Master the Mega Sale Month: Shop Smart, Save Big.
The Black Friday Marathon: Not Your Grandpa’s Sprint Anymore Honestly, remember the good old days of Black Friday? A single day, maybe a weekend, of absolute retail madness. People queuing at 4 AM, stampeding for a TV. Good times, right? Well, maybe not good times for the shoppers, but definitely a clear, defined event. But here’s the thing about 2025: that image is as outdated as dial-up internet. As a tech journalist who’s seen trends shift quicker than a machine learning model retraining, I can tell you Black Friday isn’t just a day anymore. It’s a full-blown marathon, a month-long sales event that ebbs and flows like the stock market on a particularly volatile day. Retailers start pushing “early bird” deals in October, ramp up through November, peak around Thanksgiving, and then roll straight into Cyber Monday and beyond. It’s relentless. ...