Where does the term Black Friday come from?

Where does the term Black Friday come from?

Today is Thanksgiving day in the USA, and tomorrow is the infamous Black Friday

Even though it is a curiously American thing, the idea of Black Friday discounts has made it's way over to our side of the Atlantic and many UK businesses are offering Black Friday discounts.

Do you know where Black Friday gets its name?

Traditionally one of the busiest retail shopping weekends in the USA, for many retailers this was the point in the year when they finally started to make a profit, and their finances moved out of the red, into the black - hence the term Black Friday.

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