As consumers divert their attention from thanksgiving festivities and get ready for Black Friday marathon, where are they likely to be heading a few hours from now? Here are preliminary findings from Retrevo's real-time pulse:
- Did we think people won't buy HDTVs? Well, we would be wrong if we assumed that. Heavy interest in HDTVs. heavy interest in Sharp HDTVs at Sears, Samsung & Sharp HDTVs at Circuit City, Emerson TVs at Wal-mart and Dynex TVs at Best Buy, so expect long lines for these particular products.
- Laptops, Digital Cameras and GPS continue to perform well in these tough economic times. Wal-mart seems to be driving lot of people towards their super-aggressive deals on Kodak digital cameras. Sears and Best Buy not far behind with their Magellan and Garmin GPS super-deals respectively. Apple seems to dominate interest in laptops followed by HP and Lenovo.
- Camcorders, Desktops, Receivers etc are a distant third. DVD players surprisingly are garnering interest but not a very strong interest. It will be interesting to see if all the Blu-ray promotions result in consumer demand this holiday season or it that's going to be a Q1 phenomenon once people have bought their first HDTVs.
Keep tabs on the Retrevo blog, I will be posting regular updates until Cyber Monday.
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Comments
I would watch Digital Frames...
...as well as another hot item. We are betting these are going to be the next big seller in consumer electronics! Especially Kodak and Smartparts!
Glen
Thx for Plasma TV tip -Different gift idea I found for musicians
Thx for Retrevo for the tip on the big scrren TV's. With your help, I found a 50" Plasma by Panasonic at Best Buy for $900... plus no interest for 3 years! Best deal out there in my opinion. On a totally unrelated note, here's a tip on a really different gift I found to get for a musician or a guitar player. DOn't know if you came across it or know anything about them.
I came across this website on a Gibson guitar website that advertised guitar watches that were replicas of actual guitars like the Flying V, Les Paul and some others. They were only $70 so I ordered one for the guitar player in my band for Christmas last week. I wasn't sure what to expect, but these things are really rad. They even come in a Gibson guitar case. I paid $70 and got it in 3 DAYS! , but when I went back yesterday to see what other models they had, I saw they have one on sale for only 50 bucks. I haven't seen these in any stores anywhere so I thought I'd post it on your blog for anybody looking for a really unque gift for a guitar player. The name of the company (and website) is wristrock.com. Ever heard anything about them? There's somewhere in California. In keeping with your don't leave home on Black Friday, just thought I'd help out.
Thx for your column. DOn't know how you got my email addy but glad you did.
Also, thanks to these reviews
We are big fans of retrievo. We use them mainly for digital frames, but highly recommend the HDTV material as well. Some big deals to be found right now.