Dell is offering up to 70 percent off the price of some of its server kit today, and up to 54 percent off some of its PCs.
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Other Black Friday deals to get now are all movie deals on Amazon.
Shoppers were out and about Friday at the Panama City Mall.
Nationwide, the National Retail Federation expected about 30 million to shop on Thanksgiving, compared with 99.7 million on Black Friday.
“We stayed home and did family and friends and food”, said Shelly Hodgson from St. Petersburg.
People in the Pittsburgh area and across the country have been drawn in by Black Friday deals offered by retailers like Target, Walmart, Best Buy and Macy’s. “It can get insane out there, and we want to provide a very safe and exciting experience for our guest”.
“This is the big event”, said Cindy Hudson, Target’s senior vice president of store operations.
Black Friday shoppers said some of the best deals to be found were on those popular electronic items, which ranged from TVs and cell phones to their accessories.
Even shoppers who are novices to Black Friday sales were impressed.
Black Friday shopping is not for the faint of heart, according to bargain hunter Michael.
Ramona Beyer, standing with her relatives at Melbourne Square Mall in Melbourne, Fla., holding cups of Starbucks coffee, said she’s been Black Friday shopping since her two sons were in diapers. “Nobody dictates trends”, said William Taubman, chief operating officer at Taubman Centers Inc., which operates more than 20 malls in the U.S. Online sales also jumped by 22 percent on Thanksgiving Day, from midnight to 5 p.m. EST.
The next shopping holiday for big box stores is Cyber Monday.
“The 2015 holiday season started as soon as people turned their porch light out for Halloween”, Barr said.
Since Black Friday now starts Thursday evening, stores are spreading out their deals, by day and even hours, giving shoppers incentives to keep coming back. “I figure by next year, we could be going first thing Thanksgiving morning, which means there will be no time for turkey, which we’ll still do it if that happens we might just have to move Thanksgiving to Friday or Saturday”. “Got a speaker, help me out through this journey”, said customer Edwin Hernandez.
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The Moore family says they expect to put in a solid 12 hours of shopping before heading to bed around 5 a.m.
