This year it looks like Amazon and Walmart are going to do battle in the shopping arena. They started a pricewar on books a little while ago and are now battling over holiday purchases. Amazon has already started offering some  read more »

The forecast is for a cold and rainy day. You’re trying to decide if you should brave the elements and fight the crowds to get that killer deal on a new TV, laptop, Blu-ray player, or that other gadget you’ve had your eye on. This year there are some great online deals from places like  read more »

The big day is getting closer and more deals have appeared since out last report. We have to say there’s a mixed bag of deals with many sales looking more like “clearance” sales than killer deals. It also looks like  read more »

A recent Retrevo Gadgetology report examining consumer behavior around Black Friday found more respondents or 22% preferred to shop for consumer electronics online this year compared to 18% who are planning to go to the store. When asked their reason for not going to a store 12%  of all respondents said  read more »

We've been watching the Black Friday ads roll out one after another all month. As a consumer advocate, Retrevo feels compelled to point out the fact that while there are a few killer deals for consumer electronics products there are a lot more not-so-great deals  read more »

Some Good Laptop and Netbook Deals and Some Duds

We've seen a few laptop and netbook deals show up in early announcements and early sales. Walmart has offered an HP 15.6" Pavilion with Windows 7 Home Premium that is supposedly made especially for Walmart for $298. It has an older Celeron processor but Windows 7 Home Premium is worth over $100 right off the bat so we say this is a pr  read more »

Could be a Good Time to Buy a Blu-ray Player

This could potentially be a good season for Blu-ray players with some selling for well under $200. One deal we expect to see on Black Friday is for the Sony BDP-S360 which Walmart has alread  read more »

Lots of HDTVs to Choose From, Shop Carefully

If you’re one of those diehard plasma TV fans, there will be some very sweet deals in the 40 - 50 inch range for under $1000 like a Panasonic 42" 720p plasma for $550 or the Zenith 42" Z42PO2 plasma TV for around $500, or a  read more »

Get the Kids a Digital Camera

Black Friday might be a good time to pick up a second camera for the kids or maybe an SLR like the Canon EOS Rebel for around $600. The fact is new cameras with state-of-the-art features like face technology and longer battery life can be pur  read more »