Thanksgiving Online Sales Skyrocket As Consumers Stay Put For The Holiday
Thanksgiving Day is a time to bond with family, feast on good food, and watch out for the Black Friday deals. However, as this particular holiday gets modernized, more and more people rush to the shopping malls to get their hands to probably the cheapest price the items could be for the whole year. For some people, who choose not to squeeze themselves in those pack of rowdy buyers, online shopping is the best resort.
According to a report by the Market Watch, Adobe is having a real-time watch on the sales these online stores make this year. In as early as 5PM EST yesterday, the sales made has surged to $1.15 billion already. A majority in this earning were sales for mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) amounting to $449 million--roughly about 59 percent increase from what 2015 made. The rest, as per the report, were earned from desktops.
Aside from these gadgets, other items that continuously hit the market were toys, pet-care products, fashion apparels, and groceries among many others. Adobe believes that the current sales will still increase as the holiday weekend goes on. However fast and tremendous, online sales also see their low. This is when discounts are at their highs, that is when additional revenue for the sellers slows and lowers down. But still, the huge volume and demand for their products will compensate for the seeming loss and eventually reach their target revenue.
Big Discounts Here And There
In a report made by The Verge, Apple, Inc. offers as much as $150 worth of gift cards for their Black Friday deals. This is when you wish to buy any of their MacBook products. As for their other items, you may get $100, $50, and $25 worth of gift cards when you buy iPad, iPhone, or Apple TV, respectively.
Apart from that generous offer from Apple, other brands and companies also offer incredibly big discounts on their items, too. For example, you may get a 55" Samsung LED TV for only $479.99 down from its original price of $799.99. Gamers could also get a good deal for an Xbox One S bundle with a discount as big as $50 off, a free game, and a store gift card from Microsoft amounting to $25.
This extreme generosity from online dealers invites big spenders to spend even more. With the convenience of just a one-click-shopping, who wouldn't be lured to hoard? Besides, people can always save up for the whole year and splurge in this year-end sale. They also have the rest of the coming year to pay for that credit card that reached its limit, right?
