By Tanner Hunt If you suffered through yet another Best Buy rush or Wal-Mart stampede last Friday, consider a more communal approach next November. Vanessa Bonilla, who has managed the local Savers Thrift Store for six years, was expecting a few dozen people waiting outside last Friday morning. The store offered 75 percent off before noon […]
Thankful One Day, Fighting Over That Last TV The Next
November 25, 2015 by
By Abby Aldrich Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is recognized as the first day of Christmas shopping where crowds are drawn in by special offers and deals by retailers. For customers, it is the day to lace up those tennis shoes and wait in long lines to land some door buster deals. To employees, […]
Weekly Poll: Are Black Friday Deals Worth the Crowds?
November 9, 2015 by
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the day when stores are supposed to get out of financial loss and back “in the black,” an accounting term for making profit. In spite of the risk of crowd-related injuries, the majority of businesses not only have sales lined up, but are also opening earlier and earlier to serve consumers. Vote below to let us […]
The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year… To Not Work Retail
November 27, 2014 by
While customers line up outside to hopefully save money on door buster deals, employees inside are biting their nails in anticipation of the catastrophe that is coming. Stories about shoppers and employees dying in pursuit to save the most money and offer good customer service fill media outlets. In Lubbock, retail workers say it is not […]
Black Friday Steals And Deals
December 4, 2013 by
Santa hats and shopping bags were the scene of this year’s Black Friday as customers made their way out of stores with full hands and big smiles. The first stop was Best Buy at 5916 W. Loop 289. Best Buy manager Steven Sonday said they have learned from previous Black Fridays and in order to […]
Black Friday Recap
November 27, 2012 by
I have done it. I have survived an event similar to the zombie apocalypse (no bath salts required). Some would even consider it to be equivalent to survival of the fittest: Black Friday.
