Rich Man Poor Man Black Friday
Leave it to the NY Times and the liberal rags across America to cast Black Friday as a pity party for the Have-Nots. Jeez. These moonbats never let up.
Liberals may love John Maynard Keynes...but apparently embracing his 'demand' economics has its dark side. After all, if you're poor, you have to stand in line outside a Best Buys store, possibly in the brutal cold at midnight tonight. If you're rich, well heck....you get to sit comfortably in your mansion living room- warm by the fire, while your spouse pours another shot of Patron for the both of you.
Opening Day for Shoppers Shows Divide
As the busiest retail weekend of the year begins late Thursday night, the differences between how affluent and more ordinary Americans shop in the uncertain economy will be on unusually vivid display.
“Those in a more modest income situation are the people who are going to the Wal-Marts and the Best Buys and the Targets at 8, 9, 10, 11 p.m. with little kids in tow because they can’t afford a baby sitter,” said Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, a retail consultant firm. “It’s a very unpleasant shopping experience, frankly, for a lot of people.”
Meanwhile, many affluent shoppers will avoid the scene altogether, he said. “The women who are shopping the fourth floor at Saks are not Black Friday shoppers,” he said.
High-end retailers “don’t have to do anything desperate — it’s kind of hard to see a 5 a.m. queue outside of a Fifth Avenue luxury retailer,” said Chris Donnelly, a senior executive in Accenture’s retail practice. “If you don’t have to put it on sale and people are still going to buy it, why put it on sale?”
Yes...if you haven't figured it out..."high-end retailers don't have to do anything desperate" in turn- equates to rich people not having to either. Only poor people are desperate and only poor people have to brave the cold dark of night to buy what Eddie Murphy so aptly put in Trading Places: the GI Joe with the Kung Fu grip.
Liberals may love John Maynard Keynes...but apparently embracing his 'demand' economics has its dark side. After all, if you're poor, you have to stand in line outside a Best Buys store, possibly in the brutal cold at midnight tonight. If you're rich, well heck....you get to sit comfortably in your mansion living room- warm by the fire, while your spouse pours another shot of Patron for the both of you.
Opening Day for Shoppers Shows Divide
As the busiest retail weekend of the year begins late Thursday night, the differences between how affluent and more ordinary Americans shop in the uncertain economy will be on unusually vivid display.
“Those in a more modest income situation are the people who are going to the Wal-Marts and the Best Buys and the Targets at 8, 9, 10, 11 p.m. with little kids in tow because they can’t afford a baby sitter,” said Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, a retail consultant firm. “It’s a very unpleasant shopping experience, frankly, for a lot of people.”
Meanwhile, many affluent shoppers will avoid the scene altogether, he said. “The women who are shopping the fourth floor at Saks are not Black Friday shoppers,” he said.
Really?...altogether now....WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
High-end retailers “don’t have to do anything desperate — it’s kind of hard to see a 5 a.m. queue outside of a Fifth Avenue luxury retailer,” said Chris Donnelly, a senior executive in Accenture’s retail practice. “If you don’t have to put it on sale and people are still going to buy it, why put it on sale?”
Yes...if you haven't figured it out..."high-end retailers don't have to do anything desperate" in turn- equates to rich people not having to either. Only poor people are desperate and only poor people have to brave the cold dark of night to buy what Eddie Murphy so aptly put in Trading Places: the GI Joe with the Kung Fu grip.
posted by Craig H | 10:04 AM
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