The next shopping holiday for big box stores is Cyber Monday. And not every shopper was happy about that.
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Digital research firm comScore predicts online sales in the November-December period will increase 14 percent this year to $70 billion. “It’s keeping me warm”, one outlet shopper said.
With more and more stores choosing to open early on Thanksgiving, the new Black Friday experience is becoming a much more leisurely one.
The store, naturally, put tons of time into prepping for Black Friday shoppers that holiday season.
He said even with more businesses coming to Jonesboro, the store still has a loyal following who want to shop local. As for competing against online, many shoppers said they still plan to buy on the internet, especially for things they couldn’t find in the stores.
“I was looking for 70 percent off”, she said.
“We just like to go out”, Ramona Beyer, 53, said. We have a large team dedicated all year to helping pull off Black Friday’.
“We had anticipated it to be busier, but we’re happy with the way it is”, said Judy Fox from Winter Garden. Some shoppers enjoy it for more than just the savings, however, and that’s what keeps them coming back each year. “Our Black Friday is mostly our regular customers, and their family and friends who are in town”.
Video has emerged of bargain-crazed shoppers descending into scenes of scrambling brawls as America’s famed Black Friday sales kick off after the Thanksgiving holiday.
West Acres Mall manager Chris Heaton said Black Friday has changed over the years. Some retailers opened early in morning Thursday, and several more began letting customers in the afternoon. She wanted a television for $80 to put in her guest room for her mother during the holidays.
She solved that quickly by ordering it on Amazon.com. Gift Cards tend to be at full price on Black Friday.
“I won’t do it”, she said, standing in a modest line in advance of Best Buy’s opening on in Duluth on Black Friday.
Not that there aren’t any hot items. Still, there doesn’t seem to be panic right now.
Most stores will open Thanksgiving Day at 5 p.m. and close at 1 a.m. Friday.
“It’s insane, ludicrous. It’s my first year and maybe my last”, said Isbell.
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Mae Anderson in New York, Kristen Wyatt in Denver and Marc Levy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania contributed to the report.
