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For the truly outraged there is always the option of staying home. No matter what Bill Simon or Brad Wilson say you don't have to go to Walmart on Black Friday Eve (nee "Thanksgiving"). It is possible to ignore the rush and spend some quality time watching the Dallas Cowboys with your crazy in-laws. The death of Thanksgiving is the birth of choice. With stores open and offices closed Americans are officially free to do whatever they want on the fourth Thursday of every November.
Just wait until your boss decides you need to work on Thanksgiving. Business is not a series of individual strings but a net that entangles all involved.
Everybody with a job.
Walmart has a pet section?!
I think you're getting way ahead of yourself here. He could also ask to me to work on weekends, but for some unknown reason, he doesn't.
They swapped veterans day for martin luther king day. And when I was programming for a financial company, the day after Thanksgiving was always off as well.
There is no proof that people will actually spend more in fact they will probably spend less on Friday now because they will have already spent it on Thursday. Christmas spending doesn't increase because the days you can spend do.
I think that you are missing the big picture. My understanding is that business is not a series of individual strings but a net that entangles all involved.
This is exactly the case. It used to be that there would be doorbusters in the past (around 6 am) and it was a madhouse... last year at the same time, it was like a normal Tuesday afternoon at Best Buy. Nothing but associates to be seen.
Exactly. They've been saying this is one of the reasons they were thinking about opening on Thursday. And if it doesn't work, they won't open next year.
So you're saying that there are giant spiders involved? Because if that's what you're saying, I'm scared ####less.
Pretty sure a lot of states don't really give days off for MLK. I don't get it. Federal government may be closed but pretty much no one else is again other than banks.
Not sure that matters. People will shop and spend what they are going to spend. There isn't more or less disposable income to spend based on number of shopping days. If you are open Thursday you are simply cannibalizing Friday sales. And if you are open both days you are likely simply cannibalizing later buys not adding any real new sales overall.
Because they aren't always right and herd mentality? Once store A is open store B feels like it has to be open. Then store C says well I have to be open. It isn't about expected increased sales it's about countering what someone else was doing.
What about the people who have been working the Thanksgiving buffet at Holiday Inn? What about them?
And unfortunately it seems that Luke only memorized spells to defend against serpents and scorpions. Does Wal-Mart have a flamethrower section? Webs and spiders gunna burn!Schlzm
Then open Wednesday night. Beat them all. And save Thanksgiving. Why aren't they doing that?
Banks are now even open on the traditional "bank" holidays. But the Fed is still closed.
