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Strengthened by the price of Thanksgiving Day and attracted retailers to open their doors earlier than ever, millions of consumers in shopping sprees committed before dawn on Black Friday with a vengeance, hoping to grab deals vacation.They lined up at Macy's, Target, Best Buy and other chains, snapping up deeply discounted televisions and other electronic devices popular, when the stores open to midnight or later Thursday.
More than 150 million consumers expected to shop during Black Friday weekend, up 10% from 2010, according to the National Retail Federation. In a declining economy marked by high unemployment, recent losses on Wall Street and fears of a global recession, it is good news from retailers, many of which depend on the holiday shopping season for up to 40 % of annual turnover.
A few buyers with campers in Texas and Florida, was in Best Buy stores last week. Nearly 2,000 customers were lined up for a Best Buy store opened in St. Petersburg, Florida
"It 'became this amazing social phenomenon," Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn said Friday. "Together with the extended family, 15 people have made their event."
Best Buy plans to open at 5 pm on Friday, as he usually does, but "the market moved to midnight", the chain opened at midnight too. People "have clearly demonstrated en masse and said 'it's time that we want to shop," said Dunn.
Retail frenzy was largely peaceful, but authorities say 20 people in a Walmart store in Los Angeles have suffered minor injuries when a customer used pepper spray during a confrontation on a Microsoft X-Box game shortly after the store opened on Thursday night. In Fayetteville, North Carolina Cumberland County police were searching for two suspects after gunfire erupted at 2 pm Friday at Cross Creek Mall.
A Wal-Mart in Buckeye, AZ., Grandpa told police after he was drafted to put a video on his life, so that he could bring his grandson by a mob at the foot. Witnesses told Phoenix TV station KSAZ thought that the police was the grandfather of stealing the game. And police say two women were injured and a man charged after a dispute in upstate New York Wal-Mart. And the second Wal-Mart in Orlando, the client was arrested by the police in fighting with another man.
Occupying the kind of Wall Street protest has been scheduled in Chicago, Washington, DC, and other cities to get people to consider shopping at national chains for Black Friday. And there was a counter-reaction of some retailers like Target, where the worker Anthony Hardwick launched a campaign for the midnight opening of the chain, and received the 200 000 signatures for the petition online through Change.org pressure group.
Toys R Us moved 22 opened last Thanksgiving Day is a 21 this year, according to customer requests, President and CEO Jerry Storch said on Friday. "They said:" When we have our Thanksgiving dinner and watch enough football, we want to shop, "says Storch." Our clients are enthusiastic.
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Toys R Us moved the opening 10:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. last Thanksgiving this year, according to the demands of customers, says CEO Jerry Storch Friday. "They said:" When we finished our Thanksgiving dinner and watched enough football, we want to shop, "says Storch." Our customers were delighted. "
Macy's CEO Terry Lundgren said the decision to open stores at midnight came after a dozen stores in the chain opened its doors at midnight as a test last year. "It was very successful and positive, so we decided to open our stores this year," Lundgren said.
About 60% of employees in Macy, 78 000 rental properties, has agreed to come at midnight. "Some people said, 'I have family here. I'll go shopping on Black Friday is also the place to work," said Lundgren.
More than 9,000 people were outside flagship Macy's Herald Square in New York opens at midnight. "I came here for offers," said Sidiki Traore, 59, of Roosevelt Island, New York who bought three shirts for $ 50.He also went to Toys R Us for his 9 am on opening night of Action Thanks, buying three games for $ 106 for her 4-year-old son.
More than 4,000 were awaiting the opening of Sun Valley Mall in Concord, CA .. where some shops open at 5 am While Macy was the great attraction, hundreds waited another mall stores.
When the Beverly Center in Los Angeles opened at midnight, there were about 1000 people waiting in line, said Karen MacDonald, spokeswoman for Taubman owns the mall. About 50 were pending at Foot Locker to buy sneakers in limited edition Air Jordan. And at Sony Style, consumers were waiting for an opening of 4 hours, hoping to pressure the 32-inch flat screen $ 299.
At Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills, MI., Which was opened on Thursday 21 in the parking lot was full an hour later. About 500 people were waiting for the store manager. Long lines outside of the finish line, Victoria Secret, Michael Kors and Disney stores.
To attract crowds, some retailers offer to match competitors' prices. Other programs implemented on the side. And some joined Best Buy, Target, Toys R Us, opening Thanksgiving.
"It's good to try to get customers to use earlier, before running out of money," said Burt Flickinger III, Chairman of the Advisory Group retail strategic resource.
Approximately 34% of consumers plan to shop on Black Friday, against 31% last year, according to the International Council of shopping centers. And most people are already shopping online. Retail sales rose Early Web nearly 40% compared to Thanksgiving 2010, according to web analytics firm Coremetrics IBM. Internet Price Tracker Denmark said the top searched items Black Friday from 55-inch flat screen, video game consoles, iPods and digital cameras. E Bay has reported robust sales Thanksgiving Day, a 17% increase compared to 2010.
They go out, buyers say they are attracted by the handles.
The difference, for example, offers discounts of 20% to 60% on many items. Old Navy pea coats and jeans for $ 29 to $ 15 Toys R Us sells an Ultimate Transformers Optimus Prime figurine for $ 30 off at $ 47.99, and an electric vehicle wheels Barbie for $ 120 off of 199.99 $. And Best Buy has a $ 400 processor Asus 10 inch Tablet PC for $ 249.99.
Wills Tammie and her friend was up all night, according to Black Friday purchases at Toys "R" Us in Cary, North Carolina around 21:00, and then beat Wal-Mart and Target before it returns at Toys "R" Us for the second time. They sought the LeapFrog LeapPad, but it was sold everywhere.
"It's exhausting, but you will save much money," said Wills, a housewife
Nadia Mitchell, 33, a Brooklyn schoolteacher for 10 years, was in line with the target of four hours watching comedies on Netflix smartphone to pass the time before the store opens at midnight. She was looking for deals on cameras, an emptiness, an ice machine and a new TV in your room.
"And 'the cheapest time to buy stuff," he says. You go to buy electronics and appliances.
When they appear in Best Buy in New York, Wednesday, at fifteen, Emmanuel Merced, 27, and his brother were the first in line when it opened. They had a list of Sharp 42-inch TV for € 199, the PlayStation 3 console with games for $ 199.99 and $ 30 wireless headphones. Merced says he likes to turn Black Friday, and figures he saved 50 percent.
"I like the experience," said Merced, who intends to spend $ 3000 4000 Dollars gifts this season.
