How Black Friday evolved
- Black Friday become the shopping phenomenon event it is today in the 2000s when Black Friday was officially designated the biggest shopping day of the year.
- Until then, that title had gone to the Saturday before Christmas.
- Today, Black Friday is becoming an increasingly lengthy event: a Black Weekend
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