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 For many years, stores opened around 6:00 a.m., but by the late 2000s, many had slipped to 5:00 or 4:00. This was pushed to a new level in 2011, when major businesses (including Target, Kohl's, Macy's, Best Buy, and Bealls) opened for the first time at midnight.[([[https://www.hottstocks.com/es/forum/questions-answers-forum/what-is-black-friday-and-why-it-is-called-black-friday|hottstocks]])] For many years, stores opened around 6:00 a.m., but by the late 2000s, many had slipped to 5:00 or 4:00. This was pushed to a new level in 2011, when major businesses (including Target, Kohl's, Macy's, Best Buy, and Bealls) opened for the first time at midnight.[([[https://www.hottstocks.com/es/forum/questions-answers-forum/what-is-black-friday-and-why-it-is-called-black-friday|hottstocks]])]
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 +===== Deaths And Injuries =====
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 +There have been 10 documented deaths and 111 injuries in the United States since 2006.[([[https://www.torklaw.com/interest/black-friday-injuries/|torklaw]])]
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 +===== Camping! =====
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 +Prospective shoppers frequently camp out during the Thanksgiving holiday in order to get to the front of the queue and therefore a greater chance of purchasing desired products.[([[https://corporate.bestbuy.com/die-hard-deal-seekers-make-camping-black-friday-tradition/|bestbuy]])]
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 +===== SouthPark =====
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 +On Black Friday, the SouthPark neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, is the busiest in the country.[([[https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/charlotte-boasts-worst-black-friday-traffic-in-us/275-373915460|wcnc]])]
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 +===== Not Extended For Longer =====
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 +Historically, it was typical for Black Friday deals to stretch into the next weekend, but this practice has virtually faded in recent years, possibly due to businesses' efforts to generate a stronger feeling of urgency.[([[https://www.nbcnews.com/select/shopping/evolution-black-friday-ncna1278024|nbcnews]])]
 +
 +===== Incident In Toys R Us=====
 +
 +Serious incidents have occurred on Black Friday. In 2010, a lady from Madison, Wisconsin, was detained outside of a Toys 'R' Us store after cutting in line and threatening to shoot other customers who objected.[([[https://historydraft.com/story/black-friday/timeline/601|historydraft]])]
 +
 +===== Norway =====
 +
 +Black Friday began in Norway as a PR stunt campaign in 2010 to stimulate sales at the retail center Norwegian Outlet. Since its inception, it has been marketed year after year in a wider and rising market throughout the country.[([[https://parthsawhney.medium.com/lets-unpack-black-friday-76698544cd09|medium]])]
 +
 +===== Global Black Friday =====
 +
 +In 2014, Bolivia, Colombia, Denmark, Italy, Finland, France, Ireland, Lebanon, Nigeria, South Africa, and Sweden adopted Black Friday. Black Friday was first observed in Poland, Greece, and Ukraine in 2016.[([[https://ultimatepopculture.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)|ultimatepopculture]])]
 +
 +===== Black Friday UK =====
 +
 +The popularity of Black Friday is expanding in the United Kingdom. On Black Friday 2016, total expenditure on online retail sites was £1.23 billion, a +12.2% increase over the £1.1 billion spent on the same day in 2015. For the first time in 2017, retail sales in the United Kingdom increased faster in November than in December.[([[http://d.nuscri.org/static/pdf/qcr/QCR-2017-Q1.pdf|nuscri]])]
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