I never have wanted to get up in the middle of the night and wait outside a store for it to open at least two hours early, just so I could join the stampede inside and risk serious bodily injury to be one of the lucky shoppers who got a $4 widget for $3.I've seen news coverage of day-after-the-turkey shoppers stepping on each other's toes, elbowing each other aside, trading choice words and nearly coming to blows over the last widget. I guess what's billed as the biggest shopping day of the year is the nearest thing to a contact sport for some Americans.One thing that I think is wrong about Friday's shopping frenzy is the way many retailers have come to rely on it and the Christmas buying season for their entire year's success or failure.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Shopping frenzy develops after Thanksgiving
I never have wanted to get up in the middle of the night and wait outside a store for it to open at least two hours early, just so I could join the stampede inside and risk serious bodily injury to be one of the lucky shoppers who got a $4 widget for $3.I've seen news coverage of day-after-the-turkey shoppers stepping on each other's toes, elbowing each other aside, trading choice words and nearly coming to blows over the last widget. I guess what's billed as the biggest shopping day of the year is the nearest thing to a contact sport for some Americans.One thing that I think is wrong about Friday's shopping frenzy is the way many retailers have come to rely on it and the Christmas buying season for their entire year's success or failure.
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