Where did the term "Black Friday" come from?

[ttown]

Where did this term come from?

 

[StevenYoo]

it's the day that stores come out of the "red" and into the "black"

has nothing to do with the stock market crash

 

[aplefka]

It's the first time the stores are in the black since the start of the season I think.

 

[z0mb13]

its from the retail stores go from red (loss) to black (profit) for the year

now they have a term called black monday.. this is for the online retailers

 

[BobDaMenkey]

Originally posted by: StevenYoo
it's the day that stores come out of the "red" and into the "black"

has nothing to do with the stock market crash

QFT

 

[KLin]

Black Friday (also called Blitz Day), the day after Thanksgiving in the United States, is historically one of the busiest retail shopping days of the year. Many consider it the "official" beginning to the Christmas shopping season. The "black" in the name comes from the standard accounting practice of using red ink to denote negative values (i.e., losses) and black ink to denote positive values (profits). ..

http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=8&...pedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)

 

[RossMAN]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)

 

[EagleKeeper]

The Xmas sales were expected to pull the retailers from red ink ledgeer side (loss) to the black ink ledger side (profits).

The day after Turkey was the start of the season.

 

[iluvtruenos]

Originally posted by: ttown
Where did this term come from?

Because losers stand up all night at stores like Best Buy or CompUSA to score deals that they are originally too poor to afford.












Actually, it means that's when the stores start making profit for the holiday season.

 

[StevenYoo]

i think ur all wrong.

the gun was loaded with rock salt.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos

Originally posted by: ttown
Where did this term come from?

Because losers stand up all night at stores like Best Buy or CompUSA to score deals that they are originally too poor to afford.

Actually, it means that's when the stores start making profit for the holiday season.

That was clever iluvtruenos... not!

 

[iluvtruenos]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos

Originally posted by: ttown
Where did this term come from?

Because losers stand up all night at stores like Best Buy or CompUSA to score deals that they are originally too poor to afford.

Actually, it means that's when the stores start making profit for the holiday season.

That was clever iluvtruenos... not!

I left the house once at 0600 to get a 160gig WD at BB once.

When I got there they were all gone

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos

Originally posted by: ttown
Where did this term come from?

Because losers stand up all night at stores like Best Buy or CompUSA to score deals that they are originally too poor to afford.

Actually, it means that's when the stores start making profit for the holiday season.

That was clever iluvtruenos... not!

I left the house once at 0600 to get a 160gig WD at BB once.

When I got there they were all gone

Was that last year? Because I was there late and still got two! HAHA!

 

[LookingGlass]

Originally posted by: StevenYoo
i think ur all wrong.

the gun was loaded with rock salt.

Hah. What brand?

 

[BriGy86]

this will be my 1st year working this day at a big retailer, i asked another co-worker how crazy it got

and he said when he worked at walmart he saw a grown lady rip a bike from the hands of a kid that couldn't have been more than 10 years old, she ran his legs over with it while running away with it, leaving the kid crying in the isle.

 

[FeuerFrei]

So when did people start using the term "Black Friday"? 5 years ago? I swear it's fairly recent. I'm asking about the general public, not accountants or whatever.