That ' s true , but not where the name comes from . There have been black fridays before 1929 , for example December 6 , 1745 in England . They called their crash a black friday far before the New Yorker crash . Another important thing to note is that the black friday of 1929 was kind of a black thursday , it is only called Friday in Europe because of the time shift . It was already Friday in Europe but still Thursday in America when the crash happened . The Friday after thanksgiving is not named after the stock crash though . There are many other possible explanations , some of which have been named here . There is an article on Wikipediashopping that lists some more reasons if you ' re interested . <| sep |> Alors de un on fait le black friday en france ? De deux Le Black Friday franais se passe principalement sur Internet . Seules quelques enseignes telles que Amazon , Cdiscount , Apple , Rue du Commerce , Intersport et des sites de codes promo surfent sur la vague et proposent des codes promo importants valables seulement 24 h dure du Black Friday . Une dmarche commerciale mene peu peu et de plus en plus sur le territoire franais . En France , Auchan , Fnac , Darty , La Redoute et Gant Casino , entre autres , lancent le Black Friday dans leurs magasins le 28 novembre 20144 . Suite aux attentats terroristes de Paris survenus le vendredi 13 novembre 2015 , le dlgu gnral de la Fdration du ECommerce et de la Vente Distance FEVAD , annonce que l ' vnement commercial Black Friday vendredi noir sera renomm en Jour XXL , par respect pour les familles 5 . wut ? shopping