Bargain Hunters Flood Stores for ‘Black Friday’ Shopping Tradition

A first-time mother and daughter duo said this was probably their first and last time Black Friday Shopping.

However, with some stores beginning Black Friday on Thanksgiving, some shoppers say scoring a good deal has become much more hard.

In a first, online shopping on Black Friday is estimated to have hit the $3 billion mark in the United States with a major chunk of the total sales coming from mobile devices, a report said on Saturday. The retailer was offering a 50-inch Hisense 4K TV for $249.99. That sale is followed by week-long deals. In fact, it was sold out on Amazon as well.

Macy’s CEO Terry Lundgren tells The Associated Press that clothing sales have been good, with sportswear, dresses and even social occasion fashions doing well.

Bree Colley, 30, said she plans to go to Columbia Mall in Missouri on Friday with her mom in their yearly tradition.

Retail experts say you don’t have to do it all at once.

Other firms also highlighted the mobile data in their Black Friday recaps. We are a nation now constantly window shopping online and making digital purchases 24/7.

So what draws shoppers to go back year after year.

Online shoppers broke records on Cyber Monday previous year.

People are shopping until they drop over at Sawgrass Mills where the deals and steals are posted all throughout the mall.

The retail chain also saw an increase in guests shopping via mobile, contributing to more than 60 per cent of the store’s online sales.

The Black Friday madness didn’t stop millions from hitting the streets and shopping early Friday morning. A fight broke out in a mall in Modesto, California, but it was unclear what provoked it.

Black Friday shoppers flocked to the Tippecanoe Mall to fill their carts with door busters and deals on te day after Thanksgiving.

Over the past several years, however, due to increased convenience and availability of online shopping, Black Friday lines and the rush to be first at the door have waned significantly.

By Friday morning, online Black Friday sales tracked by Adobe reached $490 million.

However, some store managers say they expected this because their online sales are growing.

Adobe, the design software company based in San Jose, California, said the most popular items include Lego A/S building sets, Razor electric scooters, flying drones, Mattel Inc. The biggest discounts were for tablets, TVs and toys. For instance Amazon is offering app only deals.

It’s been coming for a while – I remember the righteous indignation a few years ago when Black Friday, the traditional kickoff of the holiday shopping season, started on Thanksgiving Day. Many stores even opened on Thanksgiving, slashing prices for the earliest shoppers. Only stores with exterior entrances were able to open on Thanksgiving Day.