11/25/2020 9:36 AM
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Updated 11/25/2020 9:36 AM
On the eve of Black Friday
2020,
users began to circulate on the networks looking for the best offers to acquire, with discounts and promotions, different products through
virtual purchases
.
In a context of crisis due to the drop in consumption due to the coronavirus pandemic, several stores and businesses aim to recover in the penultimate month of the year.
Black Friday
2020
will be next
Friday, November 27 in Argentina
and in other countries, including the place that generated this celebration: the United States.
Online shopping during Black Friday.
Photo / Archive
What is the origin of Black Friday
The term has two meanings, which arise at different times in the history of the United States.
On the one hand, it relates to finances and, on the other, to business practices.
One of the origins has nothing to do with outrageous shopping.
Rather the complete opposite.
Black Friday was called Friday, September 24, 1869, when a group of speculators sank the price of gold
in the United States and produced a stock market and economic crisis that lasted several months.
From there, the denomination Black Friday illustrates the collapses in the markets.
One of the best known included Friday October 25, 1929, which was actually the second day of a beastly crash in Wall Street markets that lasted until "Black Tuesday" and was the gateway to the Great Depression of United States.
Shoopings opened before the social isolation imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Photo / Archive
Thanksgiving and Black Friday
Another origin of the term is more cheerful and relates to the commercial world instead of the stock market.
In the United States, the
Friday immediately after Thanksgiving
is called Black Friday annually
, a holiday that is commemorated on the last Thursday in November
.
"Black Friday" is a long weekend holiday in the United States that kicks off the winter and year-end sales season.
It is called "black" because it is the day that, by volume of turnover, stores and retail chains manage to go in their finances from red numbers (losses) to black numbers (profits)
.
Black friday
In a shopping center in Burbank, California.
Photo / Archive
In the United States, as in other parts of the world, retail companies generate one-third of their annual profits during the holiday season.
Therefore, they take advantage of the holiday after Thanksgiving to offer great promotions and discounts to their customers, especially on electronic products, such as televisions, video game consoles and computers.
Many times, businesses open their stalls from Thursday night, to attract more customers.
Traditionally, sales were tied to the weather: the best forecast for sellers is cold.
Black Friday 2020 in Argentina
Several companies have already uploaded the offers for
Black Friday
2020
to their platforms.
Some of the available discounts are the following:
Falabella: On the online sales page there will be discounts on technology, fashion, sports, footwear;
and various products for boys and girls.
Also the promotions will be in furniture and decoration.
Easy: The chain will offer promotions on various products that will be available on the chain's website.
Take off: it joins Black Friday 2020 with promotions for holidays and short trips to places where tourism is allowed during the coronavirus pandemic with establishments that comply with sanitary measures.
Promotions should be searched for in the mobile phone app.
Mercado Libre: In technology, decoration and furniture there will be different discounts that include free home delivery promotions.
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