“It’s quiet very quiet”, he said.
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Shopping centres and stores all across Glasgow reported a calm day in contrast to the scenes of chaos which were seen previous year.
“People shop online all year round”.
At brick-and-mortar stores, foot traffic was declining as consumers increasingly shifted shopping online, Ken Perkins, a research analyst at Retail Metrics, wrote in a note.
There are reasons for retailers to be concerned about the holiday spending outlook.
She said discounting levels online averaged 26 and 24 percent on both days respectively, and remained similar to last year’s levels. According to this report, 20 punches were counted in a mall in Louisville.
Shoppers are cashing in on Black Friday deals.
Thinner crowds in stores over Black Friday weekend were also partly attributable to virtual shopping.
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“It’s not as busy as it used to be, because you can buy stuff online”, said Rita Yackovich of Jeannette.
Cyber security expert Dave Whitelegg urged shoppers seeking bargains online to be vigilant as hackers were targeting people “all the time”. He said marijuana gift-giving is becoming more common, though most were shopping for themselves Friday.
“It’s pretty jam-packed out here. A lot of people said they have opted to come here instead of the mall”.
In London’s West End, sales are expected to hit £200m this weekend, part of the £2.3bn forecast for the full Christmas season.
This year, Black Friday seemed to be more of a gray day. By late Friday morning, shoppers were waiting 25 minutes to check out at the Toys “R” Us in Cranberry.
The trio mapped out their early Friday morning plan of attack in advance using store ads.
“Small Business Saturday is bigger for us than Black Friday”, said Kyle Kemble, the manager of Uncle’s Games in downtown Spokane.
Kohl’s – Opens 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
Others preferred to wait until Friday to get started.
Fights have broken out in malls across the USA as shoppers swarm for the holiday season retail frenzy known as Black Friday. “I live for this day”.
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“This is the one time of the year when I get to stay out all night without taking my kids or my husband”, Martinetty said. And Wal-Mart’s Steve Bratspies, chief merchandising officer, said the chain saw more shoppers going back forth between its website and its stores compared with a year. However, they may get more for their money. He was surprised by the amount of deals from each store and variety of people willing to spend big bucks on items.
