Say goodbye to Black Friday
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🗓️ 23 November 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
The years of one-day deals and long lines the day after Thanksgiving are over. Black Friday is now more than a month long. We break down what’s changed and why.
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| 0:16.9 | I remember picking up this pocket TV, you know, with an antenna. I remember that very last time. |
| 0:24.2 | It was practically useless because the images were so garbled and you were always fiddling, but |
| 0:30.4 | it just seemed cool that now you'll have an air pocket at TV and you can watch it. You know, |
| 0:35.2 | this is before the mobile phone and everything. So I think it was all about just picking up all |
| 0:40.4 | these crazy gadgets and gizmos and just things that you want to have fun with. |
| 0:45.9 | Jackie Pizer is a retail reporter at the post who recently sat down with two very special guests. |
| 0:52.2 | Thank you guys for coming. Can you introduce yourselves? |
| 0:55.2 | Yeah, my name's Arjun Singh and I am a producer here at the Washington Post. |
| 0:59.8 | I am Suniel Singh. And you're Arjun's dad. That's correct. Arjun's dad. |
| 1:07.4 | Arjun and his dad have these fond memories of Black Friday waking up at three o'clock in the |
| 1:13.2 | morning to line up outside of Best Buy. Together, they felt like there was this sense of camaraderie |
| 1:19.2 | with all these other people waiting to rush into the store for a deal. |
| 1:23.6 | Arjun was at an age he was starting to, you know, really enjoy video games and I knew |
| 1:28.1 | they're going to be really cheap. And I honestly remember it being, frankly, a really magical |
| 1:34.3 | experience, like walking into a Best Buy, which we've done dozens of times before, when everything |
| 1:40.0 | is full price and expensive and all of a sudden your dad basically says, have at it because |
| 1:46.5 | everything from DVDs to video games, the prices were slashed. After that, it did become like a |
| 1:52.3 | tradition for all subsequent years. Every day after Thanksgiving, you would be like, yep, |
| 1:57.9 | you got to get up at 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. and line up and drink our coffee and go and look for deals. |
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