The holidays are drawing closer and so are the big holiday sales. Black Friday comes the day after Thanksgiving and it is the day retailers offer big deals to try and lure shoppers into their stores. Retailers are hoping the holiday shopping gets off to a get start but many have concerns because of the serious financial crisis. Tech blogs and product blogs cover the holiday in earnest releasing shopping tips and sharing the best deals. Here's a look at some of the Black Friday activity.
Wal-Mart didn't want some of its Black Friday ad circulars leaked so it issued takedown
notices.
The Is it Black Friday Yet? website answers an obvious question and also provides a handy Black Friday Ads Chart showing which websites have posted the Black Friday ads for the big retailers.
The Inquistr has a post offering ten ways to find those Black Friday deals.
Mashable also has a post that lists ten sources for
Black Friday ads.
ReadWriteWeb has compiled 25 resources to
get you ready for Black Friday.
The most heavily discussed Black Friday deal so far is the Wal-Mart's Black Friday Magnavox
blu-ray deal, which is the Magnavox MB500MG9 for $128 - down from $198. It's probably the most discussed deal aside from the rumors about Apple's Black Friday ads.
What will be discussed after Black Friday in detail and what will impact the stock market is whether these Black Friday sales actually help to get consumers buying again or whether the sales will dissapointing.
