In the USA, Black Friday is the day after their Thanksgiving. It's traditionally the beginning of the Christmas holiday shopping season in the USA.
Shoppers look for deep discounts in prices. Black Friday is supposed to be when the stores make a big part of their annual profit. Their income would go to from 'in the red' to 'in the black'. Shoppers typically wait in line for long hours before going into a shopping frenzy once they finally get inside the store of their choice.
I don't think that really happened here in Winterpeg yesterday. The reports I heard on TV and radio suggested our home-grown copy of Black Friday was just 'ho-hum'. Sure, there were a few good deals, especially at the electronics stores, but not crazy deep discounts like in the States.
Myself, I checked out a few favourite stores on-line for any specials. There were some great deals but none of 'things' on sale were items that I wanted or needed. It was just another Grey Friday to me.
I stayed in the black because I did not do any shopping.
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