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onenote

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8. "Black Friday" sales represent only around 10 percent of all holiday sales
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:05 PM
Nov 2012

So a lot of people are buying a lot of stuff without the "frenzy" of Black Friday driving those sales.

I wonder about that, too. I tend to wait and get the sales closer to Laurian Nov 2012 #1
We learned about some of this with respect to my wife's mom.... NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #2
Sounds just like my mother in law 4_TN_TITANS Nov 2012 #5
Maybe Worried senior Nov 2012 #12
My mother was a shopaholic, she used credit cards and would Raine Nov 2012 #23
not everyone is buying stuff they don't need sammytko Nov 2012 #3
exactly - there is no single answer to the question. far more complex. n/t NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #6
That's what I did, too. knitter4democracy Nov 2012 #10
Maybe some dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #4
I often wonder the same thing. SheilaT Nov 2012 #7
"Black Friday" sales represent only around 10 percent of all holiday sales onenote Nov 2012 #8
I can't answer for everyone vankuria Nov 2012 #9
I see it literally as marions ghost Nov 2012 #11
then I must tell you that you are wrong in your "knowing" grasswire Nov 2012 #14
Of course many who are fragile economically are bamboozled marions ghost Nov 2012 #16
I'm uncomfortable with your use AlexSatan Nov 2012 #18
no deceit involved in deceptive marketing? no deceit in credit card lending? grasswire Nov 2012 #22
If you consider photoshopping models wearing clothes being advertised AlexSatan Nov 2012 #24
Some stores have layaways that encourage people to go into debt. hollysmom Nov 2012 #13
I put off school shopping liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author eugene jones Nov 2012 #17
They Save up money, put off buying things they need until black friday etc JI7 Nov 2012 #19
Credit cards for many of them SoCalDem Nov 2012 #20
I think these excesses are unecessary. smirkymonkey Nov 2012 #21
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