Walmart Takes Steps To Prevent More Black Friday Chaos And Tragedy
Hoping to avoid anything even close to last year’s tragic Black Friday human stampede, Walmart stores nationwide aren’t opening at the crack of dawn. Instead of opening their doors at 5 A.M. and...
View ArticleBlack Friday Doorbusters Are A Sleazy Way To Lure Customers
Pay no attention to those ridiculously cheap TV sets and game systems—also called doorbusters—that retailers use to lure in hordes of holiday shoppers, notes CNN. They’re the equivalent of that little...
View ArticleLowe's Holds Sale, Underestimates Demand For 90% Off KitchenAid Stand Mixers
Home improvement retailer Lowe’s went on Facebook and invited all of its friends to a totally awesome pre-Black Friday party late Thursday night and early Friday morning. Like all really fun parties,...
View ArticleScope Out Black Friday Deals Early
With Black Friday just a few weeks away, it’s already time to start thinking about which shopping spots you’ll attack the morning after Thanksgiving. FatWallet rounds up the Black Friday deals as they...
View ArticleRush To Snag New Air Jordans Leads To Maced Shoppers
In a scene similar to some of the bloodthirsty throngs at post-Thanksgiving doorbuster sales, shoppers at a Texas mall grew impatient with waiting for Nike’s new Air Jordan 11 Retro sneakers to go on...
View ArticleSam’s Club Offers Great Thanksgiving Week Deals, Abruptly Cancels Orders
Free shipping, free cancellations Is Sam’s Club the new Best Buy? Last year, Best Buy canceled orders for many of their hottest doorbusters just before Christmas, leaving customers sad and giftless. If...
View ArticleOffice Depot Will Open For 3 Hours On Thanksgiving Day
(eviloars and frankieleon)In another blow for that holiday that we used to call “Thanksgiving,” the newly merged Office Depot and OfficeMax will open for a few hours on Thanksgiving Day, delivering...
View ArticleRetailers Move Sales Earlier In Thanksgiving Week, Begin Black Friday Creep
Maybe it doesn’t matter whether retailers open on Thanksgiving Day or not. Trying to attract our dollars and our attention, stores moved their deals even farther back this year, in a holiday season...
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