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Friday, November 23, 2012

Black Friday Tradition Changes in North Jersey

Earlier and staggered store openings result in shorter lines, less frenzy the day after Thanksgiving.

Varied opening and sale times at retailers for the Black Friday rush seemed to spread out shoppers throughout North Jersey’s biggest stores this weekend. This year marked a new marketing tactic—more retailers opened Thanksgiving night. While some stores bought into the new trend, others stuck to the traditional early-morning opening times Friday, while others chose to open at 7 or 8 a.m. And, the different opening times gave shoppers a lot of options, and the ability to hit multiple stores. Long nighttime lines awaited shoppers at the Rockaway Townsquare Mall, which saw customers skipping Thanksgiving dinner to line up almost a day before some stores’ 8 and 9 p.m. openings. The line at the Walmart in Watchung started forming at 1 p.m. …

In this Article:

Black Friday Rush Hits the Rockaway Mall (in Hopatcong-Sparta Patch), Black Friday Draws Large, Tame Crowd at Walmart (in Watchung-Green Brook Patch), 'Hidden Treasures' Found in North Somerset Stores (in Basking Ridge Patch), and 6 more ›

Margaret McCall

1:01 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Black Friday is one thing. Opening stores on Thanksgiving is disgraceful. Whats next? Shopping on Christmas. Its amazing what greed does to people.   more ›

Bergen's Black Friday Latecomers Get the Deals Without the Hassle

Many Bergen County shoppers opted for items left in stores after the door-buster deals were sold out

Friday afternoon saw a different breed of Black Friday shoppers at stores along Route 17 in Bergen County – the latecomers. Shoppers out in the afternoon said they weren’t missing the early morning (or in some cases, late night) door-buster deals. But, instead, were reaping the benefits of ongoing sales without the hassles of waking up early, waiting on long lines and fighting for merchandise. “I actually think it’s much better to wait until [Black Friday] afternoon,” Janine Iofrida, who was visiting Bergen County for the Thanksgiving holiday from NYC, said. She went to the Ramsey DSW with friend Donna Fitteron and her daughter Dara, of Franklin Lakes, at about 3 p.m. Friday. “By the time you wait on those long lines, what you wanted was …

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Mahwah's Black Friday Shopping Guide (in Mahwah Patch), POLL: Are You Happy With Borders’ Replacement? (in Ramsey Patch), Bed Bath & Beyond (in Ramsey Patch), and 4 more ›

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