Black Friday

Some of you may already know what Black Friday is, some of you don’t, and some of you to this day still don’t know why you get out of bed at five o’clock in the morning to go to the mall… I’m here to tell you why.

Black Friday, sweet sweet Black Friday.  This Friday that I’m talking about is a special one, many say that it is the official start of  the Christmas shopping spree. I, for one, belief that to be true. (After spending two hours standing outside a Target at four o’clock in the morning!) Black Friday is also a time when most companies come out with new products and your family is swamped with bills. It is also the busiest retail shopping day of the year.

Anyway you might be curious where the name ” Black Friday” came from. It turns out that, in retail, the word black means being profitable whereas red means a company is being unprofitable.  So every year companies are so profitable they can make discounts and have more sales.

It’s obvious that people love Black Friday.  The sales are great, you can stand in line early in the morning, and you get most of your Christmas shopping done before most people wake up!  I know some people that do home renovations during that time.  Some people can’t get enough Black Friday!

With all said and done I hope you know a little bit more about the profitable Friday. Hopefully you can grab some sweet deals and get the Christmas list done and still have some money left over. You could probably use what’s left over for shoes, games, or save it for a few more days until…

-Jason F.