BJ’s Wholesale Club Kicks Off Black Friday Savings
BJ’s Wholesale Club has revealed its Black Friday deals and doorbusters, including early access to Black Friday savings on a range of housewares.
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Best Buy Releasing Black Friday Daily Doorbusters
Best Buy has released its Black Friday ad featuring thousands of deals, and the retailer is giving consumers more opportunities to purchase from the deals and doorbusters before Thanksgiving Day.
J.C. Penney Gears Up For Black Friday
J.C. Penney is gearing up for the holiday sales campaign with a range of marketing initiatives as well as previewing its Black Friday deals.
Target Readies Holiday Deal Blitz
Target is introducing what it is calling “HoliDeals,” featuring thousands of deals throughout the season on items like décor, electronics, toys and more. HoliDeals kicks off this week with the reveal of the retailer’s Black Friday ad and a two-day Black Friday Preview Sale featuring four times the number of deals compared to last year, the company said.
Lowe’s Boosts Seasonal Promotions With Super Bowl Tickets
Lowe’s is tying Super Bowl tickets into its Black Friday promotion.
Bed Bath & Beyond Preps November, Black Friday Deals
For its three-day Black Friday promotional event, beginning November 28, Bed Bath & Beyond will, for the first time, offer customers a 25% off entire purchase in-store only coupon.
Survey: More Consumers Favor Black Friday Store Shopping
More consumers in the U.S. said they intend to go into physical stores on Black Friday this year than in 2018, at 39%, up two points from the results in the same survey conducted last year from Genesys, which provides omnichannel customer experience and contact center services.
ShopperTrak: Late Season Boosts Holiday Store Traffic
ShopperTrak store traffic data for the Sunday before Thanksgiving Day, November 18 through Saturday, December 29, 2018, came in with slightly lower overall totals versus the period in the year earlier, but late season shoppers helped ensure that brick-and-mortar retailers saw a relatively successful holiday sales period before the calendar flipped to 2019.
Survey: Long Lines, Missing Items Prompt Shopping Shifts
So, just what does tick off consumers shopping for the holidays?
Housewares Plays Key Role In Black Friday, Cyber Monday Promotions
With initial reports indicating that holiday shopping over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend into Cyber Monday was strong, it appears that housewares played a key role in the positive sales momentum in stores and online.
Wayfair Thanksgiving Period Sales Jump 58%
For the five-day shopping period from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, Wayfair said it has achieved a 58% increase year over year in direct retail gross sales, defined as dollars of order intake, on products including home furnishings and housewares.
Records Fall As Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend Soars
The Thanksgiving weekend period was busy, particularly cold in some places, and productive from a retail perspective, market research firms analyzing sales data and at least one key retailer already have reported.
NPD: Early Birds Savor Online Shopping Thanksgiving Weekend
Analysis from Checkout, an NPD Group receipt mining service, demonstrates that the average amount spent online per buyer on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday 2017 exceeded what was spent at brick-and-mortar stores on the same days by more than 20%, the market research firm stated.
Target Readies Cyber Week Deals
Looking beyond Black Friday, Target has revealed its plans for Cyber Week, beginning Sunday, November 25, with offers across Target.com, including the retailer’s lowest prices of the season on items in toys, home, kitchen appliances, and more.
Bed Bath & Beyond Preps Black Friday Deals
The Bed Bath & Beyond in-store Black Friday sale begins at 6 a.m. on Black Friday, with the online version starting on Thanksgiving Day.
KPMG: Some Consumers Intend More Holiday Spending
This holiday season, about 15% of consumers plan to spend more money than they did last year, according to a KPMG holiday shopping survey.
NRF: 164 Million To Shop Over Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
An estimated 164 million people are planning to shop Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, according to a survey from the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics.
eBay Taking On Black Friday Competitors With New Promotion
In its own take on the holiday, eBay is launching Better than Black Friday deals, giving shoppers early access to discounts by matching or beating competitor Black Friday circular deals ahead of the Thanksgiving weekend.
Digital Sales Could Surge Over Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
According to Adobe Digital Insights, United States online holiday spending looks to increase 14.8% year-over-year to $124.1 billion.
Walmart Black Friday Deals Highlights Housewares
As has become a tradition over the past few years Walmart is starting its Black Friday deals ahead of Black Friday.