I know, I know: It’s a time of national service today, and of growing excitement about Tuesday’s historic events. But The Consumerist can’t help noting that Tuesday morning also marks a massive cosmetics giveaway by major department stores, beginning when the doors open in the morning for business.
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People love to attack trial lawyers, but here’s a lawsuit that sounds worthwhile: the family of the 34-year-old temp worker who was trampled to death on “Black Friday” by a mass of ravenous bargain-hunters on Long Island has sued Wal-Mart for failing to protect him from the clamoring crowd. More…
New figures are out for retail sales in November, and the picture is grim. A SpendingPulse report found that sales declined even further than October’s dismal numbers, and that Black Friday bargains apparently didn’t do much to break the fall, the New York Times says.
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The national shopping ritual known as Black Friday, which TWI wrote about today, has been marked by tragedy. A Wal-Mart employee in a Long Island, N.Y., store died after shoppers knocked down the doors to the entrance and stormed in to search for bargains, Bloomberg says.
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As another Black Friday rolls around, there’s a feeling of desperation — rather than Christmas — in the air.
Competition among online retailers has turned vicious, with deep discounts and free shipping. That makes a shopping trip to the mall ever harder to justify.
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