About two weeks ago Black Friday happened. Obviously, my Instagram feed exploded with all the offers and peoples pickups (#BlackFridayPickups). When it comes to black Friday sales, I usually only pay attention to discounts on clothes and stuff like that. A lot of shops that I like had huge sales, everyone was talking it but as always, at leas in my opinion, the clothes/shoes to go on sale are not that great.. maybe its just my luck but ok..
In terms of retail I think there are both positive and negative sides to these big sales. on the one hand, retailers can get rid of the stock that might have not sold that well otherwise. As well as that usually during Black Fridays and Cyber Mondays sales skyrocket.
On the other hand, while some may say that violence and the risk of injury during Black Friday is the biggest drawback, I’ve read a lot of different opinions online about it and most people argue against it by saying that the reason others consider it a big issue is because of the amount of media coverage it gets. in my opinion the biggest problem about Black Friday is the fact that while sales grow at this time of the year, overall they drop. that may be the reason why some companies don’t participate in this event.
Another drawback that I’ve noticed a lot of people on forums mention is that Black Friday and the chaos that comes with it falls right on the day after Thanksgiving.
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