There was a time when adding the word 'Black' to any day of the week labeled such as a day of tragedy or sadness. All that has changed now, not only changed but commecialised. Many Nigerians have recently come to learn of 'Black Friday', not from funeral homes but from numerous retailers seeking to promote mouth-watering deals and bargains.

Here's Wikipedia's definition of Black Friday:

Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States (the fourth Thursday of November), often regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. In recent years, most major retailers have opened very early and offered promotional sales to kick off the holiday shopping season, similar to Boxing Day sales in many Commonwealth nations. Black Friday is not a holiday, but California and some other states observe "The Day After Thanksgiving" as a holiday for state government employees, sometimes in lieu of another federal holiday such as Columbus Day.

Many non-retail employees and schools have both Thanksgiving and the day after off, followed by a weekend, thereby increasing the number of potential shoppers. It has routinely been the busiest shopping day of the year since 2005, although news reports, which at that time were inaccurate,have described it as the busiest shopping day of the year for a much longer period of time.

The day's name originated in Philadelphia, where it originally was used to describe the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic which would occur on the day after Thanksgiving. Use of the term started before 1961 and began to see broader use outside Philadelphia around 1975. Later an alternative explanation was made: that retailers traditionally operated at a financial loss ("in the red" from January through November, and "Black Friday" indicates the point at which retailers begin to turn a profit, or "in the black"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_


Now you know.

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Black Friday? Like B.F we don't knw that sh*t here in.......


Were u tinkin abt FRANCE Loiz pele o

OK

ABEG: Instead of this "What is black Friday" topic, can we share links from major deals that can be shipped to Nigeria? Shopping gurus oya.....

Friday wey black na...QED

Ok ooo

Friday that is black

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wow! didn't know till now

All week I av wondered wat this meant

For online USA shoppers it is a day of plenty Awoof

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Ok Ok... Now I remember.

na human being name?

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Thanks for the information but how does this add to my cashflow this season. I need money jawe

Our online stores in Naija has adopted it as a Publicity Festival... Discounts? Nah they don't do that

a bad day
a day all sin are no sin
a Friday where no goodwill is good
a day dat is black even if the cloud is blue or white
a day dat dat dat





if truly its a good day why should it be called black day.
the only thing good about black is black race.
#western foolishness

TYPICAL SUPERSTIOUS/RELIGIOUS NIGERIANS WILL SOON CHANGE IT TO WHITE FRIDAY

In Nigeria whenever you mention color black the only thing that comes to mind is Nigerian Police. Black minded folks.

ajetunde:
ABEG: Instead of this "What is black Friday" topic, can we share links from major deals that can be shipped to Nigeria? Shopping gurus oya.....

Walmart.com

Amazon.com

Ebay.com

Bestbuy.com

Shopgoodwill.com


Aeropostale.com

Asos.com

10dollarmall.com

Souq.com etc etc

All cheap items available.

Shopping spree. Spend the money. ... Mugu money spenders. Everyday for the white, one day for the black

Kachisbarbie:
Black Friday = Awoof friday
__sincerely the name doesn't sound right to me.

Abi na....who no like awoof..even the one wey dey purge sef.lol