We all know that Black Friday can sometimes, unfortunately, get really weird and in some cases violent. According to reviews.org, Louisiana ranks in the top 5 "Most Dangerous States For Black Friday Shopping".
WalletHub says Macy’s will have the best discounts, as their average discount is about 64% off. But she says shoppers will find good deals just about everywhere.
You can expect just about any place in the state that has a cash register to be busy this weekend as last minute holiday shoppers use Super Saturday to finish their shopping.
I have seen so many videos over the years of the craziness that is Black Friday. Shoppers go out in droves to get these wonderful deals on things so that Christmas can be that much bigger and better. But, I wonder why it is that big...
Holiday shoppers have been sharpening their skills for weeks in anticipation of all the Thanksgiving and Black Friday deals that are schedule to go down before most holiday dinners are even digested.
Last year, Best Buy made a bunch of their customers angry when they were unable to fill the orders taken on Black Friday and Cyber Monday due to a lack of inventory. The company then failed to make its customers aware of this until just days before Christmas. Needless to say, Best Buy’s customer-service practices have not been held in very high regard ever since.
While some fanatical Black Friday and Cyber Monday shoppers are already at the gates waiting to assault the holiday-shopping season with their fearsome craving for stuff, some retail analysts say the gates are actually open now and the race is already in progress.
Thom Blischok, chief retail strategist for Booz and Company says, “Cyber Monday has begun, essentially. No question about it.”
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There is hardly any such thing as Black Friday anymore. With numerous retailers, like Walmart, opening their doors to holiday bargain addicts as early as 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving, other retailers must now either join the circus or risk missing out on frantic buyers with turkey hangovers and itchy spending fingers.
US markets followed European markets, which finished with a broad rally after news that leaders negotiated a deal to contain the sovereign-debt crisis. Mark Lasseigne has your market report on today's Acadiana Business Index.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 291 points, to 11,523
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