Beat the Black Friday Rush with GameStop’s First-Ever Pre-Black Friday Family Weekend
November 18 2014 - 9:45AM
Business Wire
Take advantage of deals on Disney Infinity,
Nintendo products, tablets & more
Celebrate the Launch of Super Smash Bros WiiU
& Pokemon with midnight launch events
PowerUp Rewards Pro members to receive $25 off
any pre-owned tablet
Today, GameStop, a family of specialty retail brands that makes
the most popular technologies affordable and simple, announced that
it will be hosting its first-ever pre-Black Friday weekend event
for parents and gift-givers looking to purchase new or pre-owned
video games, accessories or electronic gifts for the gamer this
holiday season.
“Holiday shopping can be quite expensive for parents and
gift-givers,” said Frank Hamlin, chief marketing officer at
GameStop. “To help parents, or any gift-giver stretch their holiday
shopping budgets, GameStop is happy to offer a special weekend full
of great savings before the Black Friday and Cyber Monday
rush.”
Beginning on November 21 and running through November 23, all
U.S. GameStop store locations will be offering various special
deals and discounts on select items to allow moms and dads, aunts
and uncles, grandparents, or any gift-giver the chance to beat the
Black Friday rush during GameStop’s pre-Black Friday Family
Weekend. Customers can take advantage of deals on Disney Infinity
and Nintendo products, trade in their video game & consumer
electronics to receive currency that can be used to purchase
holiday gifts, and receive double PowerUp Rewards® points all
weekend long when using the GameStop® PowerUp Rewards™ credit
card.
Discounts include:
- $20 off all Disney Infinity Marvel
Starter Packs ($54.99, Reg. $74.99)
- $15 off Disney Infinity 2.0 Edition:
Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy,
Marvel’s The Avengers ($24.99, Reg. $39.99)
- Purchase a new Disney Infinity PS3
bundle to receive a $25 GameStop gift card
- $50 off Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7.0
($149.99, Reg. $199.99)
- $70 off Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0
($199.99, Reg. $269.99)
- $100 off Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1
($249.99, Reg. $349.99)
In addition to these pre-Black Friday deals, GameStop always has
more than 2,500 pre-owned video games under $20.00 and a wide
selection of new and pre-owned kid-friendly titles such as Little
Big Planet 3, Disney’s Fantasia: Music Evolved and Skylanders Trap
Team.
Parents searching for a certain Skylanders or Disney Infinity
collector figure are in luck. GameStop is now selling pre-owned
Skylanders and Disney Infinity figures at prices that cannot be
beat. If a figure is not available in a store, GameStop can locate
figures through its Web-in-Store service and have it shipped to any
address for free, or pick it up at any GameStop store location at
the earliest convenience.
To make the weekend offer even better for Nintendo fans,
GameStop will host midnight launch events at more than 2,500
GameStop store locations to celebrate the launch of Super Smash
Bros WiiU, Pokemon Omega Ruby, Pokemon Alpha Sapphire, and amiibo
characters on November 21. Customers can head out to stores on the
evening of November 20 where they can participate in various
activities in select locations such as tournaments, giveaways, and
more.
For more information about GameStop’s pre-Black Friday Family
Weekend or which stores will be hosting a Super Smash Bros, Pokemon
Omega Ruby, Pokemon Alpha Sapphire, and amiibo midnight launch,
visit a local GameStop store location or
www.GameStop.com/events.
About GameStop Corp.
GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500
company headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, is a global,
multichannel video game, consumer electronics and wireless services
retailer. GameStop operates more than 6,600 stores across 15
countries. The company’s consumer product network also includes
www.gamestop.com; www.Kongregate.com, a leading browser-based game
site; Game Informer® magazine, the world’s leading print and
digital video game publication; and www.buymytronics.com, an online
consumer electronics trade-in platform. In addition, our Technology
Brands segment includes our Simply Mac, Spring Mobile and Cricket
stores. Simply Mac, www.simplymac.com, operates 33 stores, selling
the full line of Apple products, including laptops, tablets,
smartphones and offering Apple certified warranty and repair
services. Spring Mobile, http://springmobile.com, sells post-paid
AT&T services and wireless products through its 298 AT&T
branded stores. Cricket Wireless, www.cricketwireless.com, offers
pre-paid wireless services, devices and related accessories. We
operate 48 Cricket stores in select markets throughout the United
States.
General information on GameStop Corp. can be obtained at the
company's corporate website http://news.gamestop.com/. Follow
GameStop on Twitter @ www.twitter.com/GameStop and find GameStop on
Facebook @ www.facebook.com/GameStop.
Kyle StephensonGameStop – Public
Relations817-722-7735kylestephenson@gamestop.com
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