What is Black Friday? BBC News

BBC looks at the origin of the shopping phenomenon known as Black Friday and its impact on the UK economy.

[SPiCYCRiSP]

you know black Friday is a scary day for everyone you'll never know who is friendly or completely selfish

[GraveXSensei]

Its black and its friday .. No thank you ~ 😂😂😂

[benjiroshimokawa]

Here in japan no one goes this wild and the store deals are very good it's more than that black friday. You can get from 40% off to 70% EVERYWHERE❗

[nooriroja]

NO GOOD NAME black Friday....good name green Friday

[WarriorDeb]

At first they'll increase the price of the thing then they'll give discount on it. They're fooling you all

[dondavid]

Here I thought black Friday makes things free on the market

It just discounts items

[ivanelugo]

*TV had a Black Friday discount*
Customers proceeds to do a wrestler move on it

[zohradeady]

I can believe that what happening there its terrible 😂

[exactinmidget]

just be glad that you foreigners don't have a Black friday. shit gets intense. it sucks the most when you only need something small like a soda and you have to wait 1 hour to pay.

[jackie]

Black Friday is everywhere in the world!

[GG-pmxi]

Black friday fair enough what about a white friday

[fknawakennow]

Black Friday has always been celebrated in Scotland as the last Friday before Christmas. A day of celebration friends family and excessive alcohol consumption. In the last 2 years has been hijacked by American consumerism and turned into a money day/with media jumping straight onto the bandwagon!

[mikeyunovapix]

still it's funny to watch the mayhem

[colman]

nah thats cap only in america that happens

[yalhane]

À 1:10 moi et trois potes a moi en anglais ont a tapé un fou rirre pendant tout le cours a cause du renoi au coshi lisse 😂😂😂.

[Muhammed_shah.]

Don't say black Friday its bless Friday basically it is a worship day of Muslims to Allah so never make black Friday its a very big sin to celebrate black Friday

[misaellopez]

Nintendo switch please be in black Friday

[Fubar]

£1.9 billion? that's alot of Polaroid tvs

[aymenalfadil]

These countries looks beautiful from outside, but has alot of problems like this!

Maybe if they make website or app as an example? and put all these products online and allow these people reserves and compete online by specific rules?, the organizers or governments cant handle a high number of people and to avoid accidents that could lead to fights and harm others?! Plus people waiting outside and wasting their times?

the companies and businesses can earn more money to deliver these products to these people doors plus benifits others as shipping companies? Or they gives each person a number online plus a time to go to specific store and take what they reserved online?

Maybe it will looks more attractive and more organized for companies and people?

[nanashipersonne]

So what is definition? It just showed examples? Does it also have religious roots or is it completely made up by companies?