Black Friday and Thanksgiving Sales 2008 bigger than ever?

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In 100 days the Thanksgiving sales will kick of the holiday shopping season 2008 followed by Black Friday. Despite a slow economy the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) sees overall shipment revenues top $173 billion in the United States in 2008.
To reach this goal retailers will have to try even harder this year to get consumers to spend money on TVs, video game hardware, cameras, GPS devices and so on. Read more

Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:00:38 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

First Black Friday 2008 Ad leaked

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It is the middle of Summer, but retailers are already busy preparing the Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales bonanza 2008. The Thanksgiving sales might be even more important this year with the economy not doing too well and you want to make sure you spend your Dollars wisely.
The BFAds site known for their ability to get their hands on leaked print advertisments from the major retailers has already published the first Black Friday Ad of 2008. Read more

Posted on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Best Selling Products and Product Categories for Black Friday 2007

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PriceGrabber.com also released a list of its best selling items from Black Friday. The items are broken down into best overall product sales, top categories for 2007 and for comparison PG throws in top selling categories from 2006 as well.

The top selling products according to PriceGrabber.com for Black Friday this year include:

1. Nintendo Wii Console
2. Microsoft Zune 30GB Media Player - Brown
3. TomTom ONE 3rd Edition GPS
4. Activision Guitar Hero III Legends of Rock Bundle
5. Canon PowerShot SD1000 Silver Digital Camera
6. Microsoft Office 2004 Student and Teacher
7. Western Digital My Book Essential Edition External 500GB Hard Drive
8. Magellan Maestro 3100 GPS
9. Canon PowerShot SD750 Digital Camera
10. Canon EOS Regel XTi Black SLR Digital Camera

Posted on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:20:39 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Pricegrabber.com Lists 5 Things You didn't Expect from Black Friday

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Pricegrabber.com has released a list of its top five things you didn’t expect to see on Black Friday. PriceGrabber estimates the total volume of merchant referrals generated to sellers on Black Friday and said that its referral have increased by 47% this year over last year.

The top five things PriceGrabber didn’t expect to see include that Black Friday shopping started on Thursday this year. This fact has been reported from other merchants as well. It makes me wonder if we will begin seeing more retailers staying open longer hours on Thanksgiving next year. Read more

Posted on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:09:03 CST | by Shane McGlaun

The Top-selling Products on Black Friday 2007

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The first data about Black Friday sales trickles in. Price comparison engine Pricegrabber says that total volume of their merchant referrals generated to sellers on Black Friday has increased 47% over last year with an average order referral of $431.

This would be a good sign as many fear a weak 2007 holiday shopping season.
The top-selling products on Black Friday according to Pricegrabber are the Nintendo Wii, 30GB Brown Zune, TomTom One 3rd Edition GPS, Guitar Hero III, and Canon Powershot SD1000. Read more

Posted on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Buy.com Black Friday Deals

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Buy.com offers some cool Black Friday deals today. Their promise is that they have hundreds of products with over 50% off in electronics, games and DVDs.

The iRobot Roomba Discovery SE vacuum robot sells for $139.99 ($299.99). Another cool deal is the SanDisk Sansa e250 with 2GB that sells for just $39.99. Read more

Posted on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony PS3 SIXAXIS $19.99 Amazon Black Friday Deal

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As rumored Amazon.com is selling the Sony PS3 SIXAXIS controller for $19.99 on Black Friday.

This is an excellent opportunity to equip your Sony PS3 for multi-player sessions. You basically get 2 controllers for the price of one and some. Read more

Posted on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:22:46 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Amazon Black Friday Deals are online now

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Amazon has just published their Black Friday deals. Amazon offers a huge selection of deals across all product categories.

I just pick here the highlights from the toys and electronics selection. Amazon also offers Black Friday deals on apparel, footwear, jewelry, watches, sporting goods and more. Read more

Posted on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:22:46 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple Black Friday Deals are available now

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Apple has updated their online store and their Black Friday deals are available now.

Apple offers free shipping today and lots of special priced offers on iPods, iMacs, Macbooks and accessories.
It always make sense to compare the Apple store deals with the ones on Amazon, they might be beating them. Read more

Posted on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:54:12 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple Store is down for Black Friday Deals Preparation

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The Apple Store is down right now. The Apple store will have special Black Friday deals.

Update:
Apple store is back with great Black Friday deals

To get deals on Apple products is a rare opportunity as Apple holds a strong grip on retailers. It is not known yet what Black Friday deals Apple will be offering. Read more

Posted on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:31:47 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Top Black Friday Deals Round-up

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Before you head out into the night to line-up in front of a Best Buy to get a chance on the Doorbuster deals, here is a summary of the best Black Friday deals and tips we have published over the last days.

As mentioned Best Buy has special Doorbuster Black Friday deals. Best Buy opens at 5am and hands out tickets for the first customers in line at 3am. More details. Read more

Posted on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:05:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Think Geek Black Friday Deal for Geeks only

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Premier gadget shop Think Geek also has a Black Friday sale that is already underway.

The 'super geeked out' 8-bit tie is 50% off and sells throughout Black Friday for only $9.99.
The 8-bit tie is of course clip-on, no real geek knows how to make a tie knot. The pixelated design and jaggy edges complete the 8-Bit look. The 8-bit tie is made from silky microfiber. Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Off Beat Black Friday Sale at Entertainment Earth

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Niche stores also have interesting Black Friday sales going on, not just the big guys like Wal-mart, Circuit City and Best Buy. If you're into anime, sci-fi, collectibles, or mint condition figurines you should not miss the Black Friday sales at Entertainment Earth.

You are starring right now at the "Please Teacher Mizuho Kazami Dessert Time" statue, which is on sale for $34.90 ($40.09 savings). Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:52:47 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Vizio TV Black Friday Deals

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As just reported Vizio is the top selling LCD TV brand in North America for the consecutive Quarter. The company announced today the Black Friday pricing for several of their HDTVs.

The 50 inch Vizio Plasma HDTV VP50 will be on sale for $999 on Costco ($200 savings). Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Circuit City Black Friday Deals already selling Online

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Circuit City boldly announces that you can already get Black Friday deals online now.

The special deals are marked with a T-day sale icon.
Amongst the available online Black Friday deals are a Nikon D40 2-Lens Kit for $649.99, Guitar Gear Judgment for PSP at $4.99 and a Sony Bravia 46 inch 1080p LCD KDL-46V2500 for $1,749.99 (Compare Prices). Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:24:39 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Wal-mart Secret In-Store Black Friday Deals revealed

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We reported about the Wal-mart secret In-Store deals on Tuesday. Today Wal-mart revealed all secret in-store deals for Friday.

The secret In-Store Wal-mart deals for Friday include an Xbox 360 Arcade for $279.92 bundled with $50 Gift Card, 15.4 inch brand name laptop (HP, Toshiba or Dell) for $388, featured new DVD releases at $12, and featured video games at $19.88. Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:24:53 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Top Ten Black Friday Deals

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Our friends over at Digital Trends compiled a list with their top 10 Black Friday deals.

Update:
First reports on the top selling products on Black Friday 2007

Their Black Friday list includes $149.99 Nintendo DS lite bundles on K-mart, $3.99 DVDs at Circuit City, $167 Westinghouse 22 inch LCD monitor at Target. Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:48:59 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony PS3 SIXAXIS for $20 on Black Friday at Amazon

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Amazon.com is supposed to sell the Sony PS3 SIXAXIS controller for just $20 on Black Friday. The normal price is $44.99.

Update:
Confirmed. Amazon sells Sony PS3 SIXAXIS Controller for $19.99 today.
Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Consumer Reports HDTV Deal Picks for Black Friday

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Consumer Reports published a list of HDTV Black Friday deals they consider as good.

The list focuses on HDTV sets that have been tested throughout the year by Consumer Reports.
Some picks of their interesting LCD HDTV list are the Sharp LC-42D43U on Circuit City, Sony 46-inch Bravia LCD TV for $1,500 at Sears and Sharp LC-52D64U for $2,200 at Circuit City. Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:48:35 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Wal-mart Black Friday e-Circular available

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Wal-mart has published the electronic version of its Black Friday circular. You can check the specific deals your local Wal-mart stores will have for you on Black Friday using your Zip code.

Deals for San Francisco area include a 26 inch Polaroid Combo TV/DVD for $448, PS2 bundle with 2 controllers and ATV 4 Game for $129, selected DVD movies for $2.96, and a Panasonic DVD camcorder for $198. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:38:02 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Wal-mart Secret In-Store Black Friday Deals

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In addition to Wal-mart's Thanksgiving Day deals they are also having additional secret in-store Black Friday deals.

Earlier today the Secret in-store deals page for Saturday revealed a 80GB Sony PS3 that comes bundled with 10 Blu-ray movies. If you add the 5 Blu-ray movies you get from the Blu-ray mafia, you will have started a sizable Blu-ray movie library. There are only two such bundles per Wal-mart store though. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:23:20 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr