WASHINGTON — It looks like “Super Saturday” may be the new “Black Friday.”
Retailers say “Super Saturday” — the Saturday before Christmas — has become the busiest shopping day of the year. Also, compared to last year, shopping volume has increased while prices have decreased, according to data from the National Retail Federation.
Locally, large crowds were hitting the stores for some last minute shopping on Super Saturday.
Tia Gardner, from Alexandria, Virginia, started her day early. By 10:30 a.m., she had finished up at Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax, Virginia.
“Yeah, it’s getting crowded in there,” Gardner says, laughing.
Gardner says she wanted to take advantage of the deals. “You get good deals when you come out the last-minute, it seems,” says Gardner.
She got to relish in the fact that she had finished up her Christmas shopping.
“It’s a good feeling,” she says. “Now I can go on home and get out of this madness.”
#SuperSaturday the new Black Friday. Last minute shoppers at Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax on Super Saturday. @wtop pic.twitter.com/54FSZKxxBR
— Kathy Stewart (@KStewartWTOP) December 19, 2015
