{"id":12285,"date":"2017-11-22T11:44:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T16:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/?p=12285"},"modified":"2017-11-22T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T16:54:00","slug":"getting-busy-on-black-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2017\/11\/getting-busy-on-black-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting busy on Black Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frantically dodging carts, people, and spewn items across the store, people rush to find the perfect deals on Christmas presents for their friends and family. As Thanksgiving and Christmas closely approach, so does Black Friday. Black Friday falls on Nov. 24 of this year, the day after Thanksgiving. Just like Cyber Monday, this day is found to host great deals in multiple stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Junior Adam Wolok arranged to stay in Midland for the upcoming holiday just like he has in the past. Wolok plans to Black Friday shop locally as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOn Black Friday, especially with Thanksgiving, traffic is normally pretty crazy and I just like to stay at home [in Midland],\u201d Wolok said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Midland doesn\u2019t contain a large amount of stores to shop at in general, so the options for Black Friday don\u2019t offer a large variety of stores. However, there are a few local places to shop at besides the Midland Mall for Black Friday like Marshall\u2019s and Michaels. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn the past, normally I go to the mall because it\u2019s got a bunch of different stores in it and they\u2019re all really easy to get to from each other,\u201d Wolok said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While also shopping for one\u2019s self, Black Friday can be a great time to stock up on Christmas presents for friends and family. This Friday, Wolok plans to buy his siblings Christmas presents. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI liked going to Radio Shack when it was open because I love electronics, and then I also like going to Dunham\u2019s because I love shopping for sports stuff,\u201d Wolok said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If not shopping in Midland for Black Friday, one might go to the Fashion Square Mall, Somerset Collection, Twelve Oaks Mall, Great Lakes Crossing Outlets, or a multitude of other shopping areas to choose from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Somerset Collection, located in Troy, Michigan, is just one of the many popular shopping malls. The mall will be closed on Thanksgiving, but will be open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday morning. For Bebe shoppers, they\u2019ll get 25 percent off everything regular priced 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. and up to 40 percent of select new styles on Black Friday only. At Vera Bradley, shoppers will receive the Holiday Tote in Suzani with a purchase of $100 or more on Black Friday only.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As reported by wallethub.com, the top five stores for Black Friday shopping in 2017 include Kohl\u2019s, JCPenny, Belk, Stage, and Shopko. The stores listed as the best for this Friday are expected to have an average store discount of 37.1%. Midland doesn\u2019t contain stores like Belk, Stage, or Shopko, but some of the local stores on the list include Kohl\u2019s, Walmart, JCPenny, Target, and Staples. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If traveling to another state or out of the country for Thanksgiving, Black Friday is still relevant. Great deals can be found no matter where one is staying at this holiday break. Normally, junior Annie Meilink travels to visit relatives in Ohio for Thanksgiving break.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re in Ohio, usually because we\u2019re with our relatives for Thanksgiving, so then we\u2019re not in town,\u201d Meilink said. \u201cAlso, Midland doesn\u2019t have a ton of shops, so in Ohio it\u2019s really different. It\u2019s bigger and there\u2019s more options to get a lot of different things.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually Meilink looks for whatever is on the best sale, or looks for gifts for others. Meilink gets most of her Christmas shopping done during Black Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSince we\u2019re in Ohio, I just go to, like, Macy\u2019s and I usually go to Nike and Dunham\u2019s and Dick\u2019s and sports shops because that\u2019s where I like to shop at,\u201d Meilink said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter where one is staying for Thanksgiving break, Black Friday can be one of the few days to exclusively receive great deals on Christmas gifts for others or just to spoil one\u2019s self. Different deals can be spotted in magazines, on TV, or simply by Googling \u201cBlack Friday deals 2017\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frantically dodging carts, people, and spewn items across the store, people rush to find the perfect deals on Christmas presents for their friends and family. As Thanksgiving and Christmas closely approach, so does Black Friday. 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