Retailers bank on Black Friday to energize bargain-hungry holiday shoppers

During holidays there are so many justifications to say, 'Maybe today I'm not going to be a disciplined shopper. Everyone is buying that product, I'm worried not part of the trend, or I'm missing the deal.' All these marketing tactics can create anxiety,

Zeng said

They may not have as much exposure, but they have good quality products. Joining holiday sales and increasing the number of customers who visit and make purchases from them is a great way"

Zeng said

At the end of the year there are so many big holidays all together: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's. They're associated with family gatherings, vacations and celebrations, making them feel more special,

Zeng said

Emotion is a very important determinant for consumer decisions,

Zeng said

Black Friday is still an incredibly important day for retailers,

Grant Gustafson, head of retail consulting and analytics at Sensormatic, said

(Store ... Stores) are very hungry for Black Friday to do well,

Marshal Cohen, chief retail advisor at market research firm Circana, said

People come to get the deals, but more importantly, they come for the excitement, the energy, the traditions surrounding Black Friday,

Jill Renslow, Mall of America's chief business development and marketing officer, said

That’s why the bus drivers and cab drivers call today 'Black Friday.' They think in terms of headaches it gives them,

a Gimbels department store sales manager told The Associated Press in 1975 while watching a police officer try to control jaywalkers the day after Thanksgiving

Black Friday is no longer the start of the holiday shopping season. It has become the crescendo of the holiday shopping season” during what now feels like “Black Friday month,

Zhang said

There is less need to stand in line at midnight when the items typically associated with doorbuster sales are now much cheaper,

Zagorsky told The Associated Press via email

Unfortunately, I’d have to say I don’t see a sustainable way of doing this, because of the very nature of it being geared towards overconsumption,

Crawford says

The Black Friday sale does have utility on an individual level,

he says

Fundamentally, Aussies do love their shopping,

she said

Our belief is access to a sustainable brand shouldn’t be an issue,

he says

We do want to allow people to buy into ethical fashion as well, so sales can be a way for customers to feel that it’s more accessible and inclusive,

she says

If I take a step back, Australia would wake up in late November to everyone in the US trampling each other to get into stores,

he says

The CCPC carried out a large number of sales pricing inspections [last year] looking at both online and in-store pricing,

said CCPC chairman Brian McHugh

Maybe for the first time since 2021, it looks like their real incomes are finally edging up,

O'Sullivan said on a conference call this week

Businesses need to able to compete for consumers openly and honestly on price,

he continued and called on consumers and business owners to report “any suspected fake discounts or misleading pricing” to the commission

We do see stronger price sensitivity on the part of the consumer and they are very responsive to deals and event-tie deals,

he said