Your Black Friday Battle Plan

As the holiday season approaches, so does the annual shopping extravaganza known as Black Friday. This day, infamous for its frenzied crowds and doorbuster deals, is a double-edged sword for many consumers. While it offers unparalleled opportunities to snag deeply discounted products, it can also be a source of stress, chaos, and impulsive spending.

But what if there was a way to enjoy the benefits of Black Friday without being swept away by the frenzy?

Enter stage left your New Zealand Natural Clothing Black Friday Battle Plan.

Welcome to our guide on how to avoid the Black Friday madness while still scoring fantastic deals. Whether you're a seasoned shopper or someone who's never dared to venture out on Black Friday, we've got you covered.

We’ve got some tips and strategies up our sleeves to help you stay calm, collected, and in control during this shopping spectacle.

From planning ahead to mastering online shopping, our goal is to help you make the most of Black Friday while sidestepping the chaos. So, grab your pen and paper or fire up your favourite note-taking app because you're about to discover how to turn Black Friday into a stress-free, money-saving experience.

Let's get started!

Get Time On Your Side

As always, it’s going to be crazy out there. Time will go faster than you think and before you know it, you have 40 minutes before the stores close and a list as long as your arm of things that you would still like to pick up.

To save yourself any disappointment, schedule your shopping time. Make sure you know where to be and when to browse the offers. Maybe plan a spot of lunch over peak times to make sure that you’re energised for the day ahead and away from the craziness!

Plan Ahead

If you’re anything like me, when black friday swings around, you’re like a little magpie. When all of the shiny discounts are glimmering at you, it can be hard to stay on track and pick up the things you actually set out to buy.

Before you leave your house and allow the madness to descend upon you, write a list of what you want and where you’re going to go to grab it. This way, when your little magpie eye starts to get distracted, you just need to look down at your list and focus on the task at hand.

Christmas Is Just Around The Corner

You might not have caught the christmas spirit just yet, but that doesn’t make it any further away. In less than two months, we’ll be singing our favourite christmas carols and tucking into Christmas dinner with our loved ones.

But, before you get there, you’ve some presents to store under that tree. Black Friday is the perfect time to save yourself some pennies and get yourself sorted before the next crazed group of shoppers swoops in for Christmas.

Get your thinking cap on, decide on the presents you’re going to gift your loved ones (or yourself) this year and make Black Friday worth your while!

Make Sure You Don’t Miss It

If you’re not an in-person Black Friday shopper, we’ve got you covered.

If there are certain brands you love and don't want to miss their offer emails, you could flag the sender's email address as ‘important’ or ‘high priority’. (Google how to do this if you're not sure.)

This will flag up those favourite brands in your inbox when the emails start coming through thick and fast, allowing you to focus on and prioritise those offers.

PS. Don't forget to flag New Zealand Natural Clothing ;)

Bookmarks Are Your Best Friend

Think of bookmarks like a streamlined version of the shopping list that you would create if you were amongst the riff raff in the shops.

Spend some time bookmarking the items you’re interested in getting your hands on, Then, when the deals come flying in, you can quickly navigate to those website pages to review whether they are on offer and if they are worth the purchase.

Some websites allow you to create and save a shopping cart, which is another quick way to navigate to items you’ve been considering and checkout. (Be prepared for them to repeatedly email you with shopping cart reminders, though.
Or, you could make a wishlist; most e-commerce websites offer this as well.

If you’re planning on picking up any steals from us on Black Friday, your cart automatically saves if you’ve created an account. Click here to make one and save your basket ready for the sales!

Cyber Monday

If everything goes out of the window on Black Friday, don’t sweat it.

Three days later, Cyber Monday will be in full swing. Some online retailers offer even bigger discounts on items on Cyber Monday so it might even be a happy mistake if you’re not able to pick up the items you set out to on Black Friday.

(Not NZNC though, we’ll offer you our best deals upfront!)

Remember though, it will all depend on the popularity of the products and the stock levels. So, if you’re waiting until Cyber Monday for a steal, you could miss the boat. But, what’s life without a little risk, eh?

Shopping Shoes At The Ready!

While Black Friday is known for being a day that brings out the most crazed of shoppers, that doesn’t mean that you can’t set out to have a wonderful day spending time picking up some treats for you and your loved ones.

With these tips at your disposal, you can’t go wrong. Get to making your lists and bookmarking your pages ahead of time so that when the day comes, you know what to do.

Like many of your other favourite retailers, we will also be celebrating Black Friday with some lovely discounts for you to enjoy.

While we are keeping our plans for our Black Friday steals underwraps, we currently offer a 5% rebate on all purchases made on the New Zealand Natural Clothing store.

Those among us that understand girl maths will know that I've essentially told you how to make some money while you’re shopping. Don’t say we never treat you!

If you’re subscribed to our mailing list, you’ll be one of the first to know what deals we’re going to have on the site. If you’re not, what are you waiting for? Click here to sign up to be kept in the know.

From all of us at New Zealand Natural Clothing, we hope you have a wonderful Black Friday.

Happy shopping!

(Oh, if you need any new socks for those shopping shoes, you know where to go!)