Black Friday-Cyber Monday Tips GDK 112420

Lyssa High talks with Lindsey Roberts, founder of THEGIFTINSIDER.COM about the Black Friday shopping season during the current pandemic.

The precipitation he makes c1 3 19, this shopping season will be like no other as we approach black friday and cyber monday.

Here to help us with some great gift suggestions and shopping strategies is lindsay roberts, the founder of the giftinsider.com.

Welcome to the show, lindsay.

Lindsay roberts: thank you so much for having me.

Happy holidays.

Speaker 1: now lindsay, how will this black friday, cyber monday and the kickoff to the shopping season be so different this year?

Lindsay roberts: so we all know that everything is a little bit different these days, but the good news is that the deals are better than ever.

And retailers are really getting creative and trying to make it as easy as possible for you to shop safely this year.

So they are doing a lot of those big doorbuster sales online, and they are really spreading the holiday deal season out.

So some of these deals have started in october and are lasting longer throughout the holiday season.

Speaker 1: what is a unique gift idea that might surprise people?

Lindsay roberts: so we love giving experiences as gifts, especially this year.

And whether you are celebrating virtually or gathering in person, we love giving omaha steaks.

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Speaker 1: and do you have any tech gifts for improving your home?

Lindsay roberts: yeah.

Smart home gifts are huge this year.

We are all home more than ever.

These are from eco bee.

So eco bee is an entire line of smart home products.

They have their home thermostat and they also have their haven home security system.

So this, we have a great deal on as well, and it's a truly smart home monitoring system.

So it is designed to keep you connected when it counts.

It is smart enough to know who's at home, who's away and it sends notifications to your phone.

So there's no false alarms, no key pads you have to worry about.

And we have a really good deal on that.

So it's 199.

It is $80 off.

And so now's a great time to really get some of those smart home upgrades or to gift those smart home upgrade.

Speaker 1: can you recommend any other special or unique gifts?

Lindsay roberts: yeah, so we have a few items that we love from facebook's buy black friday gift guide.

So this is a gift guide, completely dedicated to supporting and bringing awareness to black owned businesses.

So they have rounded up some really cool brands and really cool products.

Some of these brands have awesome stories behind them and they've done the work for you.

So we have this item i love it's the love jones candle, and it is by a brand frere bronshow.

And frere bronshow was started by three brothers all under the age of 16.

So it is just so cool.

These are from the tiny tassel charleston brand female owned business.

These are about $24.

So a great price point on earrings.

We have some vegan all natural, a cleansing bar from redo nyc.

So really cool different items that you might not have seen before.

And you can shop it all through facebook's buy black.

So it's #buyblackfriday giftguide.

Run them all out for you.

And you're supporting black owned businesses at the same time.

Speaker 1: and where can we go for more information?

Lindsay roberts: so you can go to tipsontv.com and you can also follow me at the gift insider and check out my site, the giftinsider.com.

We post deals and really cool finds all throughout the year.

And especially during the holiday season.

Speaker 1: lindsay, thank you so much for being with us today.

We really appreciate it.

Lindsay roberts: thank you so much