The day after Thanksgiving in the US is often called "Black Friday." It use to be the day that merchants were "in the black" for the year and they saw the rest of the year up to Christmas as their time to make a profit for the year. But marketers learned many years ago that…
And they're off! The sales, the markdowns, the deals, all conspiring to get us to spend, spend, spend. The competition is hot. The deals are unrepeatable. Knock that person ahead of you down. Reach across that lady's grasp. Get here first! Fight, fight, fight!
No thanks. Black Friday sales and the whole hoopla associated with it…