Friday, November 23, 2012
Earlier and staggered store openings result in shorter lines, less frenzy the day after Thanksgiving.
Varied opening and sale times at retailers for the Black Friday rush seemed to spread out shoppers throughout North Jersey’s biggest stores this weekend. This year marked a new marketing tactic—more retailers opened Thanksgiving night. While some stores bought into the new trend, others stuck to the traditional early-morning opening times Friday, while others chose to open at 7 or 8 a.m. And, the different opening times gave shoppers a lot of options, and the ability to hit multiple stores. Long nighttime lines awaited shoppers at the Rockaway Townsquare Mall, which saw customers skipping Thanksgiving dinner to line up almost a day before some stores’ 8 and 9 p.m. openings. The line at the Walmart in Watchung started forming at 1 p.m. …
Entire mall opened at midnight on Black Friday. Clothes, electronics were the early hot-ticket items.
Clothes and electronics were the hot-button items of the first hours of the holiday shopping season. Hundreds of people lined up outside of the Willowbrook Mall for hours, waiting for any number of the stores inside to open. It was the first time in its history, the entire mall, excluding some restaurants in the food court, opened at midnight on Black Friday. The entire mall, save for the food court, was open. “This is what its all about,” said Hector Ramirez as he stood in the line for Old Navy. “Its great to spend time with your family but its also fun to come out and save some money too.” Sears, one of the mall’s flagship stores, opened at 8 p.m. People waited the longest to get into the more well known retailers. Hundreds of people …
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
A few dozen people waited outside Toys 'R' Us and Kmart Thanksgiving night.
Shoppers eager to get in on some early holiday deals lined up outside Wayne stores all day and night Thursday. Wanda Jimenez from Paterson was the first in line at Kmart near the Wayne Hills Mall. She waited in line with her husband Steven to buy a 50-inch flat-screen television for less than $290. “We ate Thanksgiving dinner right here,” Jimenez said with a smile. “It’ll be well worth the wait.” The Jimenezes weren’t the only ones who gave up their warm homes to save some money on a hot item on sale. Some wrapped themselves in blankets for the chance. Dennis Janitz missed out on Thanksgiving dinner too. He was the first person on line at the Toys R Us on Berdan Avenue. He was hoping to buy a PlayStation 3 packaged with a few games and …
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Expect long lines, crowds at big box stores.
Several Wayne realtors will open early to kick off the state of the holiday shopping season. The stores will offer doorbuster deals and sales on some of the hottest items this holiday season. — Have a question or news tip? Contact editor Daniel Hubbard at Daniel.Hubbard@patch.com or find us on Facebook and Twitter. For news straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
What's open, what's closed Thanksgiving and how to get around during the holiday season.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The day before Thanksgiving is known as the most traveled day of the year. Getting around North Jersey can be a difficult task any time, but with the start of the holiday season Thursday, traffic will be more congested. Want to find a better way to get around our area? From trains, to buses, to light rails, here’s a Patch list to help you plan how to get around this holiday weekend and what’s open and closed for Thanksgiving and Black Friday. • NJ Transit trains will run on a weekend/major holiday schedule, with extra trains running on the Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast, Raritan Valley and Morris & Essex lines to accommodate customers traveling to and from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Gladstone branch remains suspended…
Clothing store will open at midnight Friday and the toy store's doors will swing open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving to kick off the holiday shopping season.
A few stores will open early on Black Friday so residents can get a jump on their holiday shopping. Kohl’s on Route 23 North will open at midnight on Friday, Nov. 23. The store will offer several specials and sales to kick off the holiday shopping season. Toys “R” Us near the Wayne Hills Mall will open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving. A few dozen people lined up in front of the store last year to purchase toys and get in on sales as early as possible. The Willowbrook Mall will also open early, midnight on Friday, to give shoppers an opportunity to start their holiday shopping as early as possible. — Have a question or news tip? Contact editor Daniel Hubbard at Daniel.Hubbard@patch.com or find us on Facebook and Twitter. For news straight to …
Margaret McCall
1:01 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Black Friday is one thing. Opening stores on Thanksgiving is disgraceful. Whats next? Shopping on Christmas. Its amazing what greed does to people. more ›