Black Friday 2024 is an opportunity to buy Christmas gifts at bargain prices. It is worth considering in advance what we need, checking product prices (sellers must inform about the lowest price valid within 30 days before the discount is introduced), trying on clothes or testing fragrances.
When is Black Friday 2024? The history of the shopping holiday
Black Friday always falls on the first Friday after Thanksgiving and begins the holiday shopping season in the United States. The Black Friday tradition has also been present in Poland for several years. In 2024, Black Friday falls on November 29 and in our country, sales usually last throughout the week. Initially, the term Black Friday referred to the crash on the American gold market on September 24, 1869, caused by two Wall Street financiers – Jay Gould and Jim Fisk. Much later, in Philadelphia in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the term was used again to refer to the day between Thanksgiving and the Army-Navy game. The event attracted crowds of tourists and shoppers, requiring additional working hours for security services. It was only in the late 1980s that the term became synonymous with shopping. Retailers reinvented the name “Black Friday” to reflect the history of how accountants used different colors of ink – red for negative earnings and black for positive earnings – to denote a company’s profitability. Black Friday became the day when stores finally started turning a profit. Of course, the name stuck and since then Black Friday has turned into a cyclical event that has spawned more shopping holidays, such as Cyber Monday (promotions in online stores).
What is worth buying on Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales?
For several years, inflation has been effectively spoiling bargain hunting. You can’t count on spectacular promotions on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, but it’s worth thinking about Christmas gifts and electronics purchases in advance. You can count on lower prices in stores selling household appliances and electronics. Clothing stores, shoe stores and drugstores are planning the biggest promotions. We can count on significant discounts when purchasing perfumes and luxury cosmetics. Book lovers should also check the offers of online bookstores.
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