Black friday is a season of great deals. In the spirit of celebration, we would love you to learn some really weird facts about the season.
- In the 1800’s, the term “Black Friday” was used in reference to the stock market crashes.
- The predecessor to Black Friday were the Santa Claus parades which was first held in Canada.
- Reported by CNN, Black Friday is the busiest day of the year for plumbers. I guess you know why.
- Retailers petitioned the US President so that people can shop earlier for Christmas, hence holiday shoppers indirectly determined the date for Thanksgiving.
- Black Friday is a Philadelphia slang but was once tried to be changed to Big Friday which never worked out.
- Black Friday wasn’t officially claimed to be the busiest shopping day of the year, until 2001.
- Black Friday, a US tradition has spread to over 15 countries in the world.
- In Mexico, it is referred to as “El Buen Fin”, which translates to “the good weekend” which actually lasts through the weekend.
- In 2011, Walmart broke the tradition of Black Friday by opening stores on the evening of Thanksgiving.
- According to a survey conducted on behalf of the coupon site RetailMeNot, 12% of all Black Friday shoppers admit they hit the stores whilst under the influence of alcohol. We hope you don’t hit Picharge drunk though 🙂
By the way, did you know Picharge will be selling a Fastcharging cable for NGN1500 and any two for NGN2500 only on Black Friday?
Hey buddy! You dont want to sleep on it!
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