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Super Saturday Dethrones Black Friday: Verizon
When it comes to e-commerce traffic, Super Saturday — which falls on the last full weekend before Christmas —has become the new Black Friday....
Black Friday 2016
Appliances
Nov. Appliance Shipments Climbed 13% As Black Friday Approached: AHAM
Unit factory shipments of major appliances rose 13 percent in November as retailers stocked up on refrigerators, ranges and laundry pairs in advance of...
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VR And Gaming Fuel 19% Rise In Newegg’s Black Friday Weekend Revenues
Brisk sales of VR equipment, gaming notebooks and video game consoles sent Newegg’s Thanksgiving weekend haul up 19.1 percent year over year, the e-tailer...
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Amazon’s Echo & Fire Devices Were Gobbled Up Over The Holiday Weekend
Amazon said four of its proprietary Echo and Fire devices outsold all other products purchased on its site over Black Friday weekend. The Amazon...
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Sales Surge 27% For Tech & Appliance Retailers Over Thanksgiving, Black Friday
Tech and appliances retailers were far and away the winners of the Thanksgiving/Black Friday sales period, a new report shows. According to credit card...
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CTA: Record Numbers Shopped Online During ‘Black Friday Week’
A record number of American adults (57 percent) shopped online or planned to do so during what the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) dubbed “Black...
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Black Friday 2016 Shaping Up To Be A Record-Breaker
Updated! We’re still only halfway into Black Friday 2016 but early indications suggest it’ll be one for the record books. A combination of post-election...
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Here Are The Top Tech Deals Of Black Friday 2016
O.K., so we’ve spent a month compiling retailers’ best-laid plans for Black Friday. But now that the big day is upon us, who, exactly,...
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What’s In Store For RadioShack On Black Friday
RadioShack has weighed in on its plans for Black Friday, its second under the ownership of hedge fund Standard General. The chain has posted...
Distributors
D&H Keeping The Black Friday Cupboards Filled
Millions of Americans will be hitting the stores and keypads next Black Friday weekend, but none outside of retail will pay any heed to...
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Everything You Need To Know About Black Friday, Cyber Monday & Holiday 2016
Updated! We’ve gathered all the ads, store openings, stats, news stories and advice in one spot. This page will be continuously updated throughout Black...
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Lowe’s Black Friday Ad Leaked
Lowe’s 28-page Black Friday ad scan has been revealed. According to BFAds.net, which hoisted the pirated insert over the weekend, lead-off appliance deals include...
Blogs
Why Customer Service Will Make Or Break Retailers This Black Friday
With Black Friday right around the corner, shoppers are bracing themselves for the flash sales, mall mayhem and 4:00 am wake up calls that...
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Amazon Offering Black Friday Exclusives Through Alexa
Shoppers using Amazon’s Alexa-enabled devices got a leg up on the Black Friday rush this weekend. To help promote its personal digital assistant, the...
CTA
Black Friday Week Could Be A Record-Setter For Tech: CTA
More Americans than ever plan to buy tech products during Black Friday week, setting the stage for what could be a record-setting Thanksgiving cycle,...
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Baker’s Dozen + 1: Top Holiday 2016 Expectations
While sales trends have improved for many fundamentals of the consumer electronics market this year, holiday sales are always uncertain, especially in the largest...
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The Thanksgiving Day Backlash Is Real: Reports
More than 40 national retail chains and countless independent dealers are expected to go dark this Thanksgiving in response to the family-values environment, the...
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Black Friday Deals: Deja Vu All Over Again
If those Black Friday doorbusters seem more than a little familiar, chances are they are. According to free credit report and savings alert site...
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Sam’s Club Announces ‘Samsung Saturday’
If any more proof is needed of Samsung’s utter domination of this year’s Black Friday tech deals, look no further than Sam’s Club. The...
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Best Buy Priming The Black Friday Pump With Early-Bird Deals
Best Buy has made four of its Black Friday deals available today to help whet customers’ appetites for next week’s shopping bonanza. The items...
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Sears Holding 2nd Members-Only Black Friday Sale
Sears’ “Shop Your Way” loyalty club members will get a second shot at the chain’s best holiday prices this Sunday. Following a three-hour private...
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This Thanksgiving, Cowgirls Set The Rules At Cowboy Maloney’s
The leadership team at Mississippi’s Cowboy Maloney’s Electric City knows which side its bread is buttered. The Brothers Maloney — CEO Con, president Eddie,...
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Best Buy’s Tale Of Two Black Fridays
Best Buy has posted video profiles of two customers already camped out for Black Friday. Jarvis Johnson, a Black Friday regular, set up a...
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Target Comes Clean With 36-Page Black Friday Ad
After teasing a handful of Black Friday offers last week, Target has released its full Thanksgiving weekend insert. TVs dominate the first five pages,...
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Amazon Touts ‘Lowest Prices’ On Select Samsung, LG And Sony TVs
Amazon plans to win the holidays through a one-two knockout punch of low prices and customer convenience. To make its point, the No. 1...
Blogs
Mall Of America’s Thanksgiving Treat
On past Thanksgivings we’ve praised businesses that close their doors to let employees spend the holiday with their families. Each year the list grows...
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Micro Center’s Black Friday Sale On Now
Updated!Micro Center has ants in its pants. Not waiting for next week, the No. 1 IT specialty retailer began its Black Friday sale yesterday....
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hhgregg Pitching Half-Price TVs For Black Friday
It’s gonna be a flat-panel Thanksgiving at hhgregg. The 220-store appliance, CE and home furnishing chain has unveiled a deluge of discounted TVs in...
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Newegg Releases Black Friday Week Ad
Newegg, the leading online-only tech specialty retailer, has revealed its 18-page Black Friday ad, featuring 32 deals spanning all of Thanksgiving week. The circular...
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Best Buy Spills The Black Friday Beans (Again)
Updated!Best Buy has tipped its game plan for Black Friday — for real this time. After teasing shoppers with 16 of its Black Friday...
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Home Depot’s Black Friday Plans Exposed
Updated! Another major retail chain has been outed. The Home Depot’s 32-page Black Friday circular was leaked by BFads.net, and it revealed a 6...
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TWICE Exclusive: GameStop Black Friday Plans Revealed
Let the games begin! Shopper advice site BFAds.net has obtained GameStop’s 12-page, 303-item Black Friday ad which it has shared exclusively with TWICE. The circular...
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Target Tips Its Black Friday Hand
Target has laid its Black Friday cards on the table. The discounter’s game plan calls for a Thanksgiving Day opening at 6 p.m., with...
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Walmart Black Friday 2016 Deals Include $298 55-Inch 4K TV
Walmart formally debuted its Black Friday plans, switching things up just a bit vs. last year. The retailer will kick off its in-store Black...
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Sears & Kmart Black Friday Ads Leaked
If the latest leaks are to be believed, Sears and Kmart will both push Samsung TVs on Black Friday. According to ad-leak site BFAds.net,...
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Black Friday Rundown: Costco, Staples, Amazon, JCPenney, Toys‘R’Us And More
Updated! Either intentionally or otherwise, another slew of Black Friday retail ads surfaced over the weekend. Here are the highlights: Costco: The No. 1...
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How To Get Your Piece Of The Black Friday Pie
8 Holiday Tips For Independent Dealers With the year’s most exciting promotional period extended to fill almost the entire month of November as Black...
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BJ’s To Offer 11 Days Of Black Friday Deals
BJ’s Wholesale Club is about to lay bare its Black Friday plans. The No. 3 warehouse club will post its Black Friday Savings Event...
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Staples Teases Black Friday Deals
Staples has divulged some of its Black Friday deals. Teased items include: *an HP Laptop with Intel Core i5 processor for $390, a savings...
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Sam’s Club Black Friday Sales Bared
Shopping advice site BFads.net, the WikiLeaks of holiday promotions, has posted what it said is Sam’s Club’s Black Friday circular. Brent Shelton, the spokesman...
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Newegg Tips Its ‘Black November’ Promo Calendar
Newegg, the largest online-only tech specialty retailer, has unveiled its promotional map for November. Now in its eighth year, the company’s month-long “Black November”...
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Walmart Launches ‘Early Bird’ Pre-Holiday Sale
With Halloween now but a candy corn hangover, Walmart is wasting no time moving on to the real holiday business at hand. In lockstep...