Reuters Black Friday, the unofficial start of the Christmas shopping season, falls on November 29 this year. Retailers have already started getting ready for the upcoming sale. While traditionally known for massive crowds and in-store deals, Black Friday shopping has increasingly shifted online, a trend accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thanksgiving weekend, covering Black Friday and Cyber Monday, remains a peak shopping period in the United States and the United Kingdom. Retailers now offer deals and promotions well before these dates, allowing shoppers to start their holiday shopping early. Some companies also offer discounts during the Black Friday sale in India where the sale isn’t that big.
This means the discounts that companies offer during the Black Friday sale in India are not as big as the ones available in countries like the UK and the US. Apart from Indian shopping websites, some foreign sites also allow Indian users to ship products from abroad. Here’s everything you need to know about the Black Friday sale in India: Black Friday always falls on the fourth Friday of November — the day after Thanksgiving.
The following Monday is celebrated as Cyber Monday. The term "Black Friday" originated in Philadelphia around the 1960s and '70s, initially used by police and bus drivers to describe the chaos caused by the influx of shoppers before Thanksgiving weekend. Department stores attempted to rebrand the term as "Big Friday," but the name "Black Friday" persist.