david vaton is on the hunt for an ipad mini and he says when it comes to getting a good deal, sleep is overrated. i stayed up the whole night, i did not go to sleep at all. today, so it s been a really long night. i got up at 2:00 in the morning. i probably got like five hours of sleep but i m awkwardly awake right now. how much do you expect to save? well i just saved 50 bucks on this jacket. i don t know, maybe another hundred, save about $150. reporter: more than 145 million people are expected to go shopping this weekend, and while that s slightly less than last year s estimate, retailers are still feeling upbeat about the state of the consumer. stores often make more than a third of their annual sales during the christmas holidays and black friday is seen as a good barometer on the season. i think it creates the momentum for the rest of the season and by the looks of it this year i think we re going to have a great season. reporter: and when it comes to wor
david vaton is on the hunt for an ipad mini and he says when it comes to getting a good deal, sleep is overrated. i stayed up the whole night, i did not go to sleep at all. today, so it s been a really long night. i got up at 2:00 in the morning. i probably got like five hours of sleep but i m awkwardly awake right now. how much do you expect to save? well i just saved 50 bucks on this jacket. i don t know, maybe another hundred, save about $150. reporter: more than 145 million people are expected to go shopping this weekend, and while that s slightly less than last year s estimate, retailers are still feeling upbeat about the state of the consumer. stores often make more than a third of their annual sales during the christmas holidays and black friday is seen as a good barometer on the season. i think it creates the momentum for the rest of the season and by the looks of it this year i think we re going to have a great season. reporter: and when it comes to wor
shoppers hunting for deals. holiday sales are expected to increase by about 4% this year, to more than $580 billion, according to the national retail federation. allison worrell kicks off out coverage of retail s big day. it s 5:30 in the morning at one of miami s most popular malls, and while it may look tame now, but this is the calm before the black friday shopping storm. reporter: from the victoria s secret s pink, to the apple store, people are enthusiastic about buying and it shows. david vaton is on the hunt for an ipad mini and he says when it comes to getting a good deal, sleep is overrated. i stayed up the whole night, i did not go to sleep at all. today, so it s been a really long night. i got up at 2:00 in the morning. i probably got like five hours of sleep but i m awkwardly awake right now. how much do you expect to save? well i just saved 50 bucks on this jacket. i don t know, maybe another hundred, save about $150. reporter: more than 145 million
schaeffer is making his list. we ll tell you what he s buying now. that and more tonight on n.b.r. we begin with what has become the un-official post- thanksgiving past-time for many americans: shopping. the black friday doorbuster sales began earlier than ever. yesterday, in fact. but stores were busy with shoppers hunting for deals. holiday sales are expected to increase by about 4% this year, to more than $580 billion, according to the national retail federation. allison worrell kicks off out coverage of retail s big day. it s 5:30 in the morning at one of miami s most popular malls, and while it may look tame now, but this is the calm before the black friday shopping storm. reporter: from the victoria s secret s pink, to the apple store, people are enthusiastic about buying and it shows. david vaton is on the hunt for an ipad mini and he says when it comes to getting a good deal, sleep is overrated. i stayed up the whole night, i did not go to sleep at all. today,