With so many retailers switching to Thanksgiving openings, plus 'Small Business Saturday' and 'Cyber Monday', the sales spike that used to be seen on Black Friday, is continuing to dwindle.
The race for the almighty dollar during the holiday season starts earlier every year. After working a full day, I decided to dive into the deep end Thursday evening and lived to tell about it.
We're finally here. The week of Thanksgiving - and that little day that follows known as Black Friday. There will be more deal unveiled this week and a few more surprises in the Thursday paper, but for now, here's what appears to be the best deals for Friday shoppers:
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The 2014 Black Friday ads were analyzed to find the best - and worst - deals in Sioux Falls. Some popular stores did not make the top 10. Here's the results.
Remember picking up the newspaper to read the Black Friday ads after Thanksgiving dinner? Not anymore! Over two weeks early, two major retailers are whetting shoppers appetites.
According to the experts, this year's Black Friday deals were only so-so. That didn't keep people from going completely bonkers in a few places. Here are some of the highlights.
Here's the Saturday-after-Thanksgiving tradition: a smartphone video of a Black Friday riot. This is in Moultrie, GA, and the swarms of people are grabbing cheap pay-as-you-go smartphones. But it's not the only shame to be happening, as the clip you've seen elsewhere isn't legit.
Sioux Falls Police had a relatively calm night with no arrests connected to Thursday night/Friday morning shopping, but that wasn't the same case in Rapid City where police made a total of eight arrests: five for shoplifiting, one for assault, one for disorderly conduct, and one for false personation...