Black Friday is a day when stores offer big discounts on products, encouraging people to shop and prepare for the festive season.
It happens every year on the fourth Friday of November, the day after Thanksgiving in the United States. This year, Black Friday fell on Friday, November 29, 2024.
The tradition began in the United States but has spread to other countries, including New Zealand. Retailers sometimes extend the sales through the weekend and into Cyber Monday, which focuses on online shopping deals.
Many people use Black Friday to buy Christmas presents or snag bargains on items they’ve been eyeing.
The name “Black Friday” was first used in Philadelphia by police officers in the 1960s to describe the chaos caused by crowds of shoppers after Thanksgiving. In the 1980s, businesses gave the term a more positive spin, linking it to profits. When a business is “in the black,” it means they are making money, as opposed to being “in the red,” which means they are losing money.
Retailers look forward to Black Friday as part of the “Golden Quarter,” the final months of the year when sales are highest.
Whether you’re looking for gifts or simply a good deal, Black Friday is a day when many shoppers go all out!
very interesting
I loved reading it because, I never knew that maybe chocolate might be gone in the future!
save the chocolate…
I enjoyed this reading because
it show what climate changes does!!
they might have to move most chocolate into a colder place, since the climate clock is getting low
so temperature might get higher.
i love chocolate
I’m allergic to dairy, but this makes me sad for my best friends all around NZ (don’t think it’s weird because I actually do). And my chocolate loving cousin, her name is Dana (I’m from South Korea and she told me how to spell her name in Korean but its not pronounced like Dana).
I know that there are chocolate lovers around the world so, poor them or if you like chocolate poor you (even though I’m allergic to dairy, or to make it easy dairy products: cheese, milk, butter etc).