Comments on: Internet Marketers Target Black Friday

By: Brad Harmon

Brad Harmon — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:31:29 +0000

@Make Quick Money
The media has dubbed the Monday following Thanksgiving as Cyber Monday which is supposed to be the equivalent of Black Friday for online retailers. I guess the theory is that what sales they missed, or out of stock issues they faced, the customer turns to the internet to find them.
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By: Make Quick Money

Make Quick Money — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:43:23 +0000

Doesn’t sound like a very positive thing, does it – “Black Friday”? But it certainly is for anyone in the retail industry.

Sound advice from Jared… But I still don’t know if this is something I want to brave. There are definitely bargains to be found, but from now onwards I’d rather steer well clear of the malls!

Is there a similar phenomenon in online shopping?
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By: jennytales

jennytales — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:09:45 +0000

Hey Jared, I like that “stick to the men stores”. There are definitely some interesting things happening in this economic climate. I was out and about on black friday and one of the big malls near me has opened a second hand clothing store right in the mall. Bargains galore. Do you find Twitter helps you with your blog traffic? I need to learn more about that. Hope all is well with you and your girls. Jenny
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By: Jared

Jared — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:10:32 +0000

@Brad Harmon
Very well said Brad,

Basicly here stores open early and offer some really good door busters offers to attract buyers. You can find big ticket items with nice discounts. I am not one for shopping either I did go out and bought myself a shopvac for $29 dollars $50 dollars off. I then tried to make it in to walmat around 6:30am but they still had a line off about 500 people. Their were only letting so many in the store at a time I figured it would have cleared out by then but no luck.

My advice to black friday shoppers is to stick to the men stores like Lowes and Home Depot. I got their about 10 minutes before 6:00am and they had about 100 people in line no pushing everyone walked in and I was out the door by 6:05 with what I came for. I could have purchased anything they had listed they had enought stock to cover the 1st hour of the sale I would say maybe more.
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By: Brad Harmon

Brad Harmon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:56:29 +0000

Dana,

Some retailers make most of their money during the holiday period. The busiest shopping day of the year is the Friday after Thanksgiving. It is the start of retailers going from being “in the red” (making little or losing money) to being “in the black” (making money or becoming profitable). Think of it like a calculator that displays negative numbers in red and positive numbers in black.

Jared,

I am a last minute shopper myself, but my wife does most of the shopping so she will be out there with the crowds. For me, the crowds at the mall is the one thing I do not like at the holidays.

Brad
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