Is there any excuse for Black Friday, other than GREED?

There have been "Black Friday" sales for the past couple of weeks, so it's not limited to the Friday after Thanksgiving any longer.  

Nope.  Stores/companies  have "conditioned" people into parting with their money on certain days (Black Friday, Prime Days, etc.) by claiming to offer discounts.  In reality, stores/companies actually make out like bandits as they only discount certain "high markup" items, but while they got the people "in" they will buy other things that have little to no discount.  I do NOT miss working in retail this time of year.  

Many retail businesses make well over half of the year's profits during Thanksgiving/Christmas shopping.  Working to make a profit is not the definition of greed.  You can look that up if you wish.  Calling a two or three week period "Black Friday" is ridiculous enough that it shouldn't bother anyone.  It is obvious to those with a modicum of intellect  that that ridiculous notion of Black Friday is simply following the shopping public's behavior.   People spend their money and use their credit cards like there's no tomorrow during that season.  So yes, mark it down and get it sold.That's just business, not necessarily greed.  It's up to us to not let consumerism destroy the beautiful meanings of our winter holidays. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at November 21, 2024 1:48 PM MST

It is advertising sales.  Greed...no. It is business.  Making money to pay people etc. 
I run one every year. And it is the best price you will get at my store for a retail item.  Wholesale is a different animal all together. 

Nah it’s all greed. We even have “black Friday“ sales in Canada now past five years or so and we have our thanksgiving back in October , so makes no sense. It annoys me. We shouldn’t be trying to copy ‘Merica at all. It‘s embarrassing really.