Black Friday, is it the same the world over?

In UK we also call Friday the 13th Black Friday because it is thought to be an unlucky day but I think in America it is day after Thanksgiving when sales start? I think anyway.

Black Friday is the shopping day after Thanksgiving. It is called Black Friday becasue this is when the stores books go into the black becasue they put things on sale for such low prices. The sales are usually from like 5 am to 11 am only and people line up outside the doors waiting to get in to be the first one to get the great deals.
That is what Black Friday is in America. Hope that helps.

Black Friday here in the States is the Friday after Thanksgiving. It is the official start of Christmas shopping. Every store opens real early, I mean early like 4am.There is always a real rush and all shopping centers are packed . And that is why it is called Black Friday.If you don't like crowds or waiting in long lines, or traffic, you should stay home on Black Friday.

In the USA the day after Thursday's Thanksgiving there is what they call Black Friday It is not a serious horror story but a day when the retail stores are suppose to have these great sales sort of like Boxing Day after Christmas Day The reason for the Black because there are crowds,lineups,no parking all those things that make shopping a real war Thanks for posting I shall be Back

Hi kitten1954.

The definition for what is "Black Friday?", is the day after 'Thanksgiving' in the United States, and is frequently referred to as "BLACK FRIDAY".

In general one of the major U.S. holiday shopping days. The day many U.S. consumers begin Christmas shopping. The day is heavily promoted by retailers.
And the origin of BLACK FRIDAY comes from the shift to profitability during the holiday season. BLACK FRIDAY was when retailers went from being unprofitable, or "in the red," to being profitable, or "in the black", at a time when accounting records were kept by hand and red indicated loss and black profit.

Also it is known as, "The day after Thanksgiving".
But in my place, Malaysia, there is no Black Friday' but only for ANNUAL MEGA SALES, a month in a year, where our government promote it worldwide through Tourism Ministry and any Mega Retailers who disobey to perform will be charge for fine.

HAPPY DAPPY.

This week was actually the first time I have ever heard of Black Friday. I am on vacation in the United States and it turns out that the day after Thanksgiving is called "Black Friday," when a lot of stuff go on sale and stores open as early as 4am/5am/6am; I heard some stores even opened at midnight! Being a tourist, of course I wanted to experience it. I wanted to get a digital camera at Wal-Mart and was there by 7am; unfortunately, most of the cameras were gone. And to think I got up early!!! Oh well.

Back in the Philippines, however, we don't have a Black Friday. We do have Black Saturday though. I've been reading through some of the discussions about Black Friday and it seems there are some fellow Filipinos who related the concept of Black Friday to our concept of Black Saturday... which are totally unrelated because Black Saturday is recognized by Christians/Catholics only, I think.