Black Friday List 2008
Black Friday ads, AKA the day after Thanksgiving ads is historically one of the busiest retail shopping days each year in the United States. Most retailers will open very early and provide massive sales on their products. Below is the black friday list for black Friday that have leaked on to the internet. So get jumpstart on your Christmas shoping list this year and save!
- Old Navy (12)
- Kmart (155)
- Staples (6)
- Military BX (98)
- Best Buy (164)
- Bass Pro (17)
- Lowes (131)
- Meijer (385)
- CVS (58)
- Office Max (63)
- Wal-Mart (200)
- Pep Boys (12)
- Target (178)
- Office Depot (92)
- JC Penney (43)
- Circuit City (437)
- Costco (46)
- Kohls (541)
- Walgreens (22)
- Tommy Hilfiger (5)
- Home Depot (187)
- Sears (666)
- Rite Aid (49)
- ACE Hardware (58)
- Toys R Us (207)
- Sams (37)
- Harbor Freight (110)
- Radio Shack (100)
Black Friday 2007
Black Friday 2006
So why is it called Black Friday?
The most popular theory of the black Friday origin is that retailers operated at a financial loss for most of the year 2008 but regained their profits during the holiday season starting on the "Friday" after Thanksgiving. When accountings file the financial records the red ink showed the negative amounts and the black ink showed the positive amounts. Black Friday, The day after Thanks Giving was the beginning of the period where the retailer would not have losses for that year. Profit margins were in the "black"