Merchants across Peterborough are getting ready to greet waves of shoppers looking for big deals as Black Friday returns Nov. 24.
“It is the single most busy day by far,” said Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) executive director Terry Guiel. “It does beat Boxing Day.”
For four years the DBIA has held Black Friday events in the city’s centre. With 100 stores and restaurants ready to participate this year, Guiel said shoppers can expect good deals and a good time downtown.
The Holiday Shopping Passport returns for a chance to win one of three early bird prizes of $500 in downtown money and a grand prize of $1,500. Shoppers get a stamp on their Holiday Shopping Passport for every $10 spent and every full passport becomes a ballot for the draws.
Visit downtownptbo.ca for more details and a full list of Holiday Shopping Passport locations.
“And what’s really cool is the restaurants being involved,” Guiel said, adding that some eateries take advantage of the day by offering them dishes like Black Forest Cake or black bean salad.
But for the owners at downtown’s Watson and Lou, the day isn’t necessarily about big sales.
Co-owner Erin Watson said they’ll be offering good sale prices on some, but not all merchandise.
“Being a locally curated boutique, Black Friday doesn’t mean as much to us as it does to the big box stores,” she said.
But it’s a different story at Kawartha TV and Stereo.
Manager Scott Stuart said Black Friday sales are so big that it’s changed the way the store does business.
“Black Friday is one of our largest sales of the year,” Stuart said. “It’s equal, if not better, than our Boxing week sales.”
He said Boxing Day has become a little slower as Black Friday has evolved.
Parking is free for two hours – a city-run promotion from Nov. 24 to Dec. 31.
Participating Black Friday Locations:
- Absolute Hair; Amuse Coffee Co.; Antique Boutique; Antoinette Bridal; Arken Beauty Supply; Art School of Peterborough
- BioPed Footcare; Black Honey Bakery; Black Honey Dessert and Coffeehouse; Boater’s World; Brant Basics; Brick House Craft Burger Grill; Burgundy’s Hair Salon; By The Bridge
- Cahill’s Outerwear; Charlotte Jewellers; Charlotte Paint & Wallpaper; Charlotte Street Comics and Collectibles; Charlotte’s Web; Chumleighs; Cottage Toys
Curry Village; - Dodrio; Dreams of Beans
- EC Catering; Elderberry Clinic; Euphoria Wellness Spa
- Faces by 2; First Stop Swap Shop; Flavour; Frame It For U
- Gentry Apparel; Green Street
- Hi Ho Silver; Hobies Sports Ltd.; Hunter Street Books
- Iceman Games; Insight Optical; Island Cream Caribbean Cuisine
- John Roberts Clothiers
- K & C Costumes; Kawartha Candle Company; Kawartha Local; Kingan Home Hardware; Knock on Wood
- Larry Electric & Motor Service; LCBO; LiLi’s Convenience
- Marie Cluthé Antiques and Collectibles; Moondance; Mr. Sub on George Street; My Left Breast; My Own Clouds
- Naked Chocolate; Natas Café; Needles in the Hay; Needleworks; Nielsen’s Watches and Jewellery
- Pensieri Shoes; Peterborough Photo Service; Pettigrew Spa & Salon; Pipe Dreamz; Plush; Poell’s Bike Shop
- Red Stone Nail Salon; Runner’s Life
- S.O.S.; Sam’s Place; Simply Delicious
- T-Elle Boutique; The Cell Shop; The Cheese Shop; The Hock Shop; The Nutty Chocolatier; The Patch; The Publican House Brewery; The Toy Shop; Thin City Longboard; Things from Mom’s Basement; Tiny Greens; Tribal Voices; Turnbull Café
- Under One Sun
- Watson & Lou; Wild Rock Outfitters
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