Black Friday arrived very early this morning for many shoppers. A lot of people were at stores early this morning to try and get the doorbuster deals before stores were either out-of-stock or the doorbuster offer expired. Many retailers have online sales and deals today. Check the website of your favorite stores and they are likely to be offering some kind of sale or coupon. After Black Friday the shopping deals will transition to the Internet for Cyber Monday when online retailers offer great deals and people shop from home or work. Here are some highlights of today's big shopping day.
The Apple Store's Black Friday deals were not as big as analysts had expected but people holding out for a MacBook or iPod Touch are probably still happy to have the savings. Barron's Tech Trader Daily blog quotes analysts who had been expecting larger Apple Store Black Friday discounts. Apple also always has the option to offer more deals in December.
You always hope no one is hurt during these intense early morning adventures on Black Friday to get the best deals. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case this year. A worker at a Walmart in Long Island was crushed and killed when shoppers stampeded the store. Walmart needs to implement some crowd control methods so this doesn't happen again.
Walmart's website went down early on Black Friday but has been functioning fine since then. Sears.com has also been down some today.
Here's a liveblog of a successful VAIO laptop acquisition at Best Buy. It took the buyer about 2.5 hours from start to finish.
Nike released DJ Clark Kent's "Black Friday" Nike Air Force 1 sneakers today.
Richard Simmons fired up employees at Macy's to get them ready for Black Friday.
A few YouTube videos show the big crowds at Walmart stores early this morning for those who missed it. See here and here. Another video shows a battle for an Xbox 360 package at Walmart.
Amazon.com's Black Friday toy deals today include 50% off Eyeclops Bionic Eye and $100 off Kota the Triceratops.
Black Friday arrived very early this morning for many shoppers. A lot of people were at stores early this morning to try and get the doorbuster deals before stores were either out-of-stock or the doorbuster offer expired. Many retailers have online sales and deals today. Check the website of your favorite stores and they are likely to be offering some kind of sale or coupon. After Black Friday the shopping deals will transition to the Internet for Cyber Monday when online retailers offer great deals and people shop from home or work. Here are some highlights of today's big shopping day.
