Black Friday (shopping) Black Friday (shopping) Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. The day after Thanksgiving has been regarded as the beginning of America's Christmas shopping season since 1952, although the term "Black Friday" didn't become widely used until more recent decades. Many stores offer highly promoted sales on Black Friday and open very early, such as at midnight, or may even start their sales at some time on Thanksgiving. Black Friday is not an official holiday, but California and some other states observe
Black Friday (shopping) in German-speaking countries. There has been growing interest for black Friday in Poland as well. 2014 marked the introduction in Bolivia, Colombia, Denmark, Italy, Finland, France, Ireland, Lebanon, Nigeria, South Africa and Sweden. For Middle East, UAE Black Friday started as White Friday campaign back in 2014 by SOUQ then late whole market to follow as NOON and SIVVI. In 2015 Spain joined with some small retailers. The celebration became more famous year by year, until the big retailers grew. In the Netherlands Black Friday was seriously introduced in 2015. Some years before there were already a number of large