Blogs
This Holiday Shopping Season, Retailers Need To Play The Long Game
Understanding consumer buying patterns can help you serve your shoppers better this season
Black Friday
Appliances
The Pros And Cons Of Buying Refurbished Appliances
You can snag a big brand bargain in refurbished appliance sales, but do be careful!
Another View
Another View: Online Sees A Surge In interest In Consumer Electronics
Research shows “Cyber 5” shoppers were focused on CE goods
Retail
Half Of Americans Have Already Started Holiday Gift Buying As Shoppers Warned To Buy Early
Do you need to start buying holiday gifts early? According to a new survey, half of US shoppers already have.
Another View
Guest Post: Bye-Bye Black Friday?
Breaking with tradition, national chains including Best Buy, Walmart and Target plan to remain closed on Thanksgiving Day
The Wire - Press Releases
Sigma Celebrates Black Friday with Incredible Savings on Select Art Prime Lenses and the MC-11
Shoppers can save up to $250 on award-winning Sigma Art Lenses and $100 off its Mount Converter MC-11 for Sony camera systems until December...
Retailing
Target Takes On Amazon Prime Day With “Target Deal Days”
No membership required to purchase deals
Retail
Black Friday In July Is Apparently A Thing
More than 50% of consumers to partake in summer sales
Retail
The Changing Face Of Holiday Shopping
Forget what you know about the holiday shopping season; it’s all about to change, and this year’s the inflection point.
news
Office Depot Deploying Pre-Black Friday Sales
Office Depot is getting a jumpstart on Black Friday weekend with a staggered pre-holiday sale running Oct. 29 through Nov. 18. Among the deals,...
news
Leaked Kohl’s Ad Kicks Off Black Friday Competition
And so it’s begun. Kohl’s Black Friday circular was unveiled last night, making it the first major full-line retailer to enter the doorbuster derby....
news
Electronics Still Reign Supreme For The Holidays
Clothing, gift cards and even children’s toys don’t have anything on consumer electronics this holiday season. So says market research firm Field Agent –...
news
Viewpoint: Deck The Halls
Season’s greetings! (He says, ducking) Only in the farkakte (look it up) world of retailing would perfectly sane men and women enjoy an early...
Blogs
Crash And Churn
Black Friday made history last week as the first day ever to generate over a billion dollars in sales from mobile devices, according to...
news
Retailers Ready For Black Friday, But Are Shoppers?
The moment of truth is finally arriving on Friday, the culmination of months of negotiations and preparations, and carefully orchestrated leaks, previews and early-bird...
Another View
White Goods Get a Black Eye From ‘Friday’ Sales
I was on a road trip last week, crossing off a bucket list item with three friends visiting the Augusta National Golf Club during...
news
Sears Uses The ‘F’ Word, As In ‘Black Friday’
Many of us — whether we’re sales associates, merchants, store managers, shoppers, or retail reporters — have only just now fully recovered from Black...
news
Super Bowl Beats Black Friday For TV Purchases
More consumers will buy a TV during Super Bowl sales than during Black Friday, Cyber Monday and December sales combined, a FatWallet consumer survey found. Almost half...
news
Black Friday Postscript: Tech Did Better On Thanksgiving
Sales of consumer electronics were stronger on Thanksgiving than they were on Black Friday, an assessment by Stitch Labs shows. According to the inventory...
news
Reflections On Cyber Black Thanksfriday
America’s annual rite of overindulgence has come and gone, leaving retailers to count their receipts and pundits to ponder the repercussions. What’s become clear...
news
How Video & Audio Center Bested Black Friday
Amid last weekend’s holiday shopping frenzy, when doorbuster deals drew large crowds and low margins, at least one independent tech dealer decided to take...
news
Amazon Was Lowest In Black Friday Pricing, But Walmart And Best Buy Came Close
A combination of frequent price adjustments and deep discounts on select items made Amazon the king of competitive pricing over Black Friday weekend. According...
news
Amazon Devices On Fire Over Black Friday Weekend
Amazon’s family of proprietary tech products got a running start to its holiday haul last weekend. The world’s largest e-tailer said it sold millions...
news
Tech Takes Strong Black Friday Share: CTA
Black Friday came and went and technology products once again played a crucial role in shoppers’ gift-giving plans, according the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)....
news
On The Scene: Best Buy Tackles Black Friday
It’s here — or, rather, it’s gone. Despite what some have deemed a backlash against stores opening on Thanksgiving, many shoppers still forsake their...
news
hhgregg Starting Weekend Sales Tonight
In the holiday game of early-sale one-upmanship, hhgregg is scoring points by kicking off its weekend event this evening. Beginning online only at 9 p.m....
news
Kmart Kicking Off Cyber Monday Deals On Sunday
Attention Kmart shoppers! Taking a page from Walmart, the chain will begin its Cyber Monday deals on Sunday, Nov. 29, and transform the one-day...
news
Toys‘R’Us Cyber Monday Ad Leaked
Santa’s sleigh will be a little less digital on Cyber Monday if Toys“R”Us has its way. The chain’s Cyber Monday ad was leaked on...
news
Micro Center Begins Black Friday Sale Now
Micro Center isn’t waiting until the day after Thanksgiving to start its Black Friday sale. The regional IT specialty chain has already put more...
news
Everything You Need To Know About Black Friday 2015
Welcome to your one-stop shop for everything Black Friday and Holiday 2015! We’re tracking all plans, ads and openings for consumer electronics and major...
Keeping Current
Don’t Buy This On Black Friday
CNET’s Rick Broida gives the nitty gritty on what we’ve now come to accept: Those deals on Black Friday aren’t always deals at all....
news
GameStop Drops Black Friday Week Ad
GameStop, which last month declared a moratorium on Thanksgiving hours, has pre-empted the holiday by launching a 10-day Black Friday Week sale. The promotion,...
Another View
Has Black Friday ‘Jumped The Shark’?
When did Black Friday cease being the official Opening Day of holiday discounts and shopping? Was it in 2013 when the trend to open...
news
Newegg Plans Week-Long Black Friday Sale
Newegg, which has been running sales all month long under its Black November campaign, will really ratchet things up next week. That’s when the...
news
RadioShack Proclaims Its Return In Black Friday Ad
Proclaiming that it’s “back and better than ever,” RadioShack has released an eight-page Thanksgiving/Black Friday digital ad that’s heavy on headphones, hobby kits, RC...
news
Black Friday Watch: Target Kicks Off 10 Days Of Deals
Keeping in step with the Black November theme, Target revealed a “10 Days of Deals” promo beginning this Sunday, Nov. 22. Running through Dec....
news
Fry’s Plies PCs For Black Friday Promos
PCs and peripherals loom large in the Thanksgiving and Black Friday promotional plans of Fry’s. The multiregional IT, CE and appliance superstore kicks off...
news
CTA Sees ‘Record-Setting’ Black Friday Week
A record-setting 91 million Americans — 37 percent — expect to purchase tech or tech accessories during Black Friday Week, according to the Consumer...
news
Amazon Reveals Black Friday Deals
Looking to score one of those Amazon Lightning Deals this holiday season? Better get the app. For the first time, Amazon will offer more...