The days of outrageous lines and enticing doorbuster deals on Black Friday may now be a thing of the past as retailers’ sales strategies and shoppers’ habits change.
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Few crowds on Black Friday in Auburn, but retail season forecast to be a bright one
Tashia Brown’s advice: Keep a good attitude, even if you find yourself unexpectedly waiting outside Walmart for seven hours.
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Black Friday draws smaller crowds in Augusta, leaving only the dedicated shoppers in line
Lines were much smaller this year in comparison to years past, but people who chose to stand in line continued their Black Friday traditions.
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Most Mainers stay home on Black Friday amid worsening pandemic
Retailers expect sales for the full holiday season to be up over last year, but they’ve shifted away from typical ‘doorbuster’ sales on the day after Thanksgiving.
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Black Friday, meet 2020
At big retailers, midnight shopping lines are out and Shop Local Saturday is more support-small-business-for-weeks to spread out crowds during the pandemic.
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Central Maine area shoppers bundle up as Black Friday sales begin
National forecasts call for a solid, although not spectacular, holiday shopping season.
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Bitter cold doesn’t stop those waiting for Black Friday deals
Amanda Dodge’s instructions to her husband as she watched the door of JCPenney from her warm truck, eager to be first in line: “If somebody pulls in, I’m like, ‘I’m running out to the line and then bring my other sweater!’ I don’t play around, a deal’s a deal.”
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Why deal with Black Friday? ‘A website can’t give you goosebumps’
CINCINNATI — They could have been home, joking about waistbands threatening to snap and reveling in carb-induced comas on the sofa. Instead a few hundred people were lined up outside Target at Waterstone Center on Thanksgiving night, waiting for the blood sport of Black Friday to begin. Some bounced in place as the sun began […]
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Shoppers weather frigid temps for Black Friday
AUBURN — Outside Kohl’s, it was an hour to the midnight opening and it was So. Darned. Cold. Ryan Decker of Jay sat at the front of the line, her face peeking out from her father-in-law’s military sleeping bag rated for 40-below weather. Beside her, Joline Vachon and Shantel Fournier huddled in chairs around a […]
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Black Friday shoppers flock to scaled-back midnight openings
Lack of participation by several major retailers didn’t stop thousands of shoppers from staying up late to snag limited-time-only bargains at Black Friday midnight openings across southern Maine. The move by some retailers to open at 6 a.m. this year instead of midnight to spare workers and reduce overhead did lead to a bit of […]