Black Friday Countdown
The biggest shopping day on Earth — doors open at midnight.
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About Black Friday
Black Friday is the year’s largest retail sales event, the day after US Thanksgiving. It anchors the holiday shopping season, now stretching into Cyber Monday and weeks of early deals.
The story behind Black Friday
The name was born of police dread, not retail joy: Philadelphia cops in the 1950s and 60s used "Black Friday" to describe the post-Thanksgiving chaos — hordes of shoppers and tourists, gridlock, and shoplifting surges that forced officers to work extra shifts. Retailers hated the name and tried rebranding it "Big Friday." The police term won.
The "in the black" story — accounting books moving from red ink to black on the year's biggest sales day — was a later, friendlier explanation that stuck in the 1980s. Both stories are now told side by side on the day itself.
The door-buster era has a dark anniversary: in 2008, a Walmart employee was trampled by a crowd that broke the doors in New York. Stores responded with ticketed lines and online versions — "Cyber Monday" was coined in 2005 and has since outgrown the in-store event in many categories.
Black Friday dates 2027–2030
| Year | Weekday | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Friday | November 26, 2027 |
| 2028 | Friday | November 24, 2028 |
| 2029 | Friday | November 23, 2029 |
| 2030 | Friday | November 29, 2030 |
Black Friday facts
- Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving — the fourth Friday of November.
- The name comes from Philadelphia police in the 1960s, describing the traffic chaos.
- 'Back in black' — retailers said heavy shopping pushed their books into profitable black ink.
- It has spread worldwide: the UK, Brazil, Mexico, and India all run Black Friday sales now.
When is Black Friday 2027?
Black Friday 2027 falls on Friday, November 26, 2027.
How many days until Black Friday 2027?
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