It’s that time of year again, Prince George residents are eager to bust through shopping mall doors and cash in on Black Friday deals all weekend long.
Karen Cameron, Pine Centre Mall’s Marketing Director says the mall will be open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m..
“We are doing a variety of draws throughout the day for Pine Centre Mall gift certificates, you do have to be here to win, we will also be playing ‘Secret Santa’, our General Manager will be out giving Christmas gifts to unsuspecting shoppers,” she says.
Cameron notes just over 22,000 people came through the mall last Black Friday and expects around 25,000 to come through the doors this time.
“Black Friday has certainly become very popular here in Canada with the arrival of American retailers like Target, we’ve certainly embraced it this year, it will be just as large as it has been in the past, if not more so ,” she says.
Cameron feels Black Friday has its own retail identity that is different from Boxing Day.
“I think with Black Friday, because it’s pre-Christmas, consumers are more excited about it and the retailers are more excited about it” she says. “It really has become a sales event of its own.”
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