and determined never to set foot on either the Magnificent Mile or any shopping center on Black Friday again. That was my first crowd-induced panic attack, but not my last. Since that day ...

The term “Black Friday” originally had no connection to shopping, says Nancy Koehn, a historian and professor at the Harvard Business School. It described a financial panic in 1869 that ...

New cars, winter coats and videogame consoles: These are just a few items Americans might want to put on their shopping lists this holiday season before Donald Trump takes office. The president ...

Before you go out shopping, it's fun to look back on the history of Black Friday, as it is often the most lucrative day of the year for hundreds of stores nationwide. And while it's had good ...

Featured pricing is subject to change. Each year, the Post Wanted team prepares for Black Friday and Cyber Monday months in advance: finding the best deals, consulting retail experts and reviewing ...

Black Friday once was a single, frantic day of shopping. Back then, you’d wake up at the crack of dawn the day after Thanksgiving, drive to a mall, and fight over CDs, televisions, and computers.

But how did this retail tradition come to be called 'Black Friday'? The term originated in 1950s Philadelphia, coined by local police officers to describe the chaos of the day. Over time ...