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Snickerdog“Crowds? I see nothing. I’m surprised,” retail worker Jeremy Pritchett told FOX 2. “Normally, it’s wrapped all the way around the building. Today: no one.”
That’s the typical ground report from areas all over the country. No one, literally almost no one, is doing any holiday shopping and the traditional Black Friday rush to get deals and discounts just didn’t happen. Financial media are scratching their puzzlers, perplexed with furrowed brows.
Interestingly, almost every financial media outlet is using the same Retail Federation talking point about anticipating an 8% increase in holiday sales this year. Apparently, pretenses must be maintained. Meanwhile, news crews and camera crews are having a desperate time finding any holiday shopping to use as background footage for the claims that sales are strong.
“Look, over there. There’s a person buying something. Oh, wait, no, that’s just an employee dusting the empty cash register.” At a certain point, one would have to believe reality would run head-first into the mass delusional pretending. Maybe this holiday season will be it, maybe not.
Reuters – […] About 166 million people were planning to shop from Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday through this coming “Cyber Monday,” according to the National Retail Federation, almost 8 million more than last year. But with sporadic rain in some parts of the country, stores were less busy than usual on Black Friday.
“Usually at this time of the year you struggle to find parking. This year, I haven’t had an issue getting a parking spot,” said Marshal Cohen, chief industry adviser of the NPD Group Inc.
“It’s a lot of social shopping, everybody is only looking to get what they need. There is no sense of urgency,” Cohen added, based on his store checks in New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia.
At the American Dream mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey, there were no lines outside stores. A Toys ‘R’ Us employee was handing out flyers with a list of the Black Friday “door buster” promotions. (read more)
It’s almost Kafkaesque to see how the media are continuing to maintain economic pretenses, yet the reality of a completely collapsed consumer economy is physically staring them in the face.
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@ Brandon
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Snickerdogwrote:
@ Brandon
Wait till his winter energy bills wipe people out
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The strip malls around me are pretty empty. The large malls are full.
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I totally forgot about this and went to a Walmart mid-day yesterday. It was slightly busier than normal, but not massive.
The 'sales' are mostly not that great, and better deals with no groids are online. Ook!
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RockHardConservativeBrandon's Door Buster 20% off of everybody's net worth might have had something to do with this.
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RockHardConservative wrote:
Brandon's Door Buster 20% off of everybody's net worth might have had something to do with this.
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There was just a bunch of national articles saying the opposite. Here is a local one I commented on last night ("white is right"):
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/202211 … ack-friday
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RockHardConservative wrote:
Brandon's Door Buster 80% off of everybody's net worth might have had something to do with this.
I did that!!!!
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Tom LeykisWe dropped our toys off at the collection point today. Collections are "slow" this year.
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The IdahoanThe Idaho economy has shat itself.
You can buy a mess of pigs for the price of a brace of ducks these days.
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Snickerdog wrote:
https://twitter.com/SteveInmanUIC/status/1596330507390046208?s=20&t=m_cfyHPztlIiAZIFKzlllw
Someone repoast the image. I can't see it.
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Someone repoast the image. I can't see it.
Press “view” Corky
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Tom LeykisOn the other hand, the Cabela's parking lot was full and the "festival of trees" (a local fund raiser) was jammed today.
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Tom Leykis wrote:
On the other hand, the Cabela's parking lot was full and the "festival of trees" (a local fund raiser) was jammed today.
People in Boise gather to watch trees.
Sounds like a happening place!
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.,or maybe people are buying shyt online instead of stomping around like cattle in a herd.
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anon user #3Shyt is just too expensive. Since covid Black Friday has become more and more meaningless. Real deals are very rare. It's usually more something lame where the price is very close to what the discount stores offer it for.
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Tom Leykiswrote:
People in Boise gather to watch trees.
Sounds like a happening place!
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Don't ever come here. The dingo dogs eat stupid people.
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Tom Leykis wrote:
Don't ever come here. The dingo dogs eat stupid people.
Better count your legs then, hey Tom!
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Tom Leykisanon user #3 wrote:
Shyt is just too expensive. Since covid Black Friday has become more and more meaningless. Real deals are very rare. It's usually more something lame where the price is very close to what the discount stores offer it for.
I never understood the 0500 opening of stores, nor the idiots camping out to wait for it. Cabela's was playing it up, offering free gift cards if you were among the first 200 people in the door. I don't see the profit there.
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Boise UpdateThe malls were not busy this year.
But you should have seen the pickle outlets man!!!!
- Tom
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anon user #3 wrote:
Shyt is just too expensive. It should all be freeee!!!
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Diarrhetrius BrownWe don't do any holiday shopping.
All our children and grandchildren get a $100 bill.
I've never heard any of them say "Gee grandpa, that's not what I really wanted."
Because of Xiden I am thinking of raising the gift to $200 which would cost me $2,200 but at least I don't have to shop.
We give everyone a $100 bill for birthday's as well.
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