An article from shreveporttimes.com states that this Black Friday was phenomenal. According to the National Retail Federation, the average person spent much more this Black Friday than the last and retail sales went up. Ads just for Black Friday were released by large retailers like Target aimed to telling customers how much people can save by shopping on Black Friday and many stores opened early.
Today is called Cyber Monday. More people buy stuff on Black Friday than on Cyber Monday but when the increases from last year are compared, Cyber Monday had a bigger increase in sales than Black Friday did.
Social Media incentives for Black Friday
http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2010/november/176859/Social-media-incentives-for-Black-Friday
If you check in at certain places through Foursquare or Facebook Places, you could get a certain percentage off your purchase or get free gift cards. Also, if people unlocked a certain badge on Foursquare, a certain percentage would be taken off the purchase or if enough people "liked" a deal on Facebook, the deal would be activated for those people. Businesses also tweeted about certain deals that they otherwise did not advertise about.
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