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Black Friday: any precipitous one-day drop in a financial market, originally September 24, 1869, when prospectors attempting to corner the gold market caused a business panic followed...; Black Friday definition on BNET »

Chances Are You'll Lose 12 Minutes of Productivity Today: The headline of this entry may make you ask: Why? Today is Cyber Monday -- the Internet's equivalent of Black Friday. The difference between the two is that Monday is a work day, whilst Black Friday generally falls on a day off. One consulting firm even pinned down how much...; Tags: Retail, Jonathan Haeber, Cyber Monday, Black Friday; Blog posts 2007-11-26
Do Big Sales Really Mean Big Money: The day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday kicks off what is historically the busiest traffic weekend of the year for retailers. Despite a softening in the economy, consumer confidence remains strong. According to General Growth Properties, Inc. (NYSE: GGP), traffic counts in its regional shopping malls exceeded significantly. But the real...; Tags: Retail, Sales strategy, retail company, consumer confidence, sales; White papers 2000-11-30
Lawrence Summers: Odds Favor U.S. Recession: For business strategists and business owners trying to handicap the chance of a recession in the U.S., news earlier this week has been encouraging. Triple-digit stock market gains, dropping oil prices, decent Black Friday sales, and and hints of another interest rate cut by the Fed has somewhat lightened the...; Tags: Investment, Sean Silverthorne, Lawrence Summers; Blog posts 2007-11-29