Georgea Kovanis/Detroit Free Press—Think everyone you know will be shopping during all those Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales? You may be surprised to learn lots of them will be having a second slice of pie and sleeping late. “I’m extremely price conscious,” said Andrea Westfall, 36, of Sterling Heights, adding that she reads sale circulars, […]
Black Friday
Black Friday shoppers get set to go
Justine Griffin/Sarasota Herald-Tribune—Between Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and three weeks of shopping from now to Christmas, shoppers have more options than ever to get all the gifts on their holiday lists. Southwest Florida moms Melissa Tomasso and Beth McCullagh are two of the 140 million people who are expected to shop during […]
Let’s talk turkey about shopping on the holiday
Amy Martinez/Seattle Times—Another Thanksgiving tradition is elbowing its way in to join the turkey carving, post-meal nap and football-game watch party: the hunt for a “door-buster” deal. The Friday after Thanksgiving long has marked the official start of the holiday shopping season. But increasingly, the kickoff is happening on Thanksgiving evening — just as most […]
Despite complaints, Black Friday continues to creep into Thanksgiving
Kavita Kumar/St. Louis Post-Dispatch—And … they’re off. The Cardinals weren’t the only ones in the midst of a dogfight. Faced with what is shaping up to be a lackluster holiday shopping season, retailers are pulling out all the stops in an effort to get more customers through their doors. So it probably shouldn’t have been […]
Holiday Blues?
While initial holiday sales predictions were robust in calling for as much as a 6 percent increase over last year, the initial verdict on overall sales could be far less than those original predictions. Still, I think it’s too early to write off this holiday shopping season as a bust. In fact, many reports are […]
Shades of Gray on Black Friday
While actual sales on Black Friday dipped by about 2 percent, overall sales (including Thanksgiving night and the duration of the weekend) rose by 2 to 3 percent. In my opinion, that’s the real news because Black Friday has turned into more than just a one-day event. But I think retailers need to think critically […]
