Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday: dates, origins, offers - everything about the action days from the USA

On days like Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday, consumers can look forward to discounts.

But where is the origin of the actions and when do they take place?

Action days like

or

have become indispensable in Germany.

Every year just before Christmas,

banners and lettering

appear in shop windows and

, with which

advertise

their

.

And

use the

-

often without thinking about whether the supposed

actually that cheap.

But where do the two

from?

And what can consumers expect?

Black Friday 2021: Apple probably brought him to Germany

The

is originally from the

.

It is the bridge Friday after Thanksgiving, an important holiday there.

Many

take the day off.

For the

a chance to

boost.

Since the Christmas season is approaching, many people are already looking for gifts, they will receive their Christmas bonus a little later and are probably less economical in general.

Even if the importance of the

of

now according to the

decreases, the highest sales of the whole year are generated on the day since 2005.

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Bargain hunt on "Black Friday": What customers should look out for when shopping.

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In

there has probably been something similar since 2006, like

explained.

Back then, Apple lured customers with a time-bound

to sell more iPods.

At that time, however, the day was not yet called "

"

Black Friday 2021: where do the name and brand come from?

According to

, you can

find out where the name "

" comes from

various theories.

One relates to the

that

can write

thanks to

.

Another explanation is that after the day, the dealers have to count so much money that they have black hands.

According to a third theory, "

" should go back to "

" October 25, 1929.

Due to an enormous

, the Dow Jones had quintupled within eight years, as

explains.

More and more people invested more and more money in the

.

Many used loans for this.

The

stopped, but investors continued to invest - until the market was out of whack and panic arose.

A chain reaction caused investors to sell at a loss.

The

bubble burst.

The day passed as a dark chapter in the

into the story.

For a

long time there was also a lack of clarity

about the brand “

.

According to

some brands were warned because they integrated the term “

” into their marketing strategy.

A company from Hong Kong had already secured the trademark rights in Germany in 2013.

The Austrian

GmbH had secured rights there and claimed the sole right to issue licenses.

After several companies had applied for the entry to be deleted, the Federal Patent Court released the “

”

brand

for advertising.

Origin Cyber ​​Monday

Even the

has its roots in the

.

Since

originally played a role in stationary and offline retail,

its own discount day:

on the Monday after

.

is an English part of the word that refers to the virtual world.

In the meantime, however, the

neither

limited

to these two retail areas, nor to these two days.

Many

, whether online or offline,

announce an entire

week, according to

, the campaigns are

sometimes even extended to several weeks, roughly until just before Christmas.

Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday 2021: Can you really save on those days?

From electronics to fashion - retailers advertise on

and

with discounts of up to 50, sometimes even 90 percent.

But the

have already warned consumers about fake offers.

For example, some

the manufacturer's higher “recommended retail price”

as a comparison to the

.

Tricks like time-

are also used.

It is therefore recommended to follow the price development in the days before.

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