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Black Friday Online Deals

November 27, 2009 by · Comments Off on Black Friday Online Deals 

Some of the deepest discounts on name brand consumer goods are not found in stores – instead, they can be found online. Many stores are offering online deals in order to balance out the holiday shopping rush. Stores are offering special online-only Black Friday deals that shoppers can take advantage of for a limited time.

Many people are shopping at stores during the day and seeking online deals at night when stores are out of stock on their best deals. Coupon sites online are offering Black Friday online deals that are not well known, many of which have limited availability.

The most attractive thing about Black Friday online deals for companies like Walmart, Best Buy and Target about Black Friday is that it keeps overhead costs low – they are already having to over-staff their stores to handle the Black Friday rush.

Many stores will keep longer hours and have already opened earlier (some as early as 5 AM, others did not close at all last night). In any case, if you are looking for the best Black Friday online deals on luxury products, electronics, jewelry or televisions you can find coupon code websites that offer discounts up to 75% off on all of these items. Look around and let us know what you find!

Black Friday 2009 Best Buy Ads

November 26, 2009 by · Comments Off on Black Friday 2009 Best Buy Ads 

I’ve been reading Credit Suisse (CS) analyst Gary Balter’s reports on hardline retailers since the mid-’90s, when I wrote about companies like Home Depot (HD) and Sears (SHLD). Balter is not only a savvy analyst. He’s also a very good writer. This morning at 7:17, Balter emailed this note to clients about Black Friday shopping, which he titled “Bring Back the Good Old Days.”  I’m on his email list, so I read it and enjoyed it so much that I asked him if we could reprint it on Postcards. “Absolutely,” Balter replied. So here’s a veteran Wall Street analyst on how Black Friday 2010 is upending our holiday shopping rituals.–Patricia Sellers

Guest Post by Gary Balter, managing director and senior analyst, Credit Suisse

What is happening to America? For years, we looked forward to getting together with the in-laws on Thanksgiving, watching some football, eating some turkey, and most important, pouring through every Black Friday ad and dividing up which stores we would each wait in line for. Waking up at 3 a.m., we would not only rush to get in line but would be in communication with the team–figuring out if Circuit City had fewer people in line, by 4 a.m. knowing if we would get one of the better door-busters at Best Buy (BBY), what the lines were like at Wal-Mart (WMT), etc.

Things began to change well before the Internet. About six years ago, CompUSA (SYX) decided to begin its Black Friday sales at midnight. That meant getting in line on the way back from turkey dinner, and then getting but a few hours of sleep before beginning the hunt in the a.m.  Of course, since it seemed that every CompUSA purchase required one to fill out a rebate form, that effort used up any time otherwise reserved for sleep.

Returning home from all stores by 8 a.m. at the latest, we would call the family and discuss splitting up the prizes, meeting somewhere between New York and Allentown, Pa., to celebrate together. Total savings on anything we really needed was likely nothing, but the thrill of the hunt kept us going. Friends of our cousins, when meeting us, would know exactly which product we had waited for and how much money we had “saved.”

A few years ago, sites like bfads.net started to compare all of the Black Friday ads. Although it made it easier, it seemed to take the thrill out of comparing the products. However, even with that, we still had the cold weather to look forward to the next morning.

About four years ago, our world changed. We discovered that in some stores, including Circuit City, one could go online on Thanksgiving and buy the Black Friday ads. The following year, others followed, but the better stores still kept their best sales for those who would wait in line.

This year, we are getting Black Friday sales for weeks before Black Friday at Sears, Kmart, Wal-Mart and Best Buy, among others, and have the ability to buy just about every ad on-line, with many stores opening on Thanksgiving. Looking at what looked like prizes worth standing in line for, at Staples (SPLS), for example, we were dismayed to read that we could buy the same products on-line from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. That is going to hurt sales of winter clothing, as we won’t have to stand in below-zero temperatures for that sliver of a savings.

May we suggest that someone in the government, at least in the colder northern states, pass a law that does not allow one to call savings ‘Black Friday’ until Black Friday? Until then, enjoy the warmth, and Happy Thanksgiving.

Blackfridaydeals 2009

November 26, 2009 by · Comments Off on Blackfridaydeals 2009 

November 26: Blackfridaydeals 2009, Kmart Black Friday, Bestbuy Black Friday 2009 and Best Buy Black Friday deals. Black Friday seems to have become the buzzword now with every known and less known retailer providing huge discounts on dinner sets to home furnishing and computer to cameras.
And by the way many manufacturers too have joined the frenzy of Black Friday discounts and sales deals that are being discussed all over the internet.

The news about deals have not remained as secretive it used to be as we have seen how many news portals and dedicated Black Friday websites have started giving information about sales and discounts weeks before the day itself.

Amazon is giving huge discounts on many items including Xbox 360 Console besides a great guitar. As a scheme it is offering the two products at just $199.99.

Walmart has already sold HP laptop for as low as $299 as part of its pre Black Friday sales.

Now there are reports that Best Buy has is also offering a huge discount on HP laptop. This HP laptop is being offered at even a bit lower price than what Walmart offered.

Best Buy is selling it for $197.

Best Buy is also offering almost twenty five percent discount on its Coolpix P90 camera. This is a great camera and its normal price is around $400.

But as part of Black Friday sales the retail giant is offering it for as little as $300.

Black Friday At Wal Mart

November 25, 2009 by · Comments Off on Black Friday At Wal Mart 

All the big retailers have to up their security on November 27, ready for the Black Friday 2009 shopping frenzy. These retailers will now have more control on customers looking to pick up the hottest deals; there will be more staff on the floor as well as longer opening hours.

Wal-Mart are starting their Black Friday deal much earlier this year, in the hope of avoiding the same tragedy that happened last year when one of its security guards sadly lost his life after he was trampled to death by eager shoppers.

Wal-Mart is not the only store to begin controlling these hot deals, Target and Best Buy are also employing the same tactic.

According to a report from USA Today, if deals on Black Friday are not controlled, then we will see a repeat of last year’s incidents, like the shooting on Thanksgiving Day. Retailers have had to respond, not only for the safety of their staff, but for its customers as well.

Joe LaRocca, an advisor from the National Retail Federation has issued a number of crowd control suggestions to members in the run up to Black Friday, it is those stores with doorbuster deals that are most at risk.

LaRocca suggested that retailers hand out tickets or wristbands to those eligible for the doorbuster deals; these would normally for a certain number of shoppers in the queue.

Best Buy Black Friday 2009 Flyer.

November 25, 2009 by · Comments Off on Best Buy Black Friday 2009 Flyer. 

New York: Best Buy Black Friday Deals 2009 Flyer: Best Buy have finally published their official ad. The store would be opening at 5am and tickets for the doorbuster deals are handed out as early as 3am on Black Friday.

best-buy-black-friday-deals-2009-flyer-200x200The Best Buy Black Friday Doorbuster deals include a 46-inch Samsung 120Hz LED HDTV for $1,599.99, a MacBook with free $150 Gift Card for $999.99, PS3 with 2 free games at $299.99, Xbox 360 Elite with 6 Games for $299.99 and Free LG Chocolate Touch with contract.

In the mean time, Best Buy is giving deals on $197 HP Notebook. Already mentioned above the $197 HP Notebook is so far the lowest priced Windows 7 notebook I have seen so far.

Besides this, they are offering $7.99 Blu-ray movies, $3.99 DVDs and $4.99 PC games round out the Best Buy Black Friday deals.

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