Black Friday Sales 2023
The Christmas Shopping and Black Friday sales jumped to the Internet during COVID, and the haphazard nature of live shopping COVID also loosened our sensibilities to traditions. Black Friday store sales started as early as November 8 at Walmart this year.
Amazon starts its Black Friday on the Internet today. So you can start shopping online for Black Friday deals today. But the earliest of the Season honors must go to Walmart, which began Black Friday sales on November 8 while everyone is still hungover from Halloween.
With the way Black Friday sales go, you may be able to buy “Black Friday tag” deals up until Christmas Day!
What Day is Black Friday Sales 2023?
While it’s accepted that Black Friday always lands on the Friday after Thanksgiving, using the term to describe retail sales has been moving everywhere. Keep your eye open for Black Friday tags until Christmas to avoid confusion.
As a result, Black Friday has become a transient concept in that it’s constantly changing and moving around. In the case of Internet Sales, Cyber Monday seemed to be the place to go because online prices beat the store’s price.
But with Amazon’s launch of a Black Friday ten days before Cyber Monday, where is that concept anyway? Whatever, maybe the language is all that matters. Everybody knows what you’re discussing when holding a Cyber Monday sale.
How Much Do Prices Drop on Black Friday?
Prices drop into a range of 20%- to 40 %-off during the Black Friday sales period, starting roughly the week after Halloween and ending at Christmas. While retailers like moving the dates around, the Black Friday sales are always legitimate.
The peak in the numbers happens on the Friday after Thanksgiving when the across-the-board prices drop almost 40% on marked items. Almost everything goes on sale on the Friday after Thanksgiving at the steepest cuts across the board, wherever an item is sold!
Still, advisors warn about being careful when you buy. Perhaps the biggest concern is for impulse buying when the prices get so darn low that shoppers can’t resist buying. Binge buying is a genuine concern. Rarely do retailers not cut prices less than 20% under the Black Friday tags.
Are Items Cheaper on Black Friday?
Generally, yes. But consumers who watch prices year-round usually see when something’s a little off about a “deal.” One tell is a lack of a “black friday deal” tag, but the final communication is the price.
If it doesn’t look like it’s been marked down at all, you may want to be cautious. Google the price and see what it gives. Or download an app like Camel Camel Camel to the smartphone to get instant price checks. A barcode scanner that sends the bar code to Google could also get you a price check.
Some people suggest a Shopping strategy is best, but that won’t necessarily get you the cheapest price. Shopping strategies focus on creating a ceiling on spending this Holiday season. It’s the total dollar amount in your gift budget. Many shoppers are thrilled to get their Christmas shopping out of the way on Black Friday and credit it to strategizing. Whatever, it’s satisfying to set a limit on your spending and stick to that limit.
Strategies and Wishlists
Otherwise, strategies focus on becoming familiar with prices so you compare and shop effectively. The concept that can help in that case is a wishlist. One problem with buying impulse on Black Friday is buying stuff you don’t need or want. A wishlist in hand can curb impulse buying. Wishlist users are often aware of where the regular price of an item is and whether they’re making out like Banditos.
Then again, there are wishlists, and there are wishlists. If you have a list of stuff you’d buy if the price were right, you may buy more on Black Friday than you anticipated. Comfort yourself with the notion that you probably saw the best deal regardless. Also, it’s not impulse buying if you always plan to buy it.
Door-Busting
The door-busting deals are still with us. Doorcrasher deals are items like television sets that are drastically reduced in price and then presented to the consumer as a low-in-stock item. If you don’t buy it immediately when the doors open on Black Friday, you will be out of luck because the stock will be gone in hours, if not minutes.
While Doorbuster deals have been trimmed back some, they’re not in short supply this year, so keep an eye open. It may be worth elbowing someone to get a deal on something you want.
Just because it’s a black Friday deal doesn’t mean the store is price-matching what you want to buy, and using a wishlist will allow you to buy at the lowest price because you know what the next-door store is charging for an item.
Is Walmart Doing a Black Friday in 2023?
Walmart does Black Fridays. Get there a few minutes after they open, and you may not even find a spot in their voluminous parking lot to park the car, so Walmart Black Fridays have been super popular.
This year, Walmart is staggering its Black Friday sale, starting the first items on sale on November 8 and then the second on November 22. Each black Friday sale runs for ten days. That may put a dent in the crowd size.
Members-Plus
Black Friday sales start the day before Thanksgiving on November 22 this year; that’s the Wednesday before turkey day, and it looks like Walmart is closed on Thanksgiving. The CEO announced as much, and it’s been closed during the COVID years. It’s opening again on Friday (Black Friday) in the morning, but the sale started as mentioned on November 22, so don’t expect doorcrashing deals.
Walmart Plus members enjoy the early choice deals by granting them entrance to the store at midnight on the first sale day of each tier. So, Members-Plus people will access the store at midnight on November 22 while everybody else waits until 6 am. While the tiered and membership approach may streamline traffic, Walmart still offers doorbuster deals like a TCL 55-inch Roku TV for $188 1 that attract aggressive shoppers.
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