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Slow Black Friday morning across Sacramento amid price hikes up to 17%

Shipping and trucker delays, are causing prices on items like televisions to soar

Slow Black Friday morning across Sacramento amid price hikes up to 17%

Shipping and trucker delays, are causing prices on items like televisions to soar

SHOPPING SEASON TODAY. PEOPLE AROUND THE NATIO ANRE LOOKING FOR DEEP DISCOUNTS AND BIG DEALS ON BLACK FRIDAY. LOOK AT THE CROWDS IN MINNESOTA, ILLINOIS, AND GEORGIA. SOME PEOPLE EAGERLY WAITED OUTSIDE OF SOME OF THE STORES TO BE THEIRST F SHOPPERS INSIDE. BUT, THIS WAS NOT THE CASE EVERYWHERE. SLOWER ANDOR ME EXPENSIVE. BLACK FRIDAY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE TYPIC TALHIS YE.AR MORE LIKE GRAY FRIDAY. THAT IS ACROSS SACRAMENTO. IT IS PROVEN TO BE TRUE AS ERIN HEFT SHOWS UWHS AT IT LOOKS LIKE. >>OT N WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT WHEN YOU THINK BLACK FRIDAY. CAME CROWDS, I’LL -- ALL OUTOT GET SOMETHING THEY HAPPENED TO SEE RECENTLY LIKE ADRIANA RAMIREZ. >> I JUST COULDN’T SLEEP AND THOUGHT IOU WLD DO SOME BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING. ERIN: SAME WITH DEIRERD HOLLOWAY. DID YOU HAVE YOUR EYE ON THIS FOR A WHILE? >> THIS WAS SPUR OF THE MOMENT. ERIN: THIS WAS THE LARGEST CROWD WE COULD FIND THIS MORNING AT FIVE. IT IS NOT COMPARED TO THE BADNESS OF LAST YEAR. THIS VIDEO IS FROM A GAMESTOP SALE LAST SEASON. THE LADS THIS YEAR, EXPERTS S,AY WAS EXPECTED. BOTTLENECKS IN SHIPPING AND TRUCKS ARE SUPPOSED TO CREATE STRAIN ON SHOPPERS WITH SPECIFIC ITEMS IN MIND. >> I WAS LOOKING FOR PS5. THEY DO NOT HAVE A PS5. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED. ERIN: WHAT IS THE PLAN NOW? >> GO HOME SAD. ERIN: SHOPPERS ARE EXPECTED TO FACE PRICE HIKES UP TO 17% SPECIFICALLY ON TV’S. IT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE STOPPED SHOPPERS. >> IT IS MOB IT PROBABLY ALREADY SO I PARKED ACROSS THE STREET. :ERIN MET WITH UNFILLED PARKING LOTS. >> IT IS FOR MY SON’S BED. THEN WE GOT CLOSE --CLOTHES. NOTHGIN BIG. WE JUST THOUGHT BECAUSE IT ERI: WAS ON SALE. ER:INOUTHGH SEEMINGLY SLOW ACROSS SACRAMENTO, SALES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE ANTICIPAT T
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Slow Black Friday morning across Sacramento amid price hikes up to 17%

Shipping and trucker delays, are causing prices on items like televisions to soar

Black Friday was expected to have larger crowds in 2021 compared to 2020, but shoppers were not quick to rush stores across Sacramento Friday morning.Meanwhile, bottlenecks, due in part to shipping and trucker delays, are causing prices on items like televisions to soar, up to 17% marked up from last year, an Allianz Research representative told The Associated Press. Prices for items like toys, clothing, appliances and other items are up anywhere from 5% to 17%.Fewer people in stores, short-staffed shops and low stock are anticipated to make shopping tricky during the holidays this year.Many shoppers in the Arden Fair Mall Complex were browsing."I just couldn't sleep, I thought I'd do some black Friday shopping, and I thought well I could use an Instant Pot," said Adriana Ramirez. Some people arriving to the mall and other shops said they were surprised at how few shoppers there were.Retail economists still expect 2021 sales to be strong.

Black Friday was expected to have larger crowds in 2021 compared to 2020, but shoppers were not quick to rush stores across Sacramento Friday morning.

Meanwhile, bottlenecks, due in part to shipping and trucker delays, are causing prices on items like televisions to soar, up to 17% marked up from last year, an Allianz Research representative told The Associated Press. Prices for items like toys, clothing, appliances and other items are up anywhere from 5% to 17%.

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Fewer people in stores, short-staffed shops and low stock are anticipated to make shopping tricky during the holidays this year.

Many shoppers in the Arden Fair Mall Complex were browsing.

"I just couldn't sleep, I thought I'd do some black Friday shopping, and I thought well I could use an Instant Pot," said Adriana Ramirez.

Some people arriving to the mall and other shops said they were surprised at how few shoppers there were.

Retail economists still expect 2021 sales to be strong.