Comments on: Black Friday

By: Liar Friday | Chris Houchens | Marketing Speaker

Liar Friday | Chris Houchens | Marketing Speaker — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:20:47 +0000

[...] It reminded me of a post I did last year about the lie of “Black Friday”. [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:19:11 +0000

I have also noticed that the prevelance is not as much as it was when I first wrote this post back in 2005, but it’s still being reported.

In Google We Trust — Search http://news.google.com/news/search?q=%22biggest+shopping+day+of+the+year%22
or here’s a screenshot if you’re not searching on Friday http://twitpic.com/r6s85

I agree the shine has worn off of Cyber Monday — perhaps Twitter Tuesday?

By: GoingLikeSixty

GoingLikeSixty — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:11:17 +0000

Remembering previous conversations, I have actually been listening to reports about Black Friday, and I have not heard the phrase “biggest shopping day of the year” when reporting on Black Friday.
Just sayin’

Next up: Cyber Monday! I project this will not get near the play as it has in the past.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:26:54 +0000

Thanks, I’m sure we will hear it even more.
Also to add to that… Wikipedia basically states the same:
While it has been one of the busiest days in terms of customer traffic, in terms of actual sales volume, from 1993 through 2001 Black Friday was usually the fifth to tenth busiest day. In 2002 and 2004, however, Black Friday ranked second place, and in 2003 and 2005, Black Friday actually did reach first place.