Black Friday at My House
Several years ago my oldest son bought himself an iPad mini. Recently he received his first iPhone and as a result has been using his iPad infrequently. At the same time, my seven-year-old wants to buy an iPad and so his brother offered to sell him his iPad for $250. Over the last two or […]
Holiday 2013
A few quick thoughts on the holiday shopping season: November 1st marks the officially official opening of the holiday shopping season. This year we saw a tremendous number of promotions kick-off on November 1st. Walmart kicked off its campaign at midnight and Amazon launched its Black Friday Deals Store, offering “Deals of the Day” through Dec. […]
Holiday 2012: Part XII – How Many Products were Promoted over the Weekend?
For my past holiday predictions and commentary see the following: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Holiday 2012: Part VI Holiday 2012: Part VII Holiday 2012: Part VIII Holiday 2012: Part IX Holiday 2012: Part X Holiday 2012: Part XI – […]
Holiday 2012: Part XI – What One Can Learn From Promtional Email
For my earlier holiday expectations see the following posts: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Holiday 2012: Part VI Holiday 2012: Part VII Holiday 2012: Part VIII Holiday 2012: Part IX Holiday 2012: Part X We’ve seen Black Friday evolve in […]
Initial thoughts on Black Friday
You can see my previous holiday expectations and analysis here: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Holiday 2012: Part VI Holiday 2012: Part VII Holiday 2012: Part VIII Holiday 2012: Part IX Here are my initial thoughts on today’s (and really […]
Holiday 2012: Part IX
For more of my holiday expectations: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Holiday 2012: Part VI Holiday 2012: Part VII Holiday 2012: Part VIII Holiday 2012: Part IX On Wednesday afternoon I visited several retailers in advance of Black Friday. As […]
Holiday 2012: Part VIII
For more of my holiday expectations: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Holiday 2012: Part VI Holiday 2012: Part VII A tremendous amount of Holiday and Black Friday news in the past few days. Let’s jump right into it:
Holiday 2012: Part VII
For more of my holiday expectations: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Holiday 2012: Part VI As I predicted in my earlier writings, a survey last week from Chase Paymentech, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., found that online […]
Holiday 2012: Part VI
You can start by reading more here: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Last week Time provided a quick overview – much of which I covered in depth in my previous posts. The article relies heavily on the report from Booz & […]
Black Friday Predictions
Each year I predict the lowest pricing we’ll see for a variety of tech products during Black Friday. Last year I predicted we’d see notebook computers selling for as low $299. In fact Walmart sold a notebook for $198 on Black Friday. This year I’m predicting the lowest prices we’ll see for notebook computers will be $250 – actually higher than […]
