HDTV Almanac - Black Friday Starts at Midnight

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HDTV Almanac - Black Friday Starts at Midnight

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It looks like you’ll be able to sleep in on Black Friday this year, if you’re planning to do your shopping at WalMart. According to reports, the stores will open at midnight for many of the the Black Friday special deals. Unfortunately, if you want consumer electronics devices, the only midnight deal appears to be [...]

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Clearly, the retailers are getting serious about moving their clogged inventory.
Thanks for pointing that out!

We are definitely seeing deflation in TV sales for the last 2 years. It is astonishing how low they have dropped. After the 2009 holidays the prices went back up and here we are again. Both manufacturers and retailers have been taking losses to move inventory although the the retailer can make some of it back on extended warranty sales. Either way, it is a loss of profit and something or someone is taking the hit.
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