I NEEDED SOMETHING FROM OFFICE DEPOT...WHICH IS NEXT TO A BEST BUY IN MY AREA...SO I STOPPED INTO BEST BUY JUST TO SEE WHAT'S UP...
THE PLACE WAS QUITE FULL OF YOUNGER AND WORKING CLASS LOOKING SHOPPERS...WHO DID NOT SEEM ABLE TO BUY ANYTHING...
LOTS OF KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL FOR THE HOLIDAY...
MOST WERE "JUST LOOKING" ... AND PLAYING WITH THE ITEMS...
BUT THE CHECK OUTS WHERE NOT PACKED OR LINED UP AT ALL...THIS WAS AFTER 5PM...
MOST OF THE "DOOR BUSTER DEALS" WHERE LOW PRICED ITEMS THAT WERE APPARENTLY STRIPPED EARLY IN THE MORNING...
BUT THE REST OF THE INVENTORY WAS PRICED EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT WAS A FEW DAYS AGO...THE LAST TIME I WAS IN THAT STORE...
IN OTHER WORDS...95% OF THE INVENTORY WAS NOT ON SALE...
ONLY A FEW LOSS LEADERS WHERE STILL AVAILABLE...USUALLY VERY CHEAP OFF BRAND STUFF MARKED DOWN CONSIDERABLY....
MANY PEOPLE NOW REALIZE THAT BLACK FRIDAY IS NOT THE BEST DAY FOR SALES...
ACTUALLY NEXT WEEKEND WILL BE A BETTER TIME TO SHOP...
RETAILERS SENSE THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL BUY AT ANY PRICE ON BLACK FRIDAY...JUST BECAUSE THEY THINK PRICES ARE LOWER...
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE USE BRICKS AND MORTAR STORES AS "SHOWROOMS" FOR STUFF THEY WILL GO HOME AND BUY ON AMAZON...
SO I DO NOT SENSE THAT THIS WAS A BLOCK BUSTER DAY FOR RETAIL...
TOO MANY LOOKERS...NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO BUY...
AND PERHAPS MANY ALREADY HAVE THE ITEMS THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BUY...ON BLACK FRIDAY...
HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU BUY AN I-PHONE...?
IN SHORT...BLACK FRIDAY SEEMS TO HAVE GONE THE WAY OF TAKING THE "SATURDAY NIGHT BATH"...FOR CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING....
ITS A BIT OF AN ANACHRONISM THESE DAZE...
WE CAN BATHE OR SHOP ANY DAY OF THE WEEK NOW...AND 24/7...
THE PLACE WAS QUITE FULL OF YOUNGER AND WORKING CLASS LOOKING SHOPPERS...WHO DID NOT SEEM ABLE TO BUY ANYTHING...
LOTS OF KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL FOR THE HOLIDAY...
MOST WERE "JUST LOOKING" ... AND PLAYING WITH THE ITEMS...
BUT THE CHECK OUTS WHERE NOT PACKED OR LINED UP AT ALL...THIS WAS AFTER 5PM...
MOST OF THE "DOOR BUSTER DEALS" WHERE LOW PRICED ITEMS THAT WERE APPARENTLY STRIPPED EARLY IN THE MORNING...
BUT THE REST OF THE INVENTORY WAS PRICED EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT WAS A FEW DAYS AGO...THE LAST TIME I WAS IN THAT STORE...
IN OTHER WORDS...95% OF THE INVENTORY WAS NOT ON SALE...
ONLY A FEW LOSS LEADERS WHERE STILL AVAILABLE...USUALLY VERY CHEAP OFF BRAND STUFF MARKED DOWN CONSIDERABLY....
MANY PEOPLE NOW REALIZE THAT BLACK FRIDAY IS NOT THE BEST DAY FOR SALES...
ACTUALLY NEXT WEEKEND WILL BE A BETTER TIME TO SHOP...
RETAILERS SENSE THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL BUY AT ANY PRICE ON BLACK FRIDAY...JUST BECAUSE THEY THINK PRICES ARE LOWER...
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE USE BRICKS AND MORTAR STORES AS "SHOWROOMS" FOR STUFF THEY WILL GO HOME AND BUY ON AMAZON...
SO I DO NOT SENSE THAT THIS WAS A BLOCK BUSTER DAY FOR RETAIL...
TOO MANY LOOKERS...NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO BUY...
AND PERHAPS MANY ALREADY HAVE THE ITEMS THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BUY...ON BLACK FRIDAY...
HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU BUY AN I-PHONE...?
IN SHORT...BLACK FRIDAY SEEMS TO HAVE GONE THE WAY OF TAKING THE "SATURDAY NIGHT BATH"...FOR CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING....
ITS A BIT OF AN ANACHRONISM THESE DAZE...
WE CAN BATHE OR SHOP ANY DAY OF THE WEEK NOW...AND 24/7...
