Anybody that takes shopping seriously knows about the fun, joy and excitement that is associated with Black Friday. This particular holiday has a long standing history that dates back to the 1930s when it was first established to kick off the Christmas season. The holiday season officially begins one day after Thanksgiving and it lasts well into the New Year. Retailers started the Christmas season off dedicating the day Friday after Thanksgiving as the holiday official start. Even though Black Friday began during the 1930s many people didn't use the phrase Black Friday until the 1960s. Retailers began to count on shopping sales from the Christmas season as a time to increase their profits and to keep them in the black. This is an accounting term that means that a business has made a profit instead of losing money. When Black Friday was first mentioned to the public many businesses and consumers were not aware of its existence and it took over 70 years before people began to use Black Friday as a house hold word during the holiday season. Now that Black Friday has become an established unofficial American holiday, many retailers and consumers prepare for this day many months in advance. Retailers start ordering extra merchandise and products as early as July to prepare for their holiday season. There are some retailers who place their holiday items on store shelves as early as September in order to get a big head start on the Christmas shopping season. Retailers also determine how much money consumers will spend for a particular holiday season by the profits that they
make during Black Friday and the weekend that follows. Consumers are thrilled about Black Friday deals. Since it occurs one day after Thanksgiving many people schedule to take that day off to make sure that they can get out to the stores and buy the gifts that they desire. The typical Black Friday shopping celebrations actually begin on Thanksgiving Day. Once people have watched the Macy's Day Parade, visited with family, consumed a large turkey meal, watch a football game and gather together for holiday movies; they quickly fall fast asleep in order to get up at a very early time on Friday morning. Most stores open around 5 a.m. on Black Friday but some retailers will open early as 3 a.m. Consumers realize that they must be the first people to arrive at the stores. This way they can get the most popular holiday items during a particular season. So they get up in the early hours of Friday morning, wash-up, grab some coffee and rush out to the stores; in order to stand in a long line with other consumers. Some shoppers have figured out that if they want a particular product bad enough they'll get in line as early as 9 p.m. and spend their last remaining hours of Thanksgiving sitting in front of a store. Once the doors of a particular store are opened, people will rush to get inside and buy up the items that they desire before they're all gone. Ultimately, Black Friday is about getting the most popular item of the Christmas season, finding deals on gifts, buying up merchandise before it disappears off of the shelves and leaving a satisfied smile on the faces of retail outlet owners all across the nation. Written by Louis. Courtesy of Articlesbase.com,