Families Hit Stores Early Before Black Friday

Keep digital coupons handy so they can be presented quickly at checkout. Many are planning to run Black Friday deals over several days.

Don’t just look at the price of the stuff you’re buying on Cyber Monday.

According to the Michigan Retailers Association, about 60% of holiday shoppers will be out this Friday.

Mark Elliot of credit card provider MBNA told BBC radio that Friday “is going to be the biggest shopping day ever in British retail history”. The long Thanksgiving weekend accounts for about 15 percent of holiday sales, according to the trade group.

While turkeys are roasting away in the oven (or roaming freely, as with the turkey pictured here), early signs indicate that a lot of you are turning to the internet to get your holiday shopping started.

Shoppers this year are taking full advantage of early promotions from retailers, according to the National Retail Federation.

“(I’m) very surprised that it’s not very crowded and it’s really easy and really enjoyable”, Centers said.

Christmas is the busiest time for retailers and year on year customers will begin their Christmas shopping earlier. Depending on how many stores you’re shopping, these kinds of deals can easily save you $20 to $50 in shipping fees alone.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday are gaining on Cyber Monday as bonanzas for online shopping.

Mthembu, who has been shopping on Black Friday for the past three years, said he was wary of making impulsive buys and would make sure he had money over for the month ahead. She was looking for a big-screen TV at the Best Buy store in Howell Township, New Jersey. Forty-four percent of shoppers will give books, CDs, DVDs, videos or video games, 42% will give toys, 31% food or candy and 30% will give electronics.

Rue 21 Etc. clothing store Manager Cindy Frederick said business was up 25 percent on Thursday evening over a year ago and said the sales numbers were trending the same way Friday. If you haven’t shopped online a lot, you should definitely check out cash back sites like Ebates.com, which reward users for shopping online from participating stores. Christmas music bopped through the mall’s sound system, and holiday decorations glittered on pillars and light poles over a steady stream of shoppers in and out of the stores.

Amazon is one of the biggest Black Friday retailers around, selling thousands of products and changing their deals daily in the run up.

If like mine, your office is partaking in “Secret Santa”, there are many sites that do small affordable amusing gifts that are flawless if you’re unsure of what to get for someone. The women had bags and bags of their Friday finds piled next to them and Kreske said they’d already made one trip out to the auto to drop off a load. Thirty percent of people will post about a gift on social media.

When asked, “How much do you plan to spend on Cyber Monday, compared to past year?” They were slowed down when some registers crashed at peak times, and they couldn’t go online on their phones because they couldn’t connect to the mall’s wi-fi.

Customers also want retailers to go beyond the generic tweet this holiday season.