Friday, December 5th, 2008
Shortly after I wrote a blog post about the social nature of Black Friday, I learned about the unfortunate incident at a New York Wal-Mart, when a temporary store employee, Jdimytai Damour, was trampled to death by a stampede of Black Friday shoppers. In the aftermath of this tragedy, ...
Tags: Black Friday, Jdimytai Damour, Target, Wal-Mart
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
With the U.S. economy reeling, holiday shoppers have been the focus of heightened scrutiny. Will they turn out in droves in the wee hours on Black Friday and spend lavishly, or will they cave into recessionary fears and pinch their pennies? What are retailers doing to woo this ...
Tags: Best Buy, Black Friday, Forrester Research
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
I awoke with a start at 2:50 a.m.
I lay awake in the darkness of my quiet home acutely aware of a vow I'd made yesterday over Thanksgiving dinner to experience Black Friday first-hand -- not just vicariously through breathless media reporting, but in person with the shoppers and retailers in ...
Tags: Black Friday, Marketing, retail
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Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Let's hear it for JCPenney and Kohl's -- open at 4:00 a.m. on Black Friday 2007, selling the same old stuff . . . . oops, I mean SALE! SALE! SALE-ing some incredible values. I see that Burlington Coat Factory opens at 7:00 a.m. What whimps.
Tags: Black Friday, Marketing, retail
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