Best Things to Buy on Cyber Monday

So what are the deal watchers buying this year?

Black Friday is the term given to the day after Thanksgiving for what had become the traditional though unofficial start to the Christmas shopping season.

Melissa Martin, spokeswoman at www.BlackFriday.com, plans to go online and to JC Penney and Kohl’s for housewares for her grown sons.

Many businesses will denote their participation in the Small Business Association’s Saturday after Thanksgiving promotion with a blue and white “Shop Small” sticker in their shop window or on their promotional materials. That said, you have to stay aware so you know what it is you’re dealing with on Cyber Monday – and remember, scammers are counting on the fact that you will be too stressed to think straight.

In the past, opening first on Black Friday was a quest for bragging rights in ads.

“It is rather wonderful”, Dworski said. But Americans get to buy cheap Christmas presents, while we’re forced to wait until the aftermath of the festive celebrations to find any real bargains.

The Merchants of Hudson, which includes more than 90 shops and restaurants, is holding a Celebration of Lights and Caroling from 2 p.m.to 6 p.m. on Black Friday. Stores have already listed their Black Friday deals with numerous best ones already online.

“[Although, ] there’s no question it’s still important to millions of holiday shoppers and retailers of all shapes and sizes”, said Shay.

Retailers also continue to one-up one another. We’ve all heard the stories of people trampled at Walmart when the store opened at 4 a.m. after Thanksgiving.

Asked whether all stores in the Columbia Mall were required to open at 6 p.m. Thanksgiving, Marianne Fasano, spokeswoman for the mall’s owner, GK Development, said shoppers should check store websites for hours. He expects this to be the fifth year that happens.

Stephen Lebovitz, CEO of CBL, said the decision to close on Thanksgiving Day was two-fold.

According to analytics firm RetailNext, national Black Friday sales dropped 14.1 percent from 2013 to 2014 and an additional 1.6 percent from 2014 to 2015.

You aren’t the only person researching how to pick up a great Black Friday laptop deal at this moment in time.

Currys said it “fundamentally disagreed” with the approach taken by Which?, pointing out that it offered “thousands” of deals on leading brands over Black Friday and displayed a clear date from when the “was price” was taken.

But shoppers don’t always recognize that. I’ve been hunting deals for more than a decade and while we saw the start of this trend two years ago, stores like Amazon reserve many top offers for Cyber Monday.

Walmart has already announced their offers for this year’s Black Friday, and it seems like the retailer will begin earlier the shopping event.

Remember that almost all shopping deals are usually available on retailers’ websites, too. There are plenty of hot deals to be had no matter what day you plan to shop.

This warning is likely to be relevant to shoppers here who may choose to sniff out bargains on United Kingdom websites or in stores in Northern Ireland in a bid to take advantage of the weaker sterling.

Interestingly, the offers made available today will not go lower on Black Friday at Argos or we will refund the difference, which makes things easier for the retailer and the customer.