BEIJING, November 28, China's "double 11" shopping carnival season just over, the United States on the other side of the ocean will also be on the local time 28th Christmas purchase season-"Black Friday". This day, "Buy and buy" is the theme of customers, "make money" is the purpose of the business. In order to ensure that the concessions, some customers in advance weeks in the mall outside the door of the camp line. According to the forecast, this year's Christmas purchase season will attract 140 million of Americans, the U.S. holiday retail industry is expected to borrow "black five" ushered in a start.
"Black Five" kicks off Christmas shopping season
Every year in November, the fourth Thursday is the traditional holiday Thanksgiving in the United States, the first day after Thanksgiving is "black Friday", the American people usually start shopping for Christmas.
Traditionally, red indicates loss, black is profitable, and "black Friday" is known as the official beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the United States, one of the most valued and busiest days of the year.
Although the opening of shops in recent years, online shopping is becoming more and more common, but black Friday this day still has its unique attraction. Businesses early on the tempting ads, will take a few days before the Thanksgiving Day newspaper ads, coupons, steep prices and other measures to attract customers, waiting for black Friday to make a pot full.
More consumers see this day as a golden moment to prepare for a Christmas gift or a bargain, and many people queue in the middle of the night to become the first customer to open the shop and buy the most desirable items at the lowest price. Many popular shops such as Wal-Mart have long lines in front of them the night before, because of the limited price.
The National Retail Federation's http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/32268.html "> survey shows that this Thanksgiving holiday this year, the United States will have 140 million people to shop or online shopping." 25.6 million of them will shop on Thanksgiving Day, accounting for 18.3% of the total, while "black Friday" is still the biggest shopping day of the Thanksgiving holiday, with 95.5 million saying they plan to shop on the "Black Friday" day.
Shopping malls, "grab a fight," Stay up All night.
In order to rob customers, the holiday shopping time is already in recent years the most common means of competition among retailers. The vast majority of stores in the United States will open at 56 o ' clock in early Friday, but this year's "Black Five" shopping war, has been ahead of the Thanksgiving Day.
On Thanksgiving Day this year, Macy's, Sears, and Wal-Mart will open at 18 o'clock on Thanksgiving night, when most family Thanksgiving dinner is not over. Big department stores such as Macy's are 2 hours ahead of last year, and most businesses will be there a few hours ahead of schedule, and won't close for 28-30 hours.
Overall, the U.S. holiday retail industry will grow this year, thanks to lower oil prices, low unemployment and strong housing and stock markets, analysts say. According to a survey by the National Retailer's Association, the average American spends 800 dollars on holiday shopping this year, up 5% from last year.
The National Retail Federation estimates that this year's holiday retailing will reach $616.9 billion trillion, a 4.1% increase from last year, the biggest increase since 2011. Most of the growth comes from online shopping and luxury goods, cars and home furnishings.
Black Five discount charm Big customer camped out more than 20 days before waiting
A dollar of mobile phones, 30 percent 50 percent of all kinds of daily necessities, clothing ... In the face of a dazzling array of discounted goods, perhaps many people are difficult to control the desire to buy. Vicky of California, USA. Torres and Juanita. Salas, who has lined up outside Beaumont's Best Buy since November 5, is ready to be the first buyer of Thanksgiving.
Fernando Torres and Salas have set up makeshift camps with chairs, sleeping bags and pillows to prepare for a big Thanksgiving sale starting 5 o'clock in the afternoon November 27. Torres said he wanted to buy a promotional TV, so he didn't care how long it would take.
Dermond in Florida, USA, also set up a tent in front of Best Buy two weeks earlier. He saw the original price of 799 dollars, black Friday discount will be low to 199 U.S. dollars flat TV.
The German tent has air-conditioning, TV, and barbecue ovens, which he watches by his friends at work. But Dermond said: "The real thrill is to be the first customer." He said he would donate the TV to a local school.
Customer mad robbery has caused bad weather or influence "black Five"
In order to get the price concessions, the desirable goods, customers can not "comity" when shopping. In the United States, "Black five" in previous years has always been a riot of scenes, but also caused tragedies.
2013 "Black Five", the United States Virginia State a stabbing incident, since two men for parking spaces. In a Wal-Mart, where consumers are scrambling for flat-screen TVs, the police must also keep order.
In 2009, a Wal-Mart supermarket in San Bernardino County, California, also experienced riots as consumers snapped up holiday bargains. In the 2008 Thanksgiving shopping Spree, a Wal-Mart supermarket in New York State Long I. was a tragedy: A clerk was knocked down and trampled to death by a stampede of shoppers.
In addition to preventing panic buying, recent snowstorms in the United States may also have an impact on shopping. The recent heavy snowfall in the east coast of the United States has forced road traffic to slow and a large number of planes grounded, disrupting the busiest travel day of this year's Thanksgiving holiday. As of 26th noon local time, the east Coast has more than 1000 flights canceled, 5,000 flights late.
But there are also analysis that today's retail industry is not "rely" era. Although the bad weather will affect the customer's desire to travel and shopping, but with the popularity of the network, many people may choose online shopping. Customers will also be on the Internet to launch the "Black Five" snapping up the war.