Fundamental Guide for Black Friday

The pre-Black Friday sales for 2015 are in full swing. If you wait until you wake up, say 7 a.m., you likely will be out of luck.

Consumers are increasingly skeptical about whether they’re going to find great values on Black Friday, and a new study finds that there’s something behind those hunches.

Each and every year, Best Buy is one of the more popular stores on Black Friday, mainly because they have some of the best electronics out there to offer, and on this particular, they have some of the best deals on them for your Christmas -or personal- needs.

Black Friday is no longer what it once was, and it may not be the day to get the best deal on many items.

For those who plan on shopping in-store during Black Friday – 75% say they’ll use a smartphone or tablet to access online services for store locations, price comparisons, and coupons, according to a survey by retale.com. Anyone can shop Amazon’s Black Friday Deals store now, keeping in mind once again that certain items are set aside as Prime members’ early access deals. Combine this with the ability to look at most of the Black Friday 2015 ads and many shoppers should start looking now.

According to Walmart’s Chief Merchandising Officer, to make things easier for offline customers, Walmart Black Friday 2015 deals will go live at 6 PM.

For a growing number of retailers, it’s not just a day; it’s turning into a week!

As always, Governor’s Square Mall is the centerpiece of Clarksville’s regional Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping experience, but not all of its stores will be open on Thanksgiving. You can get breaking deals as well as leaked Black Friday ads in real time, which will definitely be helpful on Black Friday.

“Consumers have a lot more options than they had in the past”, he said.

You’d think that with manic efforts by many brick-and-mortar retailers to beef up their online sales that Thanksgiving would be the day to emphasize that part of their business.

The CTA estimates that 155 million of us will shop from Monday through the following Cyber Monday, (thats 63% of United States of America adults) and that 91 million (37%) plan to purchase tech items. “Everything will really start to pick up on Wednesday with Black Friday pricing”. Including Target, Best Buy, Home Depot and so many others.

The weekend continues with Black Friday store hours on Saturday, Nov. 28, from 9 a.m.to 10 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 29, from 11 a.m.to 8 p.m. “I’m a Prime member, and I love Amazon, and I assume I’m getting the best prices”. The quality will be the same, regardless of where you buy them. Overall, the average discount for Black Friday was 40 percent.