Store traffic enjoyed the strongest growth in years, and online spending hit a record at $9.8 billion, as Black Friday got the holiday season off to a jolly start.

The term "Black Friday" is several generations old, but it wasn't always associated with the day-after-Thanksgiving retail frenzy that we know today. A gold market crash of September 1869, for ...

business Retail Retailers bank on Black Friday to energize bargain-hungry holiday shoppers The day after Thanksgiving still reigns as the unofficial kickoff of the holiday shopping season even if ...

Black Friday spending in retail stores was muted this year in contrast to a more robust rise online, as bargain-hungry Americans skipped stores in favor of their phones and laptops, according to data.

After weeks of plugging increasingly inviting discounts, retailers in the United States and several other countries are preparing for prime time: Black Friday.

Investors typically overreact to widely followed news. You should ignore the initial reports about the success of retailers' Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales events. In fact, if you're a gutsy ...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are part of the same extended shopping weekend. But which one has better deals?

The Infamous First Black Friday of 1869 You have to go back over 150 years to find the original Black Friday. It’s a day many lost their wealth. It’s also not a day that followed Thanksgiving.