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Originally Posted by kjk
The Friday after Thanksgiving is supposedly one of the biggest single-day sales days of the year (I've read its actually not, though). It is called Black Friday because it is also supposedly when many retailers actually make a profit for the year, i.e. go from red to black ink on the ledger.
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I refer to it as Black because of the shopping experience here in Orlando. People have been trampled to death at Walmart here on 'Black' Friday.