Move over turkey: Black Friday began in earnest as Target, Abercrombie & Fitch and other stores opened their doors at midnight – a few hours earlier than they normally do on the most anticipated shopping day of the year HuffPo reports. A few retailers even had lines of shoppers when they opened on Thanksgiving Day.
Herald Square in New York was bustling at 6 p.m. with shoppers looking to snag discounts at Old Navy and other stores that were open on the Thanksgiving. By 9:45 p.m., more than 300 people were waiting outside a Best Buy in New York before it opened at midnight. An hour later, nearly 2,000 were in line at another Best Buy in St. Petersburg, Fla., ahead of its midnight opening.
Roberto Rubi, 24, of Seminole, Fla., had been standing in line since 1 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning and hoped to score a cheap TV and laptop. He ate dinner with his family at home while three of his buddies took his place in line. "It's hard times," Rubi says. "So, any discount helps….”
Read more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/25/black-friday-2011-_n_1112482.html?ref=business
No comments:
Post a Comment