How will the fisher price toy recall affect the day after thanksgiving 2010 sales?
It is quite likely that they will have an adverse effect on the sales, I will explain why I think this..
Most big stores , Target, WalMart,Kmart and Sears for example, will order in some items especially for the thanksgiving sales. Things like special ltd edition netbooks and even smaller games are produced with nothing else but selling them as cheap as possible during the day after thanksgiving sales.
Fisher price toy recall won’t affect that kind of item but as so many things are being removed from the shelves does that mean that the toy isle will be empty come the last Friday in November?
It is now October so that gives fischer price and the stores about 6 weeks to get new items ordered, delivered to stores and not least, featured in the thanksgiving ads that everyone waits for. Can they do it?
There is too much money at stake to not do something. But I dont think any of the items listed in the recall , you can see a list of fisher price recalled toys ,were ever going to be the top sellers for thanksgiving so we can probably stop panicking.
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News reports are appearing about the huge glut of unsold LCD Tv’s that are currently filling up the warehouses of all the big TV companies/
So what does this mean for the Day After Thanksgiving 2010 sales?
Huge TV’s Cheap
That is basically what we can expect to see as soon as the black friday adverts start appearing.
Part of this glut is caused by the new 3D Tv’s that are starting to become more prevalent in every store. The thanksgiving sales 2010 may be the chance to upgrade to 3d that many people have been looking for. On the other hand do we really need to go 3D while the technology is so new?
One thing about the day after thanksgiving sale 2010 is that you will see plenty of TV’s for you to choose from. But will you be suffering with buyers remorse by Cyber Monday?
Before you start thinking about buying the biggest TV you can find give some thought on where you will put it and about all the extras you may need to buy. Hanging a TV that weights 70lbs on your own isnt really something you want to attempt.
I think you will see huge discounts on
- Samsung LCD Tv
- Sony 3D TVs
- Panasonic 52 inch TVs
And they are just the ones I can think of right now, as we get closer to the actual event I will make sure we list all the TV deals we can find.
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This is where I do my impression of Nostradamus, I will try and guess what the big bargains of the 20 Black Friday sales will be.
- 3D Tv
- Netbooks
- Washing machines
- Computer monitors
- Clothes
Let me explain my logic a bit here.
3D TV
Tv’s are constantly getting better while keeping the same price. A few years ago the big deal was a 32 inch TV for $500, now you can get a 40inch TV for around the same price.
So my guess is that rather than keep on offering bigger and bigger TV’s the companies are going to try and entice us into buying into a whole new market. Getting a bargain 3D TV may seem a great idea until you realize that your Blu Ray DVD player may not play the discs, you will need to buy 3d TV glasses and you will want to buy every movie you can find in the new format.
If you are an avid movie collector you could well end up with a film collection consisting of VHS,DVD,Blu Ray and Blu Ray 3d versions of some films!
Netbooks -netbooks/notepad computers/desktop computers all will be on sale but I think more places will try and get the absolute cheapest model of netbook they can. Last year kmart had a netbook that was around the $100 mark, will someone do a $99 netbook pc in the day after thanksgiving sale 2010?
Washing Machines – White goods are constantly getting cheaper and as forward facing models become more popular due to their energy efficiency and how darned cool they look they will come down in price.
Computer Monitors – I think that like TV offers we will see 24 and even 27 inch computer monitors on offer for Black Friday 2010 and especially on Cyber Monday 2010 . One of the big things that will get mentioned is how easy it is to run dual monitors using Windows 7, so you don’t need to get a new pc just get a new pc monitor.
Clothes – these are a consumable and we keep on consuming. I think we will see lots of $2 T Shirts at Walmart,Kmart and even Target in the 2010 day after thanksgiving sale . Add to this all the deals on jeans and shoes and I think clothes may well be the next big item for everyones trolley.
These won’t be the only items that will be deals to good to miss but I think these will be the higher end items that catch peoples attention and get lots of traffic.
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Apparently this years day after thanksgiving sales are going to see Target really pushing for your business.
The word (it may be wrong of course) is that the first 500 Target shoppers will get a free reusable shopping bag. It is good that Target want to encourage people to use reuseable bags, and of course they benefit as people keep coming back for more shopping.
When you carry around a Target shopping bag you are giving them free advertising so when you leave their store and go out to Kmart in the afternoon carrying your free Target shopping bag it is good for them.
How long will it take them to get through 500 bags? Not long I am guessing and also would you want to be the member of staff trying to hand them out, i know I wouldn’t.
While I am no shopping expert I do know that getting in front of women who are rushing towards the lowest prices of the year is not a good idea!
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With a week to go just about every store has their day after thanksgiving sale ads out. The question is are they really offering us deals or are they conning us.
If you look at the typical day after thanksgiving ad you will see huge TV’s, Washing machines, eco friendly dryers and just about every electrical item you can imagine.
The photos will be huge, the discounted price will be in a very bold font and then in the smallest print possible which you will need binoculars to see (they are on sale at your local sports shop which is handy) it will say something like “While supplies last” or maybe the worst one of all “Minimum 2 per store,” “No rainchecks” or “All items are available in limited quantities.”
If a car dealer put a advert out for a car at a silly price then as soon as he sold one the price went up we would all go nuts, he would be featured on every local TV consumer show yet if Sears, Walmart, Target and the rest of the big boys do it then its fine.
I don’t know of any possible fix I just know that it leaves a bad taste in my mouth, especially if I get up at 2am and line up for 2 hours in the cold.
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