Black Friday is set to take place tomorrow (24 November 2017) and while it may be the ‘official’ start to the biggest shopping event of the year, many retailers will cut prices early.
Argos has just unveiled their Black Friday deals early, and there’s plenty of TVs and laptops involved, while GAME will also be launching official deals from tonight in store and online with their gaming deals.
And we predict many others will follow as consumers rush for bargains in the countdown to Christmas. According to the IMRG over £7 billion pounds will be spent this weekend, with £2.5 billion of that spent on Black Friday alone.
Black Friday is the name given to the shopping day after Thanksgiving. It was originally called Black Friday because so many people went out to shop that it caused traffic accidents and sometimes even violence. The Philadelphia Police Department coined the phrase to describe the mayhem surrounding the congestion of pedestrian and auto traffic in the downtown area.
The name was first recorded in 1966 by Earl Apfelbaum, a dealer in rare stamps.
In his ad, he said, “‘Black Friday’ is the name that the Philadelphia Police Department gave to the Friday following Thanksgiving Day. It is not a term of endearment for them. ‘Black Friday’ officially opens the Christmas shopping season in center city. It usually brings massive traffic jams and over-crowded sidewalks as the downtown stores are mobbed from opening to closing.”
