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bundles include the XBox 360, the Sony PS3 and the Apple iPad, according to the shopping and entertainment news source. “It’s also expected that prices for the video gaming consoles will be lowered as both the PS4 and the Xbox One are to be released before Black Friday,” News For Shoppers reported. The Xbox One will cost $499 and the Play Station 4 will cost $399. The current generation of video game consoles will likely sell for around $200 during this year’s Black Friday sales, the article stated. “Economic variables including positive growth in the U.S. housing marketing and the increased consumer appetite to buy larger-ticket items give retailers reason to be cautiously optimistic for solid holiday season gains,” the NRF release noted. Fiscal concerns around the debt ceiling and government funding,
income growth and even policies and actions surrounding foreign affairs could impact holiday sales, the NRF predicted. “The holiday season can account for anywhere from 20-40 percent of a retailer’s annual sales, and accounts for approximately 20 percent of total industry annual sales,” the release reported. Since opening in 1915, Beall’s stores have had to do a lot of changing with the times to endure. Still owned by the founding family, the privately held company hails from modest beginnings and has remained rich in tradition while growing into a “major employer in the state of Florida,” according to its “family of stores” website. Last year Bealls opened from 8 p.m. until midnight Thanksgiving night and then reopened at 6 a.m. Black Friday. This year Bealls stores will be open from 6 p.m. Thanksgiving until 1a.m. Black Friday, reopening at 6 a.m. Friday.
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Amy J’s Faces and Feet owner Amy J. Hooker gives her client Kacy Riggs a facial. While Black Friday still garners the most attention, Small Business Saturday is gaining ground.
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