Posts Tagged ‘Black Friday creep’
Turkey Night: To Shop or Not To Shop?
JIMMY FOWLERI’m always leery of recommending consumer boycotts, since they so often seem to backfire: Only the foolhardy dare to stand between Americans and their bred-in-the-bone need to spend, spend, spend. However, for those intereste...
Attack of the Black Friday Creep
Jimmy FowlerThe recently coined phrase “Black Friday creep” sounds like the name of a Goth metal band, but it refers to this year’s decision by Target, Best Buy, Macy’s, and other retailers to start their Christmas shopping seasons...