Black Friday Sales

Amazon Kindle Caught Fire On Black Friday

The Huffington Post | Ramona Emerson | Posted 11.28.2011

Black Friday was red hot for Amazon.com. According to a statement released by the web retail giant, customers purchased four times as many Kindles...

Black Friday Online Sales Make Big Jump

Posted 11.27.2011

By Alistair Barr (Reuters) - Online retail sales in the United States on the post-Thanksgiving shopping day known as "Black Friday" jumped 26 perce...

Black Friday Sales Break Record

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 01.26.2012

The holiday shopping season got off to a strong start on Black Friday, with retail sales up 7 percent over last year, according to the most recent sur...

Black Friday Draws Crowds, But Spending In Doubt

Posted 11.26.2011

JESSICA WOHL, (Reuters) - Retailers were hoping for more shoppers like Shawn Elzia as the annual Black Friday bargain stampede marked the unoffici...

Janean Chun

Small Retailers Fight Back On 'Small Business Saturday'

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 11.25.2011

Big retailers like Walmart, Best Buy and Target may command the headlines on Black Friday, with their $300 laptops and $200 flatscreen TVs and crowds ...

A Black Friday Stampede: Just As You Imagined It

Posted 11.25.2011

If you had to conjure up what you already thought a Black Friday crowd would look like as soon as the doors of a store offering deep, 3am discounts op...

Battle For Deals Nationwide Includes Pepper Spray, Shootings

Posted 11.25.2011

The holiday shopping season got off to an ugly start with shoppers pepper-spraying one another to battle for bargains and robbers shooting shopper...

Black Friday Craziness Is Nothing To Laugh At

Jordan Zakarin | Posted 01.25.2012

Jordan Zakarin

What those who criticize and poke fun at the deal-starved camper don't consider is that many of them weren't there for the sport of Black Friday -- it's a necessity.

This Parent Isn't Shopping On Black Friday

Rachel Aydt | Posted 01.24.2012

Rachel Aydt

I'm sitting this one out. I've felt the fever before. I've wanted to hit the stores and find those deals. Who doesn't want to be done with their Christmas shopping early and spend less money doing so?

The Best Black Friday Movies & TV Shows To Buy

Posted 01.25.2012

In search of the best flicks and shows to gift this year? We've got you covered. Sure, you're eager to grab one of those massive and massively disc...

20 Walmart Shoppers Injured In Pepper Spray Incident

AP | By ROBERT JABLON | Posted 01.24.2012

LOS ANGELES -- A woman trying to improve her chance to buy cheap electronics at a Walmart in a wealthy suburb spewed pepper spray on a crowd of shoppe...

Amanda L. Chan

8 Tips To Curb Overspending On Black Friday

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda L. Chan | Posted 11.25.2011

Do you get a rush when you purchase something? When you swipe your credit card, use the stylus to hit "yes" on the machine, and then take your just-bo...

Shoppers Answer Stores' Call, Showing Up Early For Black Friday Deals

AP | MAE ANDERSON AND ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 01.24.2012

A shopper in Los Angeles pepper-sprayed her competition for an Xbox and scuffles broke out elsewhere around the U.S. as bargain-hunters crowded stores...

WATCH: The Slliest Black Friday Commercials Ever

The Huffington Post | Marielle Bingham | Posted 11.24.2011

Steel yourselves: Black Friday is officially almost upon us. With the craziest shopping day of the year just around the corner, we thought we'd ta...

PHOTOS: The Faces Of Black Friday

Posted 11.23.2011

Last year we searched the web for some of the funniest, most frenzied faces of Black Friday. As you might expect from the biggest shopping day of the ...

Will The Trend Hold? More Shoppers Showed Up At Midnight On Black Friday Last Year

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 11.23.2011

If recent trends hold true, a nationwide push to get customers in stores earlier than ever on Black Friday may pay off. The share of Black Friday ...

Nate C. Hindman

As Daily Deals Evolve, Startups Look To Solve 'The Groupon Problem'

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 11.23.2011

Consider it the daily-deal gold rush. First, there was Groupon's much-anticipated IPO in early November, which valued the market leader at $12.7 billi...

Black Friday: A Post-Thanksgiving Sales Guide To Buying Locally

Posted 11.25.2011

Before putting on your shoulder pads and Tebowing in advance of Black Friday, we have great news: you can avoid most of the long lines and NFL-worthy ...

What Black Friday Ads Are Actually Saying

The Huffington Post | Carol Hartsell | Posted 11.22.2011

Black Friday has become a tradition as ubiquitous as pumpkin-colored pie and fried turkey-related third-degree burns. And while we're putting the fini...

TV Retailers Plan To Be 'Aggressive' With Promotions On Black Friday

Posted 01.06.2012

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It may not be a blood bath, but it will definitely be a dogfight. The television aisles of top U.S. retailers are poised f...

Target To Open At Midnight On Black Friday

AP | Posted 12.28.2011

NEW YORK -- As the run-up to holiday shopping intensifies, Target Corp. said Friday that its stores will open at midnight on Thanksgiving Day for the ...

Early Black Friday Deals, Deep Discounts Are Luring Shoppers This YearEarly Black Friday Deals, Deep Discounts Are Luring Shoppers This Year

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Shoppers spent a bit more in early November, raising retailers' spirits about the holiday season right before it kicks into high gear. ...

Bianca Bosker

7 Ways To Use Social Media To Score Black Friday Deals

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

Hunting for Black Friday deals used to be a matter of clipping coupons. Put away the scissors and wipe off the newsprint because those days have co...

WATCH: Taiwanese Animators Take On Black Friday Shopping Frenzies

Posted 05.25.2011

Thanksgiving is just two days away, which means the ultimate shopping free-for-all known as Black Friday is also just around the corner. NMA News, you...

9 Sneaky, Foolproof Black Friday Secrets (PHOTOS)

Michelle Madhok | Posted 05.25.2011

Michelle Madhok

Our 9 foolproof tips to tackling Black Friday online and coming out on top -- no lines, cashiers, traffic -- just you and your computer. Grab that leftover turkey-and-stuffing sandwich, and let's get to it.