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5 Reasons Why Black Friday is Totally Pointless

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Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, is the Friday after Thanksgiving. It sucks.

The term was first used by traffic-weary Philadelphia police officers in the early 1960s to describe the post-Thanksgiving shopping rush. However, a different explanation later arose as a way to associate Black Friday with something more positive. For the majority of the year, retailers generally operate at a financial loss, or “in the red.” Black Friday would be the point retailers begin to turn a profit, or operate “in the black.”

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WizzroSupreme3074d ago

Black Friday is just a mess of a day that doesn't even land you the best deals. That's why I wait 'til Cyber Monday.

annoyedgamer3072d ago (Edited 3072d ago )

With the rise of giants like Amazon there is no such thing as Cyber Monday.

contra1573072d ago

Sale on junk.no real deals anymore

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Best Buy Black Friday deals: these are our favorite deals at Best Buy ahead of the holiday

The Shortcut surfaces the deals to keep an eye on at Best Buy ahead of Black Friday

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Walmart early access sale: TVs, Apple tech, action cameras and more on sale ahead of Black Friday

See our favorite of the 500-plus deals in Walmart’s pre-Black Friday sale

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SwiderMan527d ago

The $398 LG TV is infinitely better than the $98 .onn TV, but I bet people will choose the latter