Black Friday in Vancouver: A quiet, lineup-free morning for shoppers
All is quiet on the shopping front, at least around Vancouver, as Black Friday comes in hot for another year.
Following American Thanksgiving, Black Friday has often been a hectic day for shoppers, usually stateside; however, in Canada as well, as many stores offer similar deals.
But, the days of crushing mobs and shopping chaos seem to have cooled.
CF Pacific Centre on Black Friday (Daily Hive)
We headed to CF Pacific Centre in Vancouver to check out the frenzy (or lack thereof) and discovered that while a few enthusiasts did brave the single-digit temperatures on November 24, it wasn’t nearly as busy as we expected.
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Best Buy, which back in the day saw massive lineups outside its stores for deals, wasn’t even open at CF Pacific Centre bright and early, with one person telling Daily Hive that everyone seems to be doing their shopping online.
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“At CF Pacific Centre we are constantly evolving our retail offering to support our clients and serve our guests needs. Overall, retailer health continues to be strong as we head into December. Last year we saw over 55,000 shoppers on Black Friday and look forward to another successful year this Black Friday weekend,” said Kim Ficocelli, General Manager, CF Pacific Centre Retail.
CF Pacific Centre provided some photos of the mall later in the day.
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It was similarly quiet at Burnaby’s Metropolis at Metrotown on Friday morning.
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Amir Ali/Daily Hive
Amir Ali/Daily Hive
Typically, online deals have been offered for Cyber Monday, but it appears that those days are starting to blend together.
Did you go shopping on Black Friday? Or are you a fan of Boxing Day deals? Let us know in the comments.
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