Consumer Tech Sales on Black Friday 2008 Decline

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Black Friday 2008 has come and gone with more than a few reports of tragedy among the good deals. According to research firm NPD Black Friday sales have declined for the first time ever during the week of the busiest shopping day of the year.

NPD says that discounting was much less this year than in previous years and there was an emphasis on online shopping and less exciting products being offered. Despite reduced sales a few bright spots emerged, with one of them being notebook PC sales. Read more

Posted on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:05:05 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Black Friday 2008 turned to Cyber Friday

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Based in the initial reports the brick and mortar stores saw weaker Black Friday Sales. As I predicted already earlier this week more and more shoppers do not get out into the cold night to score a Black Friday doorbuster deal. They stay home and shop for the great deals online.
According to data just released by eBay, PayPal saw a 34% more transactions and 26% increase in online payment volume compared to Black Friday 2007.
Additionally PayPal's Payflow Gateway data shows that on Black Friday consumers are shopping the most during lunch time, with 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM being the busiest purchasing time for the past three years. Read more

Posted on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:43:14 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Amazon Black Friday 2008 Sale fully launched

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Amazon kept shoppers happy with daily Black Friday deals, but now they launched their full blown Black Friday 2008 sale.
Before you head out into the cold night to line-up in front of a Best Buy or Walmart check Amazon.com's deals. Maybe you do not have to leave the house today.
The Amazon Black Friday savings are huge. You get for instance the Kota Triceratops ride-on dino for only $199.99 ($100 off), Sony BDP-S350 Blu-ray player for $199.99 or the 46 inch Samsung LN46A530 for only $1,099.
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Posted on Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:00:11 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Best Buy Black Friday 2008 Sales just started

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Are you still awake? I bet you are. Best Buy just started their Black Friday Sales online this moment. The sale is going on the whole Thanksgiving weekend.
All product pages have not been released yet so the publishing of the Black Friday online deals at Best Buy is still in progress.
You can expect savings of $100–$250 on Dell Notebooks, 4GB Sansa Fuze MP3 Player for $49.99 Sony Notebook VGN-FW245J/HC with Blu-ray drive and Blu-ray movie bundle for $899.98, GPS sales, a $99.99 Sony Blu-ray player with select Sony TV purchases, and many more deals. Read more

Posted on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:25:57 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

NewEgg Black Friday 2008 Sale started

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Happy Thanksgiving! NewEgg is now in full Black Friday 2008 Sales mode. After some pre-sales the computer components and eletronics retailer launched now their Black Friday sales ahead of Thanksgiving Day.
If you were hoping for Black Friday Core i7 sales you will be disappointed. Only some Core i7 Gaming Rigs from Velocity are on sale, but I am not sure if this is a Black Friday worthy price.
Looking at the hot deals you can find in the NewEgg Black Friday sales list I have found a couple listed below:
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Posted on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:07:23 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Retailers ready for Black Friday 2008 Sales Battle

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Today is Wednesday, this means there stands only a Turkey between us and Black Friday. Bloomberg has a report that gives some indications how much pressure the big retailers feel to make this coming sales weekend count.
As reported several retailers started to offer early Black Friday deals throughout the months and of course all this week. In my mind that takes a lot of pressure out of actually having to shop on Black Friday. Read more

Posted on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:40:16 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Micro Center Black Friday 2008 Ad unveiled

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If you are wondering what deals Micro Center has this long Thanksgiving Sales weekend than you can find out in their Black Friday Sales circular published on their site.
Yesterday Micro Center had some server issues and I could not access the Black Friday Ad. Several of the TV deals require a Coupon that Micro Center is handing out in the lines before the store opens. Here are my highlights from the Micro Center Thanksgiving sales:
40 inch Sony BRAVIA 1080p HDTV for $799.99 (requires coupon, 15 per store)
WD My Book 750GB for $79.99 (requires coupon, 40 per store)
Acer 14.1 inch Intel Dual Core notebook for $299.99 (requires coupon, 10 per store) - HOT! Read more

Posted on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:28:24 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple Black Friday 2008 Teaser is online

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The Apple Black Friday deals for 2008 are highly anticipated amidst rumors that they deals are better than ever. In general every sale on the Apple Store is an event as it happens very rarely and discounts on Apple products are meager throughout the year.
Now Apple published a teaser for their Black Friday 2008 Sale. The one Day Apple sales event is supposed to feature dozens of great iPod, iPhone and Mac gift ideas – all with free delivery.


Update: Apple Black Friday Deals are on Sale Now
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