Friday, November 28, 2008

Black friday is a reallity and everyone is crazy about it!


Are you also one of those who did everything possible to be the first taking advantage of the black friday? Well, you should definitely try to the same this year as it's probably one of the most amazing ones! Just read th story and witness it:

Hundreds queued up before the doors opened at the company's Fairfax, Va., location at 5 a.m., arriving as early as the evening before to shop.

"We skipped Thanksgiving dinner," said 30-year-old Arash Habiezadeh.

Wal-Mart, which operates more than 4,100 U.S. stores and 3,100 international locations, was expected to be one of the biggest winners this holiday season as its discounts resonate with budget-conscious shoppers.

Overall, the U.S. retail sector is expected to endure one of its worst holiday seasons in years, with sales expected to climb just 2.2%, according to projections by the National Retail Federation.

Still, concerns about the economy didn't seem to alter the spending habits of many Wal-Mart shoppers in Virginia, including Robert Balboni of Centreville, Va. who had loaded his shopping cart with a 42-inch flat panel TV, a portable DVD player and a Philips 2GB MP3 player.

"Even with the economy, you've got to go with the deals," he said.