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Has COVID-19 Canceled Black Friday?

Has COVID-19 Canceled Black Friday?

While Christmas will still come for retailers this year, 2020 could be the year without Black Friday. The coronavirus pandemic has potentially killed off the tradition of Friday-after-Thanksgiving blowout retail sales that retained cultural significance even as the overall importance to the financial health of retailers faded.