CyntharianM Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/smartspending/archive/2009/07/15/christmas-in-july-at-kmart-and-sears.aspx This latest adventure in retailing may be indicative of two trends: Holiday promotions will begin even earlier than usual around the retail world. "To get a jump-start on what might be a horrid Christmas shopping season, experts anticipate that stores will move up Black Friday, and perhaps begin their holiday marketing around Columbus Day," Time reports. Kmart and Sears, both owned by Sears Holding Corp., continue to suffer from neglect. "Sears Holdings' underinvestment in stores has degraded its ability to withstand the magnitude of the current pullback in consumer spending," wrote Morgan Stanley analyst Gregory Melich, according to Time. Black Friday on Columbus Day?
Brad Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 The problem is most people are lazy and don't want to start their holiday shopping that early. The actual Black Friday is good because it's the day after Thanksgiving - people know Christmas is right around the corner and they have a month or less. Panic slowly starts to set in and it gets people to the store. People are in the holiday spirit, etc... that won't happen on Columbus day. It's too early for most shoppers. I think BF as we know it will continue. There might be extra "big" sales on other days, but a store that has a sale on Columbus day will still have a big BF ad because all the others stores will and they won't want to lose sales on that busy shopping day. Regardless, we'll be here to cover everything. If this Columbus day becomes big enough and we can get the ads, we'll be ready to post them. There will be a lot of sales during the entire 4th quarter this year, offline and online. And since we're a deal site open all year, we're more than prepared to cover everything, whether it's on the BF site or on the main GD site.
peifgirl Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 I start my lists (official) and shopping in Sept. But I don't get "down and dirty" till Black Friday. I don't think any sale of any kind will kick any major difference being in Oct.
JohnnyLaRue Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Isn't Columbus Day on a monday? How would that work?
chrisjuvers Posted July 19, 2009 Posted July 19, 2009 Isn't Columbus Day on a monday? How would that work?Hypothetically speaking, of course, it would be just like cyber Monday online.
len_mullen Posted September 7, 2009 Posted September 7, 2009 Well, I shop when the prices are right. Last year, I was 90% done by BF. The BEST deal on an HDTV came in September. If the retailers put things on sale early, I'll bite.
conj Posted September 7, 2009 Posted September 7, 2009 I love shopping on Veterans day, too :) I'm OK with great deals a few times a year!
Brad Posted September 7, 2009 Posted September 7, 2009 FWIW, I've been contacted by quite a few major retailers about various BF-related things and none have mentioned anything like this. They are all focused on the real BF. Of course things can change, but I've heard nothing supporting this over the last few months.
Rockfordmom Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 I haven't seen any ads yet for anything exciting this weekend.
jellybean051901 Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 I am already done with my DD5 shopping as well as five or six other people. i am all about shopping early
jenna8110 Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 Just got this last night! Let me know if the link doesn't work! http://trus.imageg.net/graphics/corp/100809-columbus-eml.pdf?EDID=YUFJV0-8MH75-QGH4Z3-5ZE3CA-8IKUK-v1
dustysky Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 this would be a nightmare for people who open up a defective or broken gift. NO store is going take anything back with a receipt this far out.
cashandra Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 this would be a nightmare for people who open up a defective or broken gift. NO store is going take anything back with a receipt this far out.Not really, don't most stores carry a 90 day return policy?
Brad Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 I haven't seen any ads yet for anything exciting this weekend.I haven't either. A reporter contacted me this week wondering where all the BF-like deals were this weekend, lol. Guess there was nothing to this story.
wx4svr Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 I haven't either. A reporter contacted me this week wondering where all the BF-like deals were this weekend, lol. Guess there was nothing to this story. Wish it were true.
tn20 Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 Not really, don't most stores carry a 90 day return policy?That's what I thought, too. I bought something at KM, I believe, a couple of days ago, and the return by date was after New Year's.
jenna8110 Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 Just got this last night! Let me know if the link doesn't work! http://trus.imageg.net/graphics/corp/100809-columbus-eml.pdf?EDID=YUFJV0-8MH75-QGH4Z3-5ZE3CA-8IKUK-v1Ummm...did you guys NOT see my post?!
BridgeIU Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Ummm...did you guys NOT see my post?!Where did you get this - is it national?:)
iluvwalmart Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 That columbus day sale is posted on the Toys R Us website so I would think it is national.
jenna8110 Posted October 10, 2009 Posted October 10, 2009 Where did you get this - is it national?:)It was an e-mail.
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