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Busiest Shopping Day of the Season

#1 Postby pojo » Fri Nov 21, 2003 10:49 pm

And its not the day after thanksgiving!

Saturday, 22 Nov 2003....

Since all the men are out hunting, the ladies have a day of SHOPPING! According to researchers here in Green Bay, this weekend is by far the busiest shopping day of the season. Most ladies start early and gain their years worth of exercise in one day!
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#2 Postby coriolis » Fri Nov 21, 2003 10:55 pm

A different form of hunting, wouldn't you say?
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#3 Postby Guest » Fri Nov 21, 2003 10:56 pm

Most ladies start early and gain their years worth of exercise in one day!


My kinda exercise ;)
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#4 Postby pojo » Fri Nov 21, 2003 10:58 pm

Bargain Hunting....our form of hunting.... looking in the racks (no pun intended) for clothing that we could purchase for our relatives and ourselves.

no sitting in the stands waiting for that elusive big one to come through...
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#5 Postby streetsoldier » Fri Nov 21, 2003 11:01 pm

Women shopping on a sale day...the last and most brutal bastion of free enterprise left in the world, and more dangerous than hunting out in the field! :eek: :roll: :wink:
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#6 Postby pojo » Fri Nov 21, 2003 11:03 pm

streetsoldier wrote:Women shopping on a sale day...the last and most brutal bastion of free enterprise left in the world, and more dangerous than hunting out in the field! :eek: :roll: :wink:


that's for sure!
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#7 Postby coriolis » Fri Nov 21, 2003 11:04 pm

Wow, the similiarities are amazing! How about this:

Walking miles.
Stalking the quarry.
Outsmarting the other hunters.
Bagging your game. (get it - BAGGING?)
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#8 Postby streetsoldier » Fri Nov 21, 2003 11:05 pm

Just don't ask them to bleed, skin and quarter it for processing into sausage and steaks...LOL :wink:
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#9 Postby pojo » Fri Nov 21, 2003 11:05 pm

good one coriolis!
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#10 Postby coriolis » Fri Nov 21, 2003 11:08 pm

Well it is sort of a meatgrinder for any poor unfortunate male that happens to get dragged along.
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#11 Postby wx247 » Sat Nov 22, 2003 8:13 am

Interesting story Shannon. Historically the busiest shopping day of the year is December 23.
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#12 Postby Lake Effect1 » Sat Nov 22, 2003 8:31 am

I always heard it was the day after Thanksgiving.......
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#13 Postby wx247 » Sat Nov 22, 2003 8:36 am

Lake Effect1 wrote:I always heard it was the day after Thanksgiving.......


That is a common misconception. By sheer numbers it is, but by sales it isn't. Retailers call it "Black Friday" because in year's past that day has brought them out of the red and into the black for the year.
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#14 Postby azsnowman » Sat Nov 22, 2003 8:38 am

I thought the busiest day was the day AFTER Christmas....when EVERYTHING is marked down!

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#15 Postby blizzard » Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:01 am

Lake Effect1 wrote:I always heard it was the day after Thanksgiving.......


Yes, Lake Effect1, around here it is the BUSIEST day, money wise and people wise. Maybe globally, or NAtionally it may be 12/23, but I am not convinced of that. Everything I've ever read or been informed of, it has been the day after Thanksgiving.
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#16 Postby blizzard » Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:04 am

wx247 wrote:
Lake Effect1 wrote:I always heard it was the day after Thanksgiving.......


That is a common misconception. By sheer numbers it is, but by sales it isn't. Retailers call it "Black Friday" because in year's past that day has brought them out of the red and into the black for the year.


This statement also says that the day after Thanksgiving is a huge sales day, if retailers recognize it as bringing them into the black for the year, then that tells me it must be the biggest shopping day.
December 23rd may be the biggest shopping day for males, or is that the 24th....lol
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#17 Postby weatherluvr » Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:04 am

From somebody that has been a retail manager for 15 years, I can tell you that the busiest day is the Saturday before Christmas. The whole "Black Friday" thing hasn't been true for a while now, as most people wait for their Christmas bonuses to do their major shopping, plus the advent of internet shopping has changed the shopping patterns dramatically. And yes, the days after Christmas are very busy as well, since poeple go shopping not only for bargains, but to get all the cool stuff they didn't get for Christmas.
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#18 Postby blizzard » Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:09 am

weatherluvr wrote:From somebody that has been a retail manager for 15 years, I can tell you that the busiest day is the Saturday before Christmas. The whole "Black Friday" thing hasn't been true for a while now, as most people wait for their Christmas bonuses to do their major shopping, plus the advent of internet shopping has changed the shopping patterns dramatically. And yes, the days after Christmas are very busy as well, since poeple go shopping not only for bargains, but to get all the cool stuff they didn't get for Christmas.


Since you have been in retail, I have no choice but to recind my post and tend to believe your statement. I also believe that the internet shopping trend definately has changed things dramatically.
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#19 Postby Guest » Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:13 am

Well I think from the timeframe of the week before Thanksgiving until Christmas eve is the busiest shopping days - and especially each weekend. Went to WallyWorld last night and the people were so thick in the toy department - I left. Hate crowds.
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#20 Postby bfez1 » Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:47 am

The day after Thanksgiving is "considered" the busiest shopping day of the year. :)
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