“Black Friday” as a name for the day after Thanksgiving was coined by police officers in New England. One of the earliest documented references of this was in December of 1961, where Denny Griswold of Public Relations News stated: “in Philadelphia, it became customary for officers to refer to the post-Thanksgiving days as Black Friday … Read more
Here’s a proposal: why don’t we toss out all the special names for the big holiday shopping days and just accept the fact that retailers are going to throw sales at the public before, during and after Thanksgiving? Walmart seems cool with that, as it’s moving its Cyber Monday sale-a-palooza to Sunday. If the early … Read more
If you’ve gone this long without Amazon Prime, well, you must have a good reason. Why else would you willingly miss out on Transparent and free two-day shipping? The normal $99 membership fee is admittedly a little steep, especially when you’d be more than willing to wait longer than 48 hours for your new USB … Read more
Target, the cool dad of all the big box stores, is hitting it out of the park this year. First, the mega-chain announced that it would no longer classify toys and bedding by gender (prompting a great deal of anger), and now the retail giant is doing its guests one better: it wants you to … Read more