“Heading into the fourth quarter, we are shifting our organization into overdrive to focus on sales-driving activities in the holiday shopping season, company Chief Executive Terry Lundgren said in a statement”. The stores will, then, stay open through the night and into Black Friday (Nov.27).
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Big box stores are offering their usual in-store doorbuster deals, but this year they’re also offering the same deals online.
Black Friday at Amazon is going to kick off early this year and the US-based retailer has a lot in store for us.
“The traffic has picked up quite a bit around Town Square and in our store”, Fashion Stylist Tina Galloway said. That means it’s time to stock up on the latest outdated electronics, devices you wouldn’t think of buying the rest of the year, but can’t resist now because…
According to the same survey, nearly half of holiday shopping will be done online.
Of course, there are many different opinions and feelings held toward the day retail shops offer many discounts. Forty percent of consumers say they will seek out small businesses, just to support their community (UPS, 2015).
While sales on toys are tempting to go for on Black Friday, toy sales often extend into the first two weeks of December. “Black Friday weekend purchases made via mobile phones were two times higher than 2013”. It also has a 50-inch LED HDTV from a yet-to-be disclosed brand for $149.99, which is available only on its app. Meanwhile, Best Buy is selling a 49-inch Toshiba HDTV for $149.99. In-store deals start at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving and end on Black Friday at 1 p.m. Check out all their Black Friday online and in-store deals on their website.
“We have a few select retailers that are very valuable to us, and they came back and said ‘We need to be open Thanksgiving Day and want to be open Thanksgiving Day, so what can you do for us so we can do business nationally across the board, ‘” she said.
Is Thanksgiving the new Black Friday?
Beard said every Thanksgiving she would be with her family and she never had time to go out shopping.
Black Friday, despite having its origins in the United States, is pretty much a thing in other parts of the world as well. Sadie Fox, an FGCU student, works for Pink Pineapple in Bell Tower Shops, which is a privately-owned boutique, so it’s not open on Black Friday.
Last year TNM ran a continuous story on Black Friday deals for publishing pros and it ended up being one of the most popular posts of the year.
Michael’s: You can start shopping Black Friday bargains at 4 a.m. Thanksgiving Day.
“I’m a little excited for Black Friday”, Raines said.
“We are closed on Sundays during the regular years because of that”, he said.
Dick’s Sporting Goods: Black Friday sales will start midnight Wednesday, November 25.
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Walgreens, most locations open at 8 a.m. One of the best deals, though, is always on Apple iTunes gift cards.
