Irish Examiner View: Champion Green on Black Friday

Shop local and get real bang for your buck

There are many explanations for the term Black Friday, which falls today, but the 1950s version — which claims the term was coined by police in Philadelphia to describe the hordes of shoppers flooding the city the day after Thanksgiving — seems most apt for its current incarnation.

Bargain hunters will be out in force today, virtually at least. And who can blame them in a year when jobs losses and wage cuts have affected so many?