Grey Thursday Taking Over Black Friday

When most of us hear the term “Black Friday” we think of an epic shopping day full of packed malls and parking lots, mobs of hungry shoppers and plenty of deals to go around for everyone.

Despite a move to give families some quality time together – Westfield malls will be closed Thanksgiving, as will International Plaza – many stores are opening later Thursday to accommodate shoppers.

Neal, a member who asked that his last name not be used for privacy, said it’s his fifth year doing the drive on Black Friday.

Because Cyber Monday takes place online, we won’t see the huge crowds and supermarket punch ups that came to characterise Black Friday.

Like Rebecca Aycock, who first got in line at 8AM.

Black Friday shopping went violent in some USA cities. We heard many people discussing that deals were not that compelling compared to years past.

On Friday, State parks around the USA are offering reduced or free entrance, as an alternative to the consumption focused shopping madness of Black Friday.

Black Friday shoppers this year saw no lines, no waiting, and still had the same deals.

“I was looking for 70 percent off”, she said.

Although the “New York Post reported”: http://nyp.st/21jH2UO that frenzied shoppers scrapped in Kentucky over sneakers. The trade group is predicting that holiday sales will increase 3.7 percent in 2015 to $630.5 billion.

Online sales on Thanksgiving increased 26% over a year ago, driven heavily by mobile devices, which accounted for 40% of online sales, according to IBM Watson Trend, which tracks spending by monitoring millions of transactions from retail websites.

With so many shoppers getting their fill of deals on Thanksgiving, Black Friday may be slipping into Grey Thursday.

“This is the one time of the year when I get to stay out all night without taking my kids or my husband”, Martinetty said.

This is one of the busiest weekends of the year for shopping and it’s not over on Sunday. Amazon has the most movies and TV shows on sale today. It took eight minutes for all to enter the store.

“I’d do it again to avoid the crowds”, she said.

Customers purchasing online for Fast Track store pick-up can also now get £1 money back on orders over £25.

In a note to clients on Friday, SunTrust provided an update on their pre-Black Friday “channel checks” – or in-person scan of activity at stores – at malls and other retail outlets in the NY metro area, New England, and the Southeast parts of the country.