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	Black Friday (shopping) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the United States, is historically one of the busiest retail shopping days of the year.
		Although Black Friday is typically the busiest shopping day of the year in terms of customer traffic, it is not typically the day with the highest sales volume.
		Since other major events that have fl in their title are overwhelmingly negative, this could be an effort to downplay the hectic, chaotic nature of the day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping) (631 words)

	Black Friday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hollywood Black Friday (1945), the day the six-month-old Confederation of Studio Unions (CSU) strike boiled over into a bloody riot at the Warner Bros. studios leading to the eventual breakup of the CSU.
		Black Friday (1978), a massacre of protesters in Iran
		Black Friday (2004), a crackdown on a peaceful protest in the capital city of Maldives, Malé
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Friday (510 words)

	Black Friday Sales
		Contrary to popular belief, Black Friday is not the busiest shopping day of the year in terms of money spent.
		Black Friday @ Gotta Deal - Join the fray with news, rumors and information on where and what's on sale, scans of holiday sale circulars, a store locator, a history of Black Friday and a very busy forum.
		Black Friday - The OFFICIAL Site for the Hottest Day of the Year - Keep up to date on the latest news and rumors, sign up for the mailing list, view scans of upcoming holiday ads from top retailers, and find out more in the active discussion boards.
	www.chiff.com /home_life/holiday/thanksgiving/black-friday.htm (358 words)

	Two reports show boost in Black Friday sales - Nov. 27, 2004
		The weather, which was generally fair Friday, wasn't supposed to be as good Saturday, with rain expected throughout the nation's midsection and snow forecast in the upper Midwest.
		And all the shopping isn't limited to stores -- Visa reported that e-commerce for Black Friday were up 28.1 percent from last year, with Cohen saying the increase reflects the trend for online merchants for most of September.
		ShopperTrak, differing from Visa, said Black Friday could prove to be the biggest shopping day of the season for the second straight year.
	money.cnn.com /2004/11/27/news/economy/holiday_shopping/index.htm?cnn=yes (1068 words)

	Cole Blooded: Black Friday - Roanoke.com
		The name "Black Friday" comes from the use of fl ink in businesses' records to denote a profit (inversely, red ink is used to show financial loss).
		But it could also be said the name comes from how it is pitch fl when the shopping frenzy begins as early as 5 or 6 a.m.
		About noon (which was close to seven hours after my arrival on the Black Friday scene), I decided to get out of the madness while it was still possible and hastily left the mall as if a mob were chasing me (but really, the mob was going the other way, toward the discounted clothes).
	www.roanoke.com /theedge/wb/xp-42630 (1159 words)

	The Black Friday blitz
		Shoppers on Friday cast their vote before dawn: Electronics are the MVP this holiday season.
		Black Friday, traditionally the day when retailers have gotten into the fl after operating in the red, is no longer most important for retailers in terms of sales.
		Team shopping and constant mobile communication appears to be an expanding trend as people update their gift lists by cellphone with people in the same store, or others.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/news/articles/1126shop-blackfriday26.html (784 words)

	Black Friday - GRA
		The "fl" in the name comes from the standard accounting practice of using red ink to denote negative values (i.e., losses) and fl ink to denote positive values (profits).
		Black Friday is the day when retailers traditionally get back "in the fl" after operating "in the red" for the previous months.
		You can check out The Official Black Friday Deals Site to see the deals that will be made by the different shops on this day.
	www.guestresearcher.org /wiki/index.php/Black_Friday (178 words)

	Black Friday loses luster as shopping days spread (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Industry watchers say the extended shopping season has chipped away at retailers' sales on the most hyped shopping day of the year.
		But in terms of retail sales, Black Friday - traditionally the day of the year when many retailers have finally gotten into the fl after operating in the red - has been the top day just once in the past five years.
		Though a chunk of sales have shifted, Black Friday is still a measure of the critical sales weeks ahead.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/business/articles/1125grayfriday25.html (547 words)

	Black Friday to Cyber Monday - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
		Yeah… Black Friday is the first day retailers shoot for to be in the fl… been coined for as long as I can remember.
		Black Friday just triggers that state of mind that it’s time to shop, and a majority of people aren’t doing so at home…they’re doing so on the T1 at work.
		Black Friday was when business’s turned all their numbers from red to fl.
	37signals.com /svn/archives2/black_friday_to_cyber_monday.php (1286 words)

	Shoppers battle it out on Black Friday - Delaware Coast Press - delmarvanow.com
		Shopping Black Friday is for the serious shopper -- the one who loves a deal, and knows how to use their elbows to ensure they get it.
		Friday, that it's one way to exercise where tennis shoes and athletic gear are not required.
		Brian Smith, shopping list in hand, said his plan was "grab and run." A few minutes after the store opened, he was smiling broadly, his cart full.
	www.delmarvanow.com /deweybeach/stories/20041201/1677260.html (605 words)

	CNN.com - 'Black Friday' lifts retailers' spirits - Nov. 29, 2002
		Although common lore considers it the top shopping day of the year, the day after Thanksgiving usually comes in no better than No. 5 and is the only top-10 shopping day to fall outside December, according to data supplied by the Purdue Retail Institute, the National Retail Federation and the International Council of Shopping Centers.
		But the day some have called "Black Friday" -- because it's the day retailer balance sheets move out of the red and into the fl -- is an important indicator of what's to come.
		The busiest shopping days of any year, by the way, are traditionally the two weekends before Christmas, capping a steady rise from the starting bell on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/US/11/29/sproject.hs02.holiday.shopping (708 words)

	what about the plastic animals?: Black Friday
		Another chestnut often mentioned is that Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year.
		According to the articles the Friday after Thanksgiving was the seventh busiest shopping day of the year in both 1995 and 1997.
		The 1998 article points out that the day after Thanksgiving "hasn't been the biggest shopping day of the year for decades" and that the Saturday before Christmas is typically the busiest shopping day in terms of both sales and foot traffic.
	jschumacher.typepad.com /joe/2005/11/black_friday.html (627 words)

	black friday shopping (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Shopping Black Friday is for the serious shopper -- the one who loves a deal, and knows how to...
		Black Friday, also known as the Day After Thanksgiving, or Blitz Day, is the day most retail stores offer customers great deals for shopping on the first day of the Christmas Shopping Season.
		Black Friday brings about the start of the Christmas shopping season in grand fashion.
	www.linkfinding.com /l/black+friday+shopping.html (808 words)

	kdka.com - Black Friday Presents Shopping Challenges
		Black Friday is not a day for the casual shopper.
		With Black Friday just a few days away, and to serve as a complement to the annual ConsumerReports.org Holiday Giving Guide, Consumer Reports announced a few friendly tips and advice that shoppers should observe to cope with the most hectic shopping day of the year.
		"Black Friday" can be the most challenging shopping day of the holiday season.
	kdka.com /topstories/local_story_328185753.html (446 words)

	Click Rates and Conversions Up for Black Friday
		Online shopping activity and overall conversions were up, and search played a very active role in e-commerce, with click volume and conversions up --although the average cost-per-click for Performics retail clients remained fairly stable.
		In the week starting on Black Friday, online shopping activity and overall conversions were up, with a majority of shopping traffic occurring over the weekend.
		Over Black Friday Weekend (Friday-Sunday), consumer search behavior was analyzed across aggregate data from Performics, the search marketing division of DoubleClick, showing that click volume and conversions were up, while average cost-per-click for Performics clients remained stable.
	www.ecommercetrends.com /ecommercetrends-56-20041203ClickRatesandConversionsUpforBlackFriday.html (646 words)

	Black Friday 2006 FAQ - bargainshare.com
		Black Friday is one of the major U.S. holiday shopping days when many U.S. consumers begin Christmas shopping.
		Retailers went from being unprofitable, or "in the red," to being profitable, or "in the fl", at a time when accounting records were kept by hand and red indicated loss and fl profit.
		It is considered the busiest online shopping day of the year as workers recover from the holiday weekend and return to a normal schedule.
	www.bargainshare.com /index.php?showtopic=43186 (1122 words)

	Boston.com / Business / The battle plan for 'Black Friday'
		Known as "Black Friday" because strong sales help push retailers into the fl, or profitability, the day after Thanksgiving last year proved an unreliable prognosticator.
		People are shopping online, where the day-after-Thanksgiving tradition holds little sway, and buying gift cards, which have little impact on Black Friday sales since retailers don't log those revenues until the cards are redeemed.
		Surveys show a growing number of people doing their shopping before the season's traditional start or in its the final days -- both of which diminish the day after Thanksgiving as a bellwether.
	www.boston.com /business/globe/articles/2003/11/26/the_battle_plan_for_black_friday (1090 words)

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		Welcome to "Black Friday." One of the busiest shopping days of the year, Black Friday is the day retailers traditionally move into profitability.
		Shoppers spent $7.2 billion on Black Friday in 2003 and the retail monitor ShopperTrak estimates the day's spending will be up 3 percent to 5 percent this year.
		Gift shopping was the last thing on their minds as they stuck to a firm commitment to avoid lines and crowds.
	www.marketwatch.com /News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={6D8B47C7-5406-42EE-B1F5-1CB07C46DC6A}&siteid=google&dist=google&dist= (921 words)

	Now It's The Web's Turn For Sales - CBS News
		Shopping reported that the number of visits to its site rose 52 percent on Friday, better than the 30 percent jump expected.
		The nation's brick-and-mortar retailers had a modest start to the holiday shopping season as consumers jammed stores on Black Friday in higher numbers than a year ago, but seemed to lose interest once the early-bird specials were over.
		It's only day two of the holiday shopping season and tempers are already flaring at giant retail stores from coast to coast.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/11/26/business/main1075758.shtml (1007 words)

	Thanksgiving Tops Black Friday for Online Shopping Visits
		30, 2004--While Black Friday marks the traditional start of the holiday retail season, online shopping visits as a percentage of overall Web traffic were actually higher on Thanksgiving Day this year, according to a new report.
		Shopping and classifieds websites claimed 11.39% of all U.S. visits this Thanksgiving, according to online information service Hitwise, breaking the 2003 high of 8.96% also set on Thanksgiving Day.
		Hitwise said that the market share of U.S. visits to the entire shopping category on Thanksgiving Day this year was up 27% versus Thanksgiving Day last year, and shopping visits on Black Friday rose 24% year-on-year.
	www.inc.com /criticalnews/articles/200411/onlineshopping.html (321 words)

	Stores banking on Black Friday / Merchants court consumers by opening before sunrise Friday, offering deep discounts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Bird is a long-time aficionado of Black Friday, the shopping marathon that takes place on the day after Thanksgiving, when retailers slash their prices and open before dawn to put eager bargain hunters into the Christmas-shopping mood.
		While Black Friday isn't the biggest shopping day of the year -- the Saturday before Christmas holds that distinction -- it's an important barometer of the crucial sales season.
		Black Friday got its name because traditionally it was the day that could tip a retailer into the fl for the year.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/25/BLACKFRIDAY.TMP (1414 words)

	BlackFridayWatch.com: So This is Black Friday?
		Why call it “Black Friday?” Of course, the most basic explanation of the day’s moniker comes from the term “fl” meaning profitable, as in the day that retailers finally move out of the red ink and into the fl.
		Ellen Tolley Davis, a spokesperson for the NRF, highlights the fact that Black Friday’s importance does not lie solely in the day’s receipts.
		Recognizing Black Friday as an embodiment of this idea, advertising for its own sake, might be vindication enough for some of the scorners.
	www.blackfridaywatch.com /2005/11/so_this_is_black_friday.html (1237 words)

	wjz.com - Black Friday Brings In The Green
		The holiday shopping season is often the most important for most consumers with around 25 to 40% of retail sales taking place during the next six weeks.
		Black Friday was the biggest sales day in 2003 and the second-biggest last year, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers.
		Walmart is leading the herd in retail Black Friday frenzy offering to match any identical item priced in a competitors ad.
	wjz.com /topstories/local_story_329121237.html (630 words)

	black christmas fri... in Black friday shopping. Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Duncan Scheidt and Jazz in Black and White - $15.
		is that its meant to be "the fl Christmas," the Chicago Sun-Times said.
		Re: Black Friday At Walmart by PlanetFeedbacks Mr.
	shopping.seosun.com /Black%20friday%20shopping/black%20christmas%20fri... (231 words)

	Black Friday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Black Friday...The phrase has an ominous tone to it, but to retailers across the US the meaning is sweet.
		The Friday after Thanksgiving marks the occasion were Americans, fattened up from their Thanksgiving feasts of turkey, ham and roast beast, awaken to the realization that they have three days off and nothing to do but snack on leftovers or watch parades or football games on TV.
		They ran retrospective stories showing the shopping crazes from years past, like the vaunted cabbage patch doll, and asked “what will it be this year?” Reporters pulled aside early arriving shoppers to get their stories, some driving two hours to reach the big malls.
	writingshop.adnetsol.com /html/black_friday.html (2914 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Black Friday
		Popular belief has it that the Friday after Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day of the year.
		The result is that Black Friday generally ends up ranking as the fifth biggest sales day of the year at most (and sometimes less), behind the four days comprising the two weekends before Christmas.
		Holiday shopping patterns may change in years to come due to the increasing prevalence of shoppers' using on-line sales outlets for their holiday purchases.
	www.snopes.com /holidays/thanksgiving/shopping.asp (377 words)

	Bargain-hungry shoppers race to stores on Black Friday - Nov. 25, 2005
		But despite the robust start for retailers on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, at least one industry analyst was betting the early momentum will fade before the weekend's over.
		The holiday shopping season is crucial for retailers, many of which chalk up 50 percent or more of their annual sales and profits in November and December.
		The day after Thanksgiving is dubbed "Black Friday" because it traditionally marks the start of the season when retailers finally start moving into the fl.
	money.cnn.com /2005/11/25/news/economy/holiday_blackfriday (1594 words)

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