There is more than one kind of Black Friday.
In the US it usually means the Friday directly following Thanksgiving (4th Thursday in November) when many, many retailers offer insane deals and their likewise insane customers descend on the stores in the wee hours of the morning to get said deals.
Most 'black' days are when something bad happens, like a Stock Market crash. This one is a good 'black' day. This is the big shopping day when the stores finally get out of the 'red' (losses were written in red ink in old account books) and get into the 'black' (profits were written in black ink).
In the financial world Black Friday can refer to:
September 24,1869 when the stock market dropped precipitously after speculators tried and failed to corner the gold market. The gold market collapsed and took the stock market down with it.
Or to October 25, 1929, one of several 'black' days leading up to the Great Depression of 1929. The first day of real panic was Black Thursday October 24. More trouble came on Black Friday and Black Monday. On Black Tuesday October 29 the market sank to even more devastating lows.
The reason it's called 'black' is that people wore black when a family member died and draped black cloth on their house door, and everyone wore black to a funeral. So it was like a funeral for the stock market.
Black Friday occurs all across the US and Canada; so yes, Utah retailers participate in Black Friday sales.
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no, in the US black Friday follows thanksgiving, but in Canada it is on a Sunday or a monday. one of the two
Toys R Us should be open for Thanksgiving. On Black Friday, Toys R Us will be open for shopping. Get there early! I usually leave at four in the morning for Black Friday shopping!
Black Friday is an unofficial American holiday. It is the Friday after Thanksgiving (which is also just an American holiday). In some countries, Boxing Day (the day after Christmas) is becoming like Black Friday, with massive sales at the shops.
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Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving. In 2009, Black Friday falls on Friday, November 27.
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Black Friday is the traditional name for the Friday following Thanksgiving in November.
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Black Friday is November 29th this year. If you'd prefer to avoid the chaos that happens on Black Friday, there's also Cyber Monday which happens the Monday immediately following Black Friday (December 2nd this year) which is a recent trend in which shoppers that couldn't make it to Black Friday shopped for their deals online.
November 28, 2008 is Black Friday.