Now that we’re reaching for our winter coats and hunkering down for the colder months, our attention is, of course, turning to Black Friday. After all, preparation is key when shopping during the biggest sale of the year.
Historically falling the day after Thanksgiving in the US, it marks the start of the pre-Christmas shopping season. In fact, the first use of “black Friday” in retail can be traced all the way back to the Fifties, when it got its name after shops shifted from losses (“in the red”) to profits (“in the black”).
