COLUMBIA, Maryland : The U.S. holiday shopping season got off to a slow start as consumers, squeezed by the economic crisis, bought carefully, and many said they would wait for better deals closer to Christmas. Early results from the “Black Friday Source: www.iht.com Black Friday shoppers hold off on gadgets - Nashville Tennessean SYRACUSE, N.Y. Consumer electronics have long been among the most popular holiday gifts, with fierce competition among shoppers for day-after-Thanksgiving deals on
Crazy Eddie take note! The Friday immediately following Thanksgiving has long been known as “Black Friday” because it represents the unofficial beginning of the holiday shopping season, or the day when retailers hold massive sales in hopes of steering their (red) losses into (black) profits. And from what I’ve been reading about holiday shopping this year, gadgets may be one of the few bright spots … Among the most heavily discounted electronics items poised to dominate this year’s sales