Why is Black Friday popular? 2 1734

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Last updated on November 19th, 2015 at 06:09 pm

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Globally, Black Friday is considered to be the biggest shopping day of the year. Shoppers from around the world celebrate this day by doing crazy shopping online and lining up outside stores when the clock strikes midnight.

The reason why shopping enthusiasts ardently wait for this day is because they get to buy their desired product at huge discounts. Retailers try to bait as many customers by giving the best deals on their products.

There are several theories on naming the day Black Friday, one of the theories suggests that the name is derived from the traffic congestion caused by the heavy shopping rush that day. Hundreds of people queue up outside the stores from midnight, just to buy their desired product before stocks run out. There are even reports documenting some historic events of shopping platforms crashing because of the excessive rush of web traffic during Black Friday.

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It is also popular for the reason that it falls right after Thanks giving and before Christmas. Many schools, colleges, and offices declare this Friday as a holiday so that people can do their Christmas shopping. People with limited budgets also start saving up months ahead of time, to fulfill their long awaited wish-lists.

On many occasion the discount on products start from 10% and end up to a maximum 90%. There is a sale on almost everything from home appliances, gadgets, fashion, laptops and computers, you name it.

When it comes to buying the best products of the year at doorbuster discount prices, people prefer to keep calm and wait for Black Friday.

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