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No mention of price manipulation?
[edit]It's often been said that Black Friday prices are offered at other times of the year and/or that regular prices are rapidly marked up so that they can be "brought down" during Black Friday. Take this BBC article on Which?'s findings for this year for example: [1]
Of course the counter-argument that immediately springs to mind is "of course they're going to be at the same price or cheaper given how many other sale events are held throughout the year", but surely some sort of mention is due?--Dvaderv2 (talk) 18:51, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
I see that no movement has been made on this despite nearly a whole year having passed. Meanwhile, here are a few articles on "Black Friday prices are offered at other times of the year and/or that regular prices are rapidly marked up so that they can be "brought down" during Black Friday" for this year's Black Friday:
- BBC - Black Friday: Shoppers warned most offers are not cheaper
- Sky News - 'Just one in seven' Black Friday deals are real discounts - as worst offenders exposed
- The Guardian - Black Friday: check deal is really a bargain, UK shoppers are told
I'd probably add a section on this phenomenon myself if I was more confident about this being a constant occurrence and not just something from this year and last, this being something happening in other countries and not just the UK, and so on. - Dvaderv2 (talk) 17:07, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
“the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States” ≠ “the last Friday in November”
[edit]The introductory text currently states, first, that “Black Friday is a colloquial term for the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States”, then, that Black Friday occurs “on the last Friday in November”. These characterizations differ for years such that the 1st of November is a Thursday (such as in 2018). For such a year, Thanksgiving occurs on the 22nd of November (fourth Thursday), thus, “the Friday after Thanksgiving” is the 23rd of November whereas “the last Friday in November” is the 30th of November. This contradiction should be fixed (which I didn’t do because I don’t know which version is the right one). OlivierMiR (talk) 13:39, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
- OlivierMiR, this was just a good faith but mistaken IP edit and has been reverted. As you note, Black Friday is not always the last Friday in November. John M Baker (talk) 18:46, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Retail sales impact table numbers don't add up
[edit]If you multiply the number of shoppers by the average spent, the product is much higher than the numbers in the total spent column for the years before 2017 (2005-2014).
Are the numbers copied directly from the NRF data? Where can the data for these years be found? The surveys are also preliminary, i.e. they are asking people if they plan to shop on Black Friday, and how much they are planning to spend. Are some numbers from the survey and some from actual retail results? Sardtok (talk) 09:59, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
Page should be updated to "Auto Confirmed Protection"
[edit]This page appears to be experiencing a high amount of vandalism. NesserWiki (talk) 09:55, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
Wiki Education assignment: Research Process and Methodology - FA23 - Sect 202 - Thu
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