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Black Friday: Deal or No Deal?

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How much Money will be Spent on Black Friday in 2022?

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"The first recorded use of the term “Black Friday” was applied not to post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping but to financial crisis: specifically, the crash of the U.S. gold market on September 24, 1869. Two notoriously ruthless Wall Street financiers, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, worked together to buy up as much as they could of the nation’s gold, hoping to drive the price sky-high and sell it for astonishing profits. On that Friday in September, the conspiracy finally unraveled, sending the stock market into free-fall and bankrupting everyone from Wall Street barons to farmers."

Pruitt, S. (2022, 16 noviembre). What’s the real history of Black Friday? HISTORY. https://www.history.com/news/black-friday-thanksgiving-origins-history

"To showcase the opening of the “World’s Largest Store” and its 1 million square feet of retail space at the start of the busy holiday shopping season, Macy’s decided to throw New York a parade on Thanksgiving morning. In spite of its timing, the parade was not actually about Thanksgiving at all but the next major holiday on the calendar—Christmas. Macy’s hoped its “Christmas Parade” would whet the appetites of consumers for a holiday shopping feast."

Klein, C. (2021, 22 noviembre). The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. HISTORY. https://www.history.com/news/the-first-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade

"The most commonly repeated story behind the Thanksgiving shopping-related Black Friday tradition links it to retailers. As the story goes, after an entire year of operating at a loss (“in the red”) stores would supposedly earn a profit (“went into the black”) on the day after Thanksgiving, because holiday shoppers blew so much money on discounted merchandise. Though it’s true that retail companies used to record losses in red and profits in black when doing their accounting, this version of Black Friday’s origin is the officially sanctioned—but inaccurate—story behind the tradition."

Pruitt, S. (2022, 16 noviembre). What’s the real history of Black Friday? HISTORY. https://www.history.com/news/black-friday-thanksgiving-origins-history

Armstrong, M. (2021, 24 noviembre). Black Friday: Deal or no deal? Statista Daily Data. https://www.statista.com/chart/23589/black-friday-price-analysis-uk/ Black Friday 2023 UK - Save Big! – Black-Friday.Global. (s. f.). Black Friday Global. https://black-friday.global/en-gb/ Composición de elementos de ventas de Viernes Negro con espacio de copia free photo. (2020, 10 septiembre). Freepik. https://www.freepik.es/foto-gratis/composicion-elementos-ventas-viernes-negro-espacio-copia_10054696.htm#query=black%20friday&position=5&from_view=search&track=ais%22%3EFreepik%3C/a%3E Disposición del reloj de Viernes Negro con espacio de copia Free photo. (2020, 10 septiembre). Freepik. https://www.freepik.es/foto-gratis/disposicion-reloj-viernes-negro-espacio-copia_10054879.htm#query=black%20friday&position=8&from_view=search&track=ais%22%3EFreepik%3C/a%3E Etiqueta engomada retro de la etiqueta, conjunto de espacio de texto de imágenes prediseñadas simples vectoriales en blanco free vector. (2021, 23 septiembre). Freepik. https://www.freepik.es/vector-gratis/etiqueta-engomada-retro-etiqueta-conjunto-espacio-texto-imagenes-predisenadas-simples-vectoriales blanco_18711069.htm#query=price%20tag&position=32&from_view=search&track=ais%22%3EImagen%20de%20rawpixel.com%3C/a%3E%20en%20Freepik Icono de adquisitivo generic outline color. (s. f.). Freepik. https://www.freepik.es/icono/adquisitivo_7493375#fromView=search&term=bad+purchase&page=1&position=20&track=ais Imagen de recorte de prensa original donde puede verse el término Black Friday. (s. f.). Digitalizate. https://www.digitalizatec.com/marketing-online-para-pymes/black-friday-origenes-historia-y-como-llego-a-espana/ Pruitt, S. (2022, 16 noviembre). What’s the real history of Black Friday? HISTORY. https://www.history.com/news/black-friday-thanksgiving-origins-history Klein, C. (2021, 22 noviembre). The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. HISTORY. https://www.history.com/news/the-first-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade KOIN 6. (2015, 1 diciembre). Black Friday, Cyber Monday, now Giving Tuesday [Vídeo]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtrlVv8eO-s La historia del Black Friday ¿de dónde viene esta locura? (s. f.). El Español. https://www.elespanol.com/elandroidelibre/20161122/historia-black-friday-viene-locura/172733504_0.html Ray Tang/REX. (s. f.). ‘Last year, people duly went nuts, sleep-queueing outside shops the night before.’. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/25/christmas-black-friday-revolt Rizzoli New York. (s. f.). Macy’s Balloons. Peoplemag. https://people.com/tv/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-balloons-history/ The real story behind Black Friday. (s. f.). Mother Jones. https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/11/real-story-behind-black-friday/ Black Friday © 2023 by María A.L. is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0