The deals on Black Friday are the best of the year, where stores give it their all to bring in shoppers and help boost the holiday spending spree from the very start. As Black Friday 2009 approaches, we'll be featuring the best deals we can find. In the meantime, learn how Black Friday Deals work.
In case you are new to this whole BF phenomenon, let me explain. Black Friday is the first shopping day after the November Thanksgiving break. It’s also the first official shopping day of the Christmas holiday season. In accounting terms, it is also the day that most retailers turn their yearly books from red to black, and start making a profit for the year. Since they are understandably eager to have the best start to the holiday season that they can manage, the retailers make their deals on Black Friday the very best ones that they can.
The result is an unprecedented shopping extravaganza that seems to grow every year. Malls, outlet stores, and online retail sites are inundated with bargain hunters looking for the deep discounts and doorcrasher specials that will make their shopping dollar go farther and gain them the best deals on their wish lists... online BF deals sweeten the pot under many a Christmas tree.
Retailers do everything to make Black Friday a special day. If there is a trick in the sales book, they use it. Flyers and coupons shower doorsteps and fatten Thanksgiving day newspapers. Some flyers are available in advance, especially online in the form of ad scans, to aid in shopper trip planning. Store opening times range from 12am to 7am, and limited quantities of doorcrasher deals at giveaway prices draw huge crowds in the small hours of the morning. Surprise discounts on items not even advertised await those brave enough to pile through the doors first. BF is a unique shopping experience and it's really something to expose yourself to if you haven’t already.
Every store, large and small, is in on the game. National brands from WalMart to Gucci capitalize on the Black Friday craze; smaller chains caught on to the idea long ago, and make sure they are open early to get the eager crowds looking for discounts. Mom and pop stores, boutiques, and even corner groceries often participate. Smart retailers know a good thing when they see one, and having deals on Black Friday for shoppers to find only makes good business sense.
Black Friday benefits everyone. Retailers get to push their profits into the black, bring hordes of bargain hunters into their stores, and jumpstart the holiday season. Shoppers, looking for the deals Black Friday has to offer both in-store and online, benefit from deep discounts that are available at no other time to pad their Christmas shopping lists with the items everybody really wants.
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