This year, the Black Friday sales come in the context of weak retail revenues blamed in part on relatively warm weather that has discouraged cold-weather purchases.
After chaotic scenes at some stores on Black Friday last year, this year saw much calmer trading as more shoppers made a decision to hunt for bargains online. “That’s part of the reason we think Cyber Monday won’t continue to be the biggest online day going...
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However, Adobe principal analyst Tamara Gaffney noted that the great boost in online sales will not continue for long as retailers have already begun to sell discounted products earlier than Black Friday and even before Thanksgiving, according to CNET.
‘Cyber Monday has always been our biggest single day for sales but the growing success of Black Friday illustrates that it has become a much anticipated date as the nation prepares for the festive season’.
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That means that Amazon will either miss out on Saturday, Sunday and Cyber Monday, or have another event planned to kick off on the weekend following Black Friday. People doing early holiday shopping will still have a lot of company. Like most of the big Black Friday retailers,...
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