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Black Friday is big business in the US; and while discounts can be found on Apple goods at other major retailers – including Target, Best Buy, Sam’s Club and Staples — Apple itself tends not to go in for huge discounts on its own signature products like the iPhone and iPad. | |
However, on Black Friday, not even Apple is immune from the shopping phenomenon. | |
The company will offer free iTunes gift cards of between $25 and $100 on certain products including some iPhones, iPads, iPods, Beats headphones and speakers, Macs and MacBooks. | |
Apple confirmed that customers in the United States “will receive a special edition (RED) iTunes gift card with the purchase of select Apple products” in its retail stores or online on Black Friday. | Apple confirmed that customers in the United States “will receive a special edition (RED) iTunes gift card with the purchase of select Apple products” in its retail stores or online on Black Friday. |
For each gift card, Apple will donate an unspecified percentage of the sale to the Global Fund to fight AIDS. | For each gift card, Apple will donate an unspecified percentage of the sale to the Global Fund to fight AIDS. |
The gift cards — $25 for qualifying Beats, Apple TV and iPod products, $50 for qualifying iPhones and iPads, and $100 for qualifying Macs – can be spent at the US iTunes store, Mac App Store, App Store and iBooks store. | The gift cards — $25 for qualifying Beats, Apple TV and iPod products, $50 for qualifying iPhones and iPads, and $100 for qualifying Macs – can be spent at the US iTunes store, Mac App Store, App Store and iBooks store. |
Last year, US shoppers spent $57.4 billion over the course of the weekend, according to the National Retail Federation. On average, consumers spent $403, down 4% on the previous year. |