost sales. According…

Black Fridays are usually a very exciting season each year. Previous seasons of black Fridays I have witnessed usually got me very expectant of the next season. Regardless of whenever it holds, be sure it must be a day after Thanksgiving which this years date falls on the 27th of November, 2020. The reactions and…