PITTSBURGH/CHICAGO Retailers across the United States offered early Black Friday discounts to lure bargain-hunters on Thanksgiving eve, but initial checks showed crowds in brick-and-mortar stores were subdued even as online sales jumped.
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Comparing discounts and prices is easier online – At the heart of shopping is comparing which products at which prices you are willing to buy.
Black Friday is an American shopping event that falls on the first Friday after Thanksgiving; this year it’s today on November 27th.
This hurt customer turnout on Black Friday last year, a trend analysts and consultants expect will repeat this year.
Gamble stood in line for three hours Thanksgiving night, waiting to get a 49-inch tv for $149…
Like Rebecca Aycock, who first got in line at 8AM. Target said that online sales increased 20%, which was below its expectations of 30% for the period.
“There’s no way I’m going back there”, she said.
There are other days to shop that can actually land you bigger savings.
“Thanksgiving tradition is you sit down with the family but you can only learn about your family’s tradition where as here I’ve gotten to meet a lot of interesting people and hear about how they spend Thanksgiving with their family”, said Newborn.
This year, like Black Friday, Cyber “Monday” is growing longer.
Best Buy has multiple Black Friday offers for gamers. But reputed e-commerce sites like Amazon are also generally reliable (for the most part!).
A broad retail index was down 0.2 percent in thin holiday trading.
CBL & Associates Properties’ five area malls – West County Center, St. Clair Square, Chesterfield Mall, Mid Rivers Mall and South County Center – planned to be open from 6 a.m.to 10 p.m. Friday. Moreover, as The New York Times reported this week, Black Friday retail sales peaked at $60 billion in 2012.
uPlan accordingly. While showing up two hours before the store opens in the heat of the midday sun might seem comfortable, spending the night outside is often not.
Nadia Nixon said she had not been Black Friday shopping before, but said she thought the money she could save on big ticket items made the trip worth it. “Our customers can trust us for low prices and rollbacks on gifts and their everyday essentials not just on one day, but for the entire season”. This is quite a hike from a year ago, which saw a mere 52% of Australians shopping online for Christmas. The National Retail Federation is expecting holiday sales to rise 3.7 percent, slower than last year’s 4.1 percent growth rate, due to stagnant wages and sluggish job growth.
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