Black Friday in Clallam County
Several retailers reported an increase in sales over last year's Black Friday. A lot of shoppers said they were anxious to get out and shop since they'd spent the previous few days cooped up because of the snow.
Swain's in Port Angeles, JC Penney in Sequim, Brown's Outdoor and Maurices all reported increased sales this year. And Wal-Mart was jammed, of course.
Swain's in Port Angeles, JC Penney in Sequim, Brown's Outdoor and Maurices all reported increased sales this year. And Wal-Mart was jammed, of course.
posted by Tom Harper at 7:15 PM
19 Comments:
Will be curious to see how local businesses are doing, come Feb or March.
J C Penney will be the next to fold,surprised they haven't done so already.
Good to see! We all know Americans don't have enough debt, yet.
"Will be curious to see how local businesses are doing, come Feb or March."
I would imagine they'd be doing very poorly, since those are traditionally the worst months for retail businesses.
That's probably not what you meant however.
Did all my shopping at Wal Mart! NO unions jacking up prices!!
Did all my shopping at Wal Mart! NO unions jacking up prices!! NO American-made products cluttering up the shelves!!! NO American manufacturing jobs created to dirty up the American landscape!!!! NO living-wage jobs for actual people!!!!! NO threat to the bottom line for corporate shareholders and overpaid executives!!!!!! And NO point made without the liberal (you should pardon the expression!) use of exclamation points!!!!!!!
U-S-A! U-S-A!
"United we stand...Divided we fall." Sounds like some sort of Commie union drivel to me!!!!!!!
"Did all my shopping at Wal Mart! NO unions jacking up prices!!"
When did the lowest price become the highest value in America? When did we decide that it was more important for us individually to save a few cents than for the entire country to thrive economically? When did our churches switch from "Love thy neighbor" to "Watch out for yourself, and the Hell with everyone else"?
And speaking of churches...When did we decide it was a good idea for American workers to "fairly compete" with slave labor in China? When did we start looking the other way at China locking up Christians and other "troublesome" believers and forcing them to make crap for Wal-Mart? How do we compete with slave labor and people "earning" a dollar a day? WHY would we want to consider ourselves in the same position as countries like that?
Oh, yeah, right. It's because soon we'll BE a country like that, if all the union-bashing, Tea Party-voting reactionairies have their way. These people - at best - are un-American and anti-American. At worst they are traitors.
All in the name saving a few cents on crap they often don't need to buy anyway. Save your pennies, lose your soul: America in the 21st century.
"When did the lowest price become the highest value in America? When did we decide that it was more important for us individually to save a few cents than for the entire country to thrive economically? When did our churches switch from "Love thy neighbor" ....
...slave labor and people "earning" a dollar a day? WHY would we want to consider ourselves in the same position as countries like that?"
During the Reagan administration.
Anonymous said...
Did all my shopping at Wal Mart! NO unions jacking up prices!!
8:14 AM, November 30, 2010
Hmm, SAARs is union, and they certainly have low prices.
Did all my shopping at Wal Mart! NO unions jacking up prices!!
8:14 AM, November 30, 2010
Glad to hear that! We need to keep buying the stuff from WalMart, otherwise all those Chinese workers will get laid off.
Not much comfort right now, but the way their economy is growing eventually Chinese costs and costs of living will go up enough that it will be more of a level playing field. Our COL has been more or less static for some time now, and with the crash we're heading towards meeting them... not "halfway" but somewhere along the upper part of the line.
It'll all work itself out, just hasn't been pretty getting there.
"Not much comfort right now, but the way their economy is growing eventually Chinese costs and costs of living will go up enough that it will be more of a level playing field."
So, you don't think the manufacturing companies will then move on to the next "China"? Maybe Africa, maybe Indonesia, or?
Isn't that one of the basic "laws" of capitalism; to always seek out the lowest possible means of production?
Remember, it has been American companies that moved from America to China to stay "competitive", not seeming to care that these relocations undermine Americas' strengths. Were they as patriotic as they would like us to be?
"So, you don't think the manufacturing companies will then move on to the next "China"? Maybe Africa, maybe Indonesia, or? "
Yes I do. It's already happening. Actually it's been happening for years. Business will always try to keep costs down, that's part of business. But money will flow from point to point along with business, gradually raising living standards a bit here and a bit there.
I'm more concerned with a greater number of people in the world trying to live "like Americans" and consuming a larger slice of limited resources.
I'm also concerned that places "left behind", such as America, won't adapt quick enough or smart enough to fit into a more competitive world. I see what happened in Port Angeles after the boom years receded and I'm afraid that will happen to the country as a whole: a gridlocked nation, so obsessed with past glories it can't understand how it truly compares to the rest of the state / nation / world.
"Did all my shopping at Wal Mart! NO unions jacking up prices!!"
Ya and the crap you bought won't last 3 months. What a smart shopper you are.
Remember, those who own WalMart are in the upper 1%, lets make sure they get more tax cuts.
"I'm also concerned that places "left behind", such as America, won't adapt quick enough or smart enough to fit into a more competitive world. I see what happened in Port Angeles after the boom years receded and I'm afraid that will happen to the country as a whole: a gridlocked nation, so obsessed with past glories it can't understand how it truly compares to the rest of the state / nation / world."
I absolutely agree with everything you said.
This says it all....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYKAbRK_wKA
Pay attention.....
Walmart is for the uneducated and ignorant. It's faux consumerism. If you put 1/2 the money you spend at Walmart into our local economy (local artisans, local crafts, local growers, local farmers) we would have a thriving economy, and unemployment would drop.
But, you don't think that way...because you're uneducated and ignorant. Right?
"we would have a thriving economy, and unemployment would drop."
And yet we would still have a high cost of living and low wages in this area.
I don't like Walmart, but sometimes I don't have a choice on my budget.
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