Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving and commonly thought of as the busiest day of the year for shopping and the start of the traditional holiday shopping season in the United States.
“MasterCard data shows that for retailers in the top gift-buying categories, Black Friday is indeed the biggest day of the season — and people know to get out of bed early to cash in on the myriad of bargains that are offered in the wee hours of the morning,” said Larry Flanagan, chief marketing officer of MasterCard Worldwide.
Black Friday is the hottest day for shopping because there are many profitable items for sale than during the entire rest of the year, so enjoy your shopping, save your hard earn money, and don’t disregard your personal safety.
The name Black Friday is thought to have originated in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and is a reference to the heavy shopping done all that day (Maybe it was meant to mean that people are shopping in the black on that day but by Christmas they are shopping in the red)
Black Friday is not a day to forget about your own personal safety, or to step all over one another. Nor is any other time and Black Friday is no exception, even if you might miss out on the latest Ipod. Black Friday is not a free pass to cut people off in the parking lot.
In my opinion, Black Friday is a dangerous day to be anywhere retail.
Surviving Black Friday is not a game.
Look what happened in Palm Springs.
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081129/NEWS0801/811290327/1006/NEWS01
Or the stampede in New York.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aviWbQ4bOa1w&refer=home
All I am saying, is this. Is that Ipod, or the last Xbox worth risking your personal safety or security during this time of the year? Or ruining somebody else’s?
Keep these thoughts in mind during the Holiday season this year, and everyday.
Sincerely,
Trapper
Sherwood Locksmithing
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