Best Buy has just released its catalog of deals for their Black Friday bash and with it tons of deals on games, consoles, accessories, figures, and even eshop cards.
Imagine a not-too-far-away parallel universe where Americans choose not to celebrate Thanksgiving, but instead Black Friday Eve. Where the holiday is not about giving thanks, but rather preparing for the marathon shopping the next day. What would that look like?
Black Friday shopping has been a tradition for many people who love to get deals before Christmas. But the retailers are changing the play book for this year. Many will be open on Thanksgiving Day.
It's not just the big-box stores like Walmart and Target who get mobbed by 'Black Friday' shoppers. Here you can watch as hundreds of women prepare to trample each other for fancy underwear at their local Victoria's Secret.
The big gimmick this Thanksgiving season is retailers beginning their Black Friday sales on Thursday, a day previously reserved for turkey and football with the family. This has understandably annoyed retail employees, who now have to work on what was previously a holiday. It also isn't necessarily winning over consumers.
Everyone knows that the day after Thanksgiving -- aka Black Friday -- is the busiest day of the year for shopping. But apparently three wild deer got a bit confused as to the date and showed up at Kohl's department store four days early.
Turkey-stuffed Shreveport and Bossier City residents who want to get a head-start on holiday shopping this year should get that important post-Thanksgiving meal nap in as early as possible. This year's Black Friday shopping extravaganza falls on November 23, but several major retailers will open their doors extremely early -- at midnight or even on Thanksgiving Day.
Here are the times some stores
Black Friday sales. To my mother and sister, it's about grabbing good deals and specials. To me, it's more about people watching.
But to one San Fernando woman, it was about using pepper spray to make sure she got the Doorbuster deals!
For those of you who preferred sleeping in to sleeping outside of Best Buy — we feel you! Thankfully, there are just as good Black Friday deals online as there are if you’d wait on line for hours just to get in — and a lot of PopCrush favorites are on sale!
Twenty-four percent of Americans plan to brave the crowds and take advantage of seductive Black Friday savings, according to a survey of 1,168 adults by Poll Position.