Thanksgiving is the holiday that usually kicks off family reunions and year-end celebrations, but it also means that the greatest offers and promotions are available to customers both in stores or online, with black friday and Cyber Monday being staples for the biggest savings of the season.
What is the difference between Black Friday and Cyber Monday
The Thanksgiving holiday brings two of the biggest sales of the year in black friday and Cyber Mondaybut although they are both related to the same holiday, there is a major difference between the two.
black friday is a term that began to be used by retailers around 40 years ago, as a nickname for the aftermath of the Thanksgiving Thursday, because they usually had good sales that day, and the accountants marked the positive sales numbers in black on the books, while the negative numbers in red.
Cyber Monday creation is more recent, it was not until 2005 that the term was coined by the National Retail Federation, Boutique.orgfirst used in a press release announcing its launch.
They explained that it would be the Monday following Thanksgiving week, and retailers agreed to hold deep discounts on that day.
According to various reports, Cyber Monday usually offers slightly better deals than black fridayand with e-commerce gaining ground against retail sales with each passing day, year Cyber Monday continues to be a customer favorite.
Which has better deals, Black Friday or Cyber Monday?
Over the years, many offers offered by retailers last until the end Thanksgiving, black friday and Cyber Mondaybut reports indicate that the best time to shop for beauty products, clothes, shoes, and kitchenware is Cyber Monday.
Whereas black friday usually offers better deals on smartphones, Android and Apple, as well as cameras, laptops and toys.