Shoppers flock to stores to snatch up Black Friday deals

“You can get hurt up there”, she said. Known as “Black Friday”, it takes its name from the day retailers were so overwhelmed with sales their budget lines were “in the black”.

“It’s an adrenaline rush”.

“It takes the fun out of it”, Tucker said. “This year there was only four of us, but we’ve had as many as nine or more in the past”. As a result, sales from smartphones have climbed dramatically from years past.

The National Retail Federation, the industry group representing retailers, said last month that it expects sales in all of November and December – excluding autos, gas and restaurant sales – to hit $655.8 billion this year, including non-store sales of $105 billion.

Shoppers have relished average markdown for tablets of 25.1%, in contrast with just 12.2% on the past year event. A survey from the NRF found that 74 percent of consumers were expected to venture out on Friday this year.

“We saw one of our strongest days ever online”, chief executive Brian Cornell of discount retailer Target said.

“We had 16,000 people at 5 p.m. last night”. The mall is packed.

Second, many people get the day after Thanksgiving off from work since most non-retail businesses, schools and government offices are closed or functioning only with skeleton crews. She also wasn’t impressed with the longer hours or deals.

As in years past, numerous best deals appear to be regarding electronics.

Some made a similar observation at Sawgrass Mills mall. “This seems pretty low key this year”, Kita said.

Several leading retail analysts project a three to four percent rise in holiday shopping sales in 2016 compared with past year.

Tanya Jordan said she planned to start shopping for herself yesterday after buying for others on Thursday night.

The couple loaded up on shorts, sneakers, sweaters, perfume and jeans.

“It’s better than coming in the store”.

“It’s a wonderful mind shift”, Simmons said.

“Our lots are 99 percent full”, Gott said. Hundreds of customers flocked to the mall on Thanksgiving waiting for department stores such as JCPenney to open.

“It’s been wonderful”, said Gott. International “Buy Nothing Day” is an anti-Black Friday celebration for consumers who dread the post-Thanksgiving shopping craze. “My husband and I go every year”, she said. “Televisions, man, televisions. handsome big screens so I can watch sports”, said William Junkin, a recently retired longshoreman shopping at Best Buy in Howell, New Jersey. He will be at Stuff all day Saturday, Simmons said. Cyber Monday is a shopping day for those who prefer online shopping. If you want those rock-bottom prices, you’re going to have to be the dedicated kind of shopper, and there are those deals out there. “I guess it’s just tradition”. Millie Tucker, a Dayton resident, got up at 4 a.m. on Black Friday to shop for clothes, but refused to go out on Thanksgiving.

The Holiday shopping season officially begins the day after Thanksgiving.

Two weeks before Thanksgiving, Miller was calling for volunteers on Facebook to help her gather up her Black Friday list during the sale.

A crowd of shoppers in hoodies and winter coats stood next to the hhgregg near Dayton Mall as it opened it doors at 7 a.m. on Black Friday.

Sometimes the biggest set-backs are the lines, no matter how great the service may be. “It’s been very very steady…”

The St. John’s Town Center near campus is most manageable on Friday, rather than Thursday evening.