They have gone shopping together on Black Friday for years.
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“The big box stores are still planning to open on Thursday, in fact some of them are even planning on moving some of their black Friday specials even earlier”, said Jennifer Pope, a marketing professor at Grand Valley State University. To my shock, every year people line up at the Apple Store on Black Friday (which is identical to what you’ll find online). Instead, keep calm and comfortable in your Snuggie with a cup of joe and Thanksgiving leftovers, grab your computer, and get ready to shop.
With Walmart making its shopping sales a bit early and a bit longer, Forrester retail analyst Sucharita Mulpura said after last year’s shopping days, he noted that the boundaries of such shopping events could blur, since Black Friday is gradually becoming “irrelevant”.
Cyber Monday started over a decade ago when people started using the high-speed Internet access at their workplaces to buy things they did not buy during trips to the shopping mall over the weekend after Thanksgiving (Black Friday weekend). It will also be offering a second round of deals on Monday evening when its traffic patterns in the past have grown, he said. Until 2015, Walmart’s online deals started on the first Monday after Thanksgiving.
Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year for retailers and consumers, and retailers fight for attention from consumers.
“I have seen a few lists of stores that are not going to be open on Thanksgiving day, so I think it’s great”, added Wichita shopper Julia Paulsen.
“Black Friday’s influence hasn’t changed”.
He says if you don’t want to stand in line for hours for a deal on a big ticket item, you may find it the next day on eBay with only a small markup. Ben’s Bargains created a list of the Best In-Store Deals and notes the date of the sale. This includes what times the stores will be opening and more importantly, what the stores have to offer in terms of the best deals.
Most of the stores mentioned offer not only in-store deals but also deals on their online shops.
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This year, REI has opted out of the craziness of the biggest sale day of the year and they will be closed on the biggest shopping day of the year.
