Because Walmart owns Asda, and so Asda did it. Then the other retailers had to do it to otherwise lose out on loads of business. Thus, it spread around the United Kingdom.
It's also spread to Canada too. But this Friday it was way to cold to go out. But I haven't heard about any craziness here. I think it was pretty bad in the UK this year.
I would rather keep the festivals/celebrations/days of mourning of my own country than sell out, and have American ones, just for the sake of some sales. I don't even know what Black Friday is about, as I'm sure you don't know about all of the days my country counts as significant (unless you happen to be Aussie).
Black Friday is not a recognized actual holiday. It is a mess. Our Thanksgiving is always on Thursday, many people do not have to (or want to) work on Friday after a day of celebration with relatives. Retailers realized that with a large percentage of the nation not working that this day was an opportunity to get them into the stores to waste money on things they don't need. Competition grew between retailers and large sales started. Some retailers started opening earlier and earlier to get the first customers, this year some stores opened by 1800 on thanksgiving day. I think the whole concept is a farce and feel real bad for the people who have to work on a holiday because some ass wants $80 off a new tv.
As far as I know Black Friday was started by a store, I think Macy's. It's more like a tradition than a holiday, and I don't think it has anything to do with Thanksgiving other than the month
Black Friday has nothing to do with Thanksgiving, it signifies the start of the holiday shopping season. It was called Black Friday because police officers described it as being Black, there were so many people shopping that there were car accidents and violence. The name "Black Friday" stuck. It has nothing to do with Thanksgiving, and barely anything to do with America other than the fact that it started here
According to Wikipedia, it does. Apparently it was used to describe the day after Thanksgiving, because on that day, the traffic is exceptionally heavy.
At first I thought it refers to the 1929 NY stock exchange crash, because the day is sometimes called Black Thursday or Black Friday, but apparently it doesn't.
Bam, capitalism.
At first I thought it refers to the 1929 NY stock exchange crash, because the day is sometimes called Black Thursday or Black Friday, but apparently it doesn't.