I know retailers are having a hard time, but this recent import from the USA makes me want to vomit. It is purely about profits and how to encourage people to spend more. If you can, boycott it.
In my view retailers have to adapt or go out of business. Online sales are a reality. Those that adapt will remain and those that do not will close. Maybe a good model is a mix of retail places and online? Models like John Lewis comes to mind. You often browse in the shop, but buy online then collect from a John Lewis or Waitrose store.
Like the commercialisation of Christmas, Easter and Halloween, I think Black Friday has no place in UK society. If you like this sort of thing in the USA, by all means keep it there. I for one hate it. It is retailing of the worse sort.
Don't forget to lookout for the two pack radios now you have been refunded.
ReplyDeleteIt is all a bit daft, but even stuff like phone providers get in on the act. So maybe you can pick up a better deal?
73 Steve
Black Friday may have started in the US; but if your retailers have chosen to institute their own version - that's certainly not our fault. There are plenty of us in the USA who do not participate. In fact, I would dare say a majority of us do not. Don't rely on the media alone for your information.
ReplyDeleteTotally fair comments Larry. This is a phenomenon that has only been "over here" for a few years. Personally I detest it.
ReplyDeleteAs my original post makes clear, and Larry so rightly says, although these things started over in the USA, it is the UK retailers who have "got on the bandwagon". Actually, according to The Times today, quite a few in the UK do NOT go a great deal on Black Friday. I suspect it will gradually disappear here in the UK.
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