Around here it’s lost it’s “fizzle” because now there are Black Friday month long sale, pre-black friday sales, black friday sales, cyber monday sales… it just seems to go on and on, where it used to be two really big days of sales….
I do all my shopping online anyways … hate lineups and crowds ;) > On Nov 24, 2016, at 5:11 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > I saw an article that Black Friday isn’t a thing with millennials. I > wouldn’t miss it. I remember going to Oak Brook Mall or Michigan Avenue in > Chicago in the lightly falling snow to look at the Christmas displays and > store windows, maybe pop into Crate & Barrel and look for some gifts. > Standing in line in the Target parking lot after Thanksgiving dinner to get > doorbuster deals on TVs and iPhones just isn’t the same. I know some people > love it though. > > I think the past couple years when stores moved the doorbuster sales up to > Thursday night, they jumped the shark and started a backlash, and just pushed > more people to shopping online. > > <> > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] On > Behalf Of Paul Stewart > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2016 3:48 PM > To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Happy Thanksgiving! > > Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends and neighbours … our Thanksgiving > in Canada of course is a few weeks earlier… means we can digest all that > great food in time for Black Friday shopping!!! :) > > >> On Nov 24, 2016, at 11:14 AM, Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com >> <mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> God bless us all... Including our international friends. >> >> On Nov 24, 2016 8:57 AM, "Jeff Broadwick - Lists" <jeffl...@att.net >> <mailto:jeffl...@att.net>> wrote: >>> I have lots of reasons to be thankful personally (faith, family, friends, >>> health) and I am, but I'm also thankful to be part of this great group of >>> folks. I get to work and hang out with some of the coolest, smartest >>> people I've ever met, and to be a part of a dynamic industry that changes >>> people's lives in very real tangible ways. >>> >>> I think we are teed up for our best year ever as an industry, in >>> new/improved technology, in organization, and in our ability to have a say >>> in our own destiny. I can't wait to see how it unfolds! >>> >>> I wish you and yours a happy and safe Thanksgiving! (Oh, and no outages >>> for the holiday weekend!) >>> >>> Jeff >>> >>> >>> Jeff Broadwick >>> ConVergence Technologies, Inc. >>> 312-205-2519 <tel:312-205-2519> Office >>> 574-220-7826 <tel:574-220-7826> Cell >>> jbroadw...@converge-tech.com <mailto:jbroadw...@converge-tech.com>
