The colder temps and lack of sun didn’t keep the early Black Friday shoppers away at the west side big box retailers.
Target, Walmart and Best Buy opened their doors at 6am but a new player in the retail game, The Academy Sports and Outdoors, located next to Kohl’s, chose to welcome folks at 5 am. The strategy seemed to have worked as there were as many as 100 people waiting in line for the store to open.
The sporting-goods store chain, based out of Texas, opened its doors a few weeks ago and store director, Chris Owens, says business has been brisk. and its ‘all-hands-on deck’ for the busy Day-After-Thanksgiving event.
One shopper, Kelsey, from Athens, was with 5 other ladies whom she said were relatives and getting together for Black Friday shopping has been a 15-year tradition.
Global businesses made an estimated $65.3 billion during the 2022 Black Friday sales.
Nearly 13% of all retail sales in the United States occur between Black Friday and Christmas.
There were 196.7 million shoppers in the United States on Black Friday in 2022.
Shoppers spent $9.12 billion online during Black Friday in 2022.