Sears had a "Black Friday Two-Day Doorbuster sale" this past weekend with amazing deals for the whole family. And don't think they are the only store! Amazon's entire electronics department is on sale. Kindles are selling for as little as $139 and yes, there is free shipping. Also, TVS, blue-ray dvd players, and much more are selling at very low prices. Toys R Us is making their entire 80 page holiday toy book on sale NOW. All 80 pages are on sale next weekend.
The retailers are making these big moves now because they know that consumer's money is tight. They want to have the best deals now to get the business and take the consumer's money before another store does. I have to admit this is very smart; however, its kind of like the idea of playing christmas songs before thanksgiving. It drags on the holiday season, and makes it seem like getting to Christmas is taking forever!
But for the discount shopper, these sales are making you sprint to your car and speed to the stores. But let me warn you, these deals will last and I would not be surprised if the prices went EVEN lower on Black Friday. Why? Because the stores want to attract as much attention as possible and because other stores will have low prices. I guess we will find out as the month goes on.
By: Ariel Levin
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/business/28friday.html?ref=retail_stores_and_trade
At first, I thought your post was going to be an advertisement for the stores you mentioned. However, you pulled it around to include an interesting observation. With an expectation for prices to fall in the coming months would increase demand. I am not sure though that even with this increase in demand, will an increase in consumer spending occur. Like you inferred, budgets are tight and even though these prices may seem appealing, I don't believe they are attractive enough to pull so many to spend more than previous years.
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