阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。The Day After Thanksgiving (Friday) is known as Black Friday. This used to be unofficially or officially the start of holiday shopping season. Almost all stores come out with special early bird offers 【小题1】 (attract) consumers to their shop. People stand in line hours before the stores are opened, to grab the bargains of the year. In the last few years, we 【小题2】 (witness) a trend towards bringing those Black Friday Sales online before Friday.
In the last few years (starting from 2013 to be precise), Black Friday Sales have started before Friday—with some stores 【小题3】 (start) their Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving day or even on Wednesday and Monday. It would not be surprising to see Black Friday sale starting on Monday on the Black Friday week.
The closest reason for 【小题4】 it is known as Black Friday 【小题5】 (give) in Wikipedia. Many retailers report some of 【小题6】 (they) highest profits on Black Friday. The black portion of the name, “Black Friday” relates to businesses recording their 【小题7】 (lose) in red ink and gains in black. This tradition lives on in modern accounting software.
Deals websites like Dealsofamerica.com started to highlight “Black Friday sales” from 2003 【小题8】 then the retailers picked it up. 【小题9】 (essential), Black Friday is an Internet term. But before it, people used to regard the sales 【小题10】 “Day after Thanksgiving Sale”.