Black Friday was once a day of blockbuster deals. You would wake up early, bundle up, and head for the mall to join the hordes of early-morning shoppers for great deals on TVs, laptops, and other tech gear.
The Christmas creep begins earlier and earlier: Black Friday isn't just one day anymore. Of course, that hasn't been true in some years, but now the shopping holiday isn?t just taking over the week of Thanksgiving, it?s taking over the entire month.
In fact, a report last month from RetailMeNot.com termed the holiday season ?OctoNovemCember,? because 40 percent of consumers now begin buying holiday gifts before Halloween.
You may not know that Black Friday actually isn?t the biggest shopping day of the year. That honor for in-store shopping usually falls on the Saturday before Christmas. According to the Wall Street Journal, Black Friday doesn?t even offer the biggest bargains.
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