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  • Re: Happy Thanksgiving to

    From Dr. What@21:1/616 to claw on Wed Nov 29 07:56:46 2023
    claw wrote to apam <=-

    The reason Black Friday is a whole week plus a Monday, is due to how
    many people have died as a result.

    I worked for a retailer for 20 years and the actual reason "Black Friday" is more like "Black November" is simply profits. People only have so much money to spend. The sooner you get their money, the better. Otherwise they will have spent it someplace else and you don't get any.


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  • From claw@21:1/210 to Dr. What on Wed Nov 29 10:30:03 2023
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    On 29 Nov 2023, Dr. What said the following...
    I worked for a retailer for 20 years and the actual reason "Black
    Friday" is more like "Black November" is simply profits. People only
    have so much money to spend. The sooner you get their money, the
    better. Otherwise they will have spent it someplace else and you don't get any.


    I think this also plays a part but no insurance company wants the mess that is black Friday lawsuits either. Win win for the retailers

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to Dr. What on Thu Nov 30 11:33:17 2023
    Dr. What wrote to claw <=-

    I worked for a retailer for 20 years and the actual reason "Black
    Friday" is more like "Black November" is simply profits. People only
    have so much money to spend. The sooner you get their money, the
    better. Otherwise they will have spent it someplace else and you don't get any.

    True. I only spent one year in retail (1987-88!) and can attest that the busiest the store was during the Thanksgiving-New Year period was the
    weekend after Thanksgiving ("Black Friday") and then again not long before Christmas (last minute shoppers).

    The rest of the time it was only busier-enough than "normal" days to be noticed... no big crowds.

    Now the nearby Malls seemed to stay packed enough during the whole season
    to need extra traffic direction, but the stand alone box stores like I
    worked in did not.



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